Hamas taunts Liberman, Liberman promises harsh response

Hamas calls out recently appointed Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman while praising the Tel Aviv shooting.

The terror group’s spokesman Hussam Bardan says in a press statement that the attack was a challenge to the “leaders of the occupation, and especially Liberman, who boasted and threatened our people without being able to break their resolve.”

Liberman famously called for an “iron hand” against terrorist, and has criticized the Netanyahu government over the past year for failing to end terror attacks.

Tonight, however, he isn’t taking the bait.

“We don’t intend to accept this situation,” he says in a laconic statement. “I don’t think this is the moment to offer pronouncements, and we will do everything necessary, and will do it with severity.”

The terrorists, he vows, “won’t be able to flee responsibility.”