His comments came after sniper fire from Gaza lightly wounded an IDF officer along the Gaza border on Tuesday.
His comments came after sniper fire from Gaza lightly wounded an IDF officer along the Gaza border on Tuesday.
By Herb Keinon January 23, 2019 12:04
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hamas not to
escalate violence in Gaza, warning on Wednesday of a strong response if it does so.
“There
may be someone in Gaza who thought they could raise their head,”
Netanyahu said during a visit to the Shizafon base in the south to
observe a military maneuver. “I suggest that they understand that the
response will be destructive and very painful, and we are ready for any
scenario and escalation.”
His comments came after sniper fire from Gaza lightly wounded an IDF
officer along the Gaza border on Tuesday. The officer was struck by a
bullet that hit his helmet. The IDF responded with tank fire on a Hamas
observation post that killed one.
Speaking to cadets of the IDF's
officer course currently training at Shizafon, Netanyahu also addressed
Iran, reiterating that it is Israel's “principal enemy.”
“Iran declares its intention to destroy us with nuclear weapons which we
are committed to thwarting,” he said. "But Iran is also building up
forces around us. They built a forward fortification in Lebanon through
Hezbollah; they established a southern fortification in Gaza through
Hamas and Islamic Jihad; and now they want to establish a third
fortification across from the Golan by entrenching the Iranian army in
Syria."
Netanyahu said that Israel is committed to fight against
all of that, and is hitting the Iranian army in Syria. The IDF, he said,
is the only army in the world fighting Iran, and is doing so in Syria.
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