JERUSALEM, April 10 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Thursday that Israel would strike Hamas after Palestinians killed two Israeli civilians on Wednesday at an oil terminal that pumps fuel into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

"Hamas is responsible for what is happening in the south," Olmert told lawmakers from his centrist Kadima party. "I promise you that the response to Hamas will be one such that it will not be able to continue to operate as it does today."

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