From the Liveblog of
Monday, June 4, 2018
Lapid mocks Netanyahu ‘for declaring victory’ after Gaza violence
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid mocks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “for declaring victory in the previous round of fighting” in the Gaza Strip.
After over 100 mortar shells and rockets were fired at southern Israel and the IDF retaliated by bombing over 65 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad targets in the Strip, Netanyahu said last week that the IDF has dealt Hamas “the harshest blow they have received in years.”
Speaking to his faction in the Knesset, Lapid asks rhetorically: “If over 170 rockets and shells landed in Jerusalem, would you also declare victory? If the forests around Jerusalem or parks in the city went up in flames, would you also declare how pleased you are with the result?”
Lapid goes on: ”Netanyahu has no policy when it comes to Gaza except to wait for the next round and the next arson attack. The residents who live around Gaza deserve better.”
— Raoul Wootliff
The Times of Israel Community.