Israel Says New Gaza War Will Be ‘More Painful’ And Residents Will ‘Pay The Price’
- Israel Says New Gaza War Will Be ‘More Painful’ And Residents Will ‘Pay The Price’
by Israel has threatened to launch a new war on Gaza that could be more devastating than the last, as Palestinians continue to send burning kites over the border.
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During a visit Friday to the southern city of Sderot, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned that Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas was pushing Israel closer to conducting another large-scale military operation in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave controlled by the militants. He blamed the movement for the incendiary kites that burned Israeli crops and fields to protest Israel’s refusal to resettle Palestinians displaced by the 1948 war in which Israel was created, as well as tough sanctions targeting goods and services in Gaza.
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“We are trying to be measured and responsible, but the leaders of Hamas are leading us into a situation in which there is no choice, a situation in which we will have to embark on a broad and painful military operation, not only for appearances,” Lieberman said, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, emphasizing that such an operation would be “more painful than Operation Protective Edge” was in 2014 for Hamas.
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“Unfortunately, residents of Gaza will be among those who will have to pay the price,” said Lieberman.
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The U.S. joined Israel in blaming Hamas for the unrest. However, the United Nations Human Rights Council called for investigations into Israel’s use of lethal force against protesters—a move that prompted the U.S. to exit the international body over a perceived “anti-U.S. bias.”
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