Arutz Sheva
By Elad Benari, Canada
Foreign Minister says that an aerial operation is not enough to complete the goal of ending Hamas's rule in Gaza.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) said on Friday that it was time to put an end to the Hamas rule of Gaza, and that an aerial operation is not enough to accomplish this.
Speaking to Channel 2 News, Liberman noted that Operation Protective Edge is the third IDF operation in Gaza over the past five years, and added that this time it was important “not only to stop the rocket fire now, but to prevent a fourth operation.”
"I hear the citizens and have been speaking with dozens of them in recent days," he said. "Everyone says, ‘Go all the way, we have patience, we are prepared to take [rocket fire]'. But we cannot repeat the same script every few months. We need to put an end to this phenomenon.”
Liberman continued, "Right now we are focused on the goals defined by the Prime Minister, stopping the rocket fire by Hamas and damaging terrorist infrastructure, but you have to understand that there is the next step. Harming terrorism from the air is not enough, because most of the terrorist infrastructure is under schools, medical clinics and multi-story buildings.”
"If we only achieve a ceasefire, then in another 10-15 months we will be back for another round, and this time Hamas will increase the amount of missiles as well as its tunnel digging,” he stressed.
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By Elad Benari, Canada
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Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman
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Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) said on Friday that it was time to put an end to the Hamas rule of Gaza, and that an aerial operation is not enough to accomplish this.
Speaking to Channel 2 News, Liberman noted that Operation Protective Edge is the third IDF operation in Gaza over the past five years, and added that this time it was important “not only to stop the rocket fire now, but to prevent a fourth operation.”
"I hear the citizens and have been speaking with dozens of them in recent days," he said. "Everyone says, ‘Go all the way, we have patience, we are prepared to take [rocket fire]'. But we cannot repeat the same script every few months. We need to put an end to this phenomenon.”
Liberman continued, "Right now we are focused on the goals defined by the Prime Minister, stopping the rocket fire by Hamas and damaging terrorist infrastructure, but you have to understand that there is the next step. Harming terrorism from the air is not enough, because most of the terrorist infrastructure is under schools, medical clinics and multi-story buildings.”
"If we only achieve a ceasefire, then in another 10-15 months we will be back for another round, and this time Hamas will increase the amount of missiles as well as its tunnel digging,” he stressed.
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