Senior minister warns Gaza tensions will get worse as night falls

Intelligence Minister Israel Katz says Israel is closer to war than it has been since its 2014 war with Gaza’s Hamas rulers.

“We are the closest to the threshold of war since Operation Protective Edge,” he tells Army Radio. “We don’t want it, and the other side doesn’t either, but we have our red lines.”

He adds that the tensions in Gaza will only worsen later this evening.

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