The equation has changed on Gaza, Israel warns Hamas

Israel sends Hamas a strong message regarding its response to any rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, saying: “The equation has changed.”

“The IDF’s equation for its responses on Gaza has changed — and everyone has to get used to this change,” a senior defense source says, according to Channel 2 television.

An Israeli police sapper carries part of a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip from the yard of a house in the city of Sderot, southern Israel, Sunday, August 21, 2016. AP /Tsafrir Abayov.
An Israeli police sapper carries part of a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip from the yard of a house in the city of Sderot, southern Israel, Sunday, August 21, 2016. AP /Tsafrir Abayov.

“[Rocket] fire into Israeli territory will be met with a particularly harsh and powerful response,” the defense official adds, a day after Israel launched dozens of airstrikes in Gaza in response to rocket fire on the southern city of Sderot.

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