Prime Minister Netanyahu gave a very short statement before press cameras at 8:30 P.M. Thursday evening following the lethal three-stage terror attack that claimed 7 Israeli lives and saw 33 wounded.
"We all witnessed an attempt to ratchet up the level of terror emanating from Sinai," he said. "If someone thinks that Israel will put up with this, he is wrong."
"I have established a principle: when Israeli citizens are hurt, we hit back immediately, and with force. This principle was implemented today. "The people who gave the order to murder our civilians, who were hiding in Gaza, are no longer among the living," Netanyahu said, outlining his counter-terror doctrine.
Netanyahu praised the Shin Bet, Yamam special forces and IDF for their courage, which prevented a greater tragedy.
Six of those killed in Thursday's attack were civillians while two of the wounded were small children, aged 4 and 7.
Earlier in the day Netanyahu promised Eilat mayor Meir Yitzhak-Halevy that Israel's reponse would be swift.
Source: ArutzSheva
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