A ‘new level of force’: Netanyahu warns against further Hamas attacks
“If Hamas thinks we will tolerate a drizzle of rockets, it is wrong,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the cease-fire took effect.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Friday that Israel would respond with “a new level of force" to future rocket attacks from the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
“If Hamas thinks we will tolerate a drizzle of rockets, it is wrong,” Netanyahu said during a press conference with top defense officials in Tel Aviv.
“We will respond with a whole new level of force to every instance of aggression against the Gaza-envelope communities or anywhere else in Israel,” he warned.
More than 250 people died in the 11-day conflict between Hamas and Israel, most of them Palestinians. Hundreds of homes and other buildings were destroyed by Israeli strikes in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, according to the United Nations. World leaders, including President Joe Biden, have pledged to help rebuild the impoverished Palestinian enclave.
