Netanyahu: IDF will ‘take firm action’ against Hamas after attack on Israeli troops

By Lazar Berman

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19 October 2025, 2:56 pm 1 Edit

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on October 19, 2025. (Screenshot/GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the Israel Defense Force and the security services “to take firm action against terror targets in the Gaza Strip” after a Hamas attack on IDF troops today, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.

Netanyahu gave the instruction during a meeting with Defense Minister Israel Katz and the heads of the Shin Bet and Mossad, says the PMO.

The IDF says Palestinian terrorists fired RPGs and carried out sniper fire against Israeli forces operating in the Rafah area of the southern Gaza Strip. Israel has responded with a number of airstrikes on terror targets.