Last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israel’s security agencies to prepare for a strike on Hamas leaders abroad in the wake of yesterday’s terror attack in Jerusalem that killed six people and the deadly attack on an Israeli tank in northern Gaza that killed four soldiers, say Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz in a joint statement.
Katz “fully supported” the move, according to the statement.
The two identified an “operational opportunity” at noon today, they say, and gave the green light to the IDF and Shin Bet.
“The Prime Minister and Defense Minister believed the operation was fully justified, given that this Hamas leadership was the one that initiated and organized the October 7th massacre,” Netanyahu and Katz say, “and has since continued to carry out murderous attacks against Israel and its citizens, including taking responsibility for the murder of our civilians in yesterday’s attack in Jerusalem.”
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