Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza would pay a heavy price if the barrage of rockets and mortars fired from the Gaza Strip yesterday continues.
“Since yesterday, the IDF has reacted strongly against Gaza by attacking dozens of terrorist targets in the harshest blow in years,” Netanyahu said at a ceremony for the victims of the 1948 Altalena incident, when IDF forces fired on an Irgun ship bringing supplies for Israel’s War of Independence.
“I do not detail my plans because I do not want the enemy to know what is in store for them. But one thing is clear to them – when they try us they pay immediately, and if they continue to try us, they will pay a lot more,” Netanyahu said.
“Since yesterday, the IDF has reacted strongly against Gaza by attacking dozens of terrorist targets, in the most difficult blow in years,
“I do not detail my plans because I do not want the enemy to know what is in store for them, and one thing is clear to them – when they try us they pay immediately and if they continue to try us, they will pay a lot more.”
Terrorists from the Gaza Strip fired dozens of rockets and mortars into Israel Tuesday. One mortar shell struck near a kinderkarten.
Three IDF soldiers were wounded by shrapnel from a rocket strike. One soldier remains hospitalized in moderate condition.
One rocket damaged a facility which provides electricity to Gaza, cutting power to the Hamas-run enclave.
Reported by: ARUTZ SHEVA Israel National News