Posted on 07/17/22
| News Source: JNS
The Hamas terror group was not prepared for the magnitude of Israel’s retaliatory strikes in response to a wave of rockets launched from Gaza on Friday night, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Sunday.
In his opening remarks at the weekly Cabinet meeting, Lapid emphasized that Israel’s policy with regard to Hamas has not changed.
“We will respond quickly, forcefully and without hesitation to every launch and every incendiary balloon. I commend the IDF on its strong and precise operation,” he said.
“From here, all of us, all members of the government, send a big hug to the children of the area adjacent to the Gaza Strip who slept in shelters on Friday night,” he added.
The Israeli Air Force conducted two strikes on Hamas weapon production facilities in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, following two separate rocket attacks in which four rockets were launched at Israeli territory.