Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, speaking at a ceremony for ministry employees killed in the line of duty, says a recent uptick in violence along the Gaza border was brought on by use of Israel’s secret technological system for detecting cross-border tunnels, warning that Israel will hit Hamas hard if sporadic shooting does not stop.
“In the last few days, we’ve seen different attempts from Gaza to disturb our lives and threaten us. They are coming as a result of Israel having developed the ability to detect tunnels, an advanced technology that the Defense Ministry and its workers have been involved in developing and using these days,” he says, according to a Defense Ministry transcript.
“Against this terror stands the IDF and different security forces who are responding decisively to the shooting from the Strip. Shooting that, if it continues, will lead to a more severe response for Hamas and other terror organizations in the Strip, until they understand it’s not worth their while to test us.”
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