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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that "the exchange of coups" with Hamas was not over. Speaking during a visit to the southern city of Sderot, the prime minister said: "It does not end with one shot."
This was Netanyahu's first visit to an Israeli community near the Gaza border since the launch of airborne firebombs to Israel. During the visit, Netanyahu referred to reports on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. "There is no ceasefire for us that excludes kites and balloons."
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"For a hundred years, we have been fighting terrorism, fighting it with force, here at this moment, it is the line of friction between the Islamic terror and the Jewish state, and we are determined to win the exchange of blows, this is not finished yet, "said Netanyahu.
The security cabinet ordered the Israeli army to continue attacking balloon and kite launchers, while the army also deployed Iron Dome systems in the Tel Aviv area and in other parts of the south of the country.
Meanwhile, a cease-fire was concluded between Israel and Hamas in the light of international negotiated agreements between the parties, after some 190 rockets and mortar shells were fired in southern communities this weekend. Despite the ceasefire, the miliary led three attacks on kite and balloon launchers on Sunday.
The Egyptians lobbied Hamas for it to hold the fire, claiming that the continuation of the fire could lead to a more severe Israeli response and a general escalation. In parallel with the cessation of rocket fire, Israel has also demanded that Hamas halt the outbreak of balloons and incendiary bombs, but it is unclear whether the organization has acceded to this request.
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