The head of the IDF Southern Command warns the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group that Israel will “know how to respond more forcefully for situations in the future,” amid a flareup between the two sides after a rocket from the Strip exploded outside a home in the southern city of Beersheba.
In response to the rocket attack, the Israeli Air Force conducted strikes against some 20 targets in the Gaza Strip, including a border-crossing tunnel.
In a video, Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi says the army conducted “significant strikes against Hamas weapons manufacturing facilities, headquarters, posts and underground infrastructure. Everything that was attacked, was destroyed. It will be difficult for them to rebuild, to bring in the money (to pay for reconstruction).”
The general also accuses the terror group of deceiving the Strip’s population.
“Hamas pretends to rule Gaza, tells Gaza residents that it’s trying to improve their lives. But in reality, the riots on the fence, the improvised explosive device, the explosive balloons, the incendiary balloons and, as we’ve seen tonight, rockets make the lives of Gaza Strip worse,” he says.
— Judah Ari Gross
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