Prime Minister Naftali Bennett vowed on Tuesday that Israel will “act at the time, place and circumstances that suit us, and no one else,” a day after rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel for the first time since the latest round of hostilities in May.
Unusually, Israel had not retaliated for the rockets by striking Hamas targets in Gaza over 24 hours after they were fired.
In a statement following a meeting with top defense officials, Bennett said that Israel continues to hold Hamas responsible for actions taken in Gaza: “Not rebels or anyone else, but Hamas.”
A Hamas source said Monday that the organization denied responsibility for the attack and said it was an attempt to disrupt the talks over the entry of Qatari aid into Gaza. Messages to that effect were also relayed to Israel through Egyptian and Qatari intermediaries in an effort to avoid an escalation.
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