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Thursday, February 13, 2025
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Thursday, February 13, 2025
Smotrich urges Netanyahu to okay ‘disproportionate response’ to Gaza rocket launch
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has been threatening to quit the government if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t renew the war in Gaza after the current first phase of the ceasefire, urges a “disproportionate” response to the rocket launch from Gaza a short while ago.
The projectile landed in the Strip, reportedly killing a 14-year-old boy. It is unclear whether it was aimed at Israel.
“A rocket was fired from Gaza toward Israel,” Smotrich writes on X. “Mr. Prime Minister, this is a watershed moment. A moment for a strong and disproportionate response that will clarify” that Israel isn’t going back to its pre-Oct. 7 practice of limited reaction to rocket launches.
