Netanyahu: Gaza terrorists crossed red line with Jerusalem rockets

MAY 10, 2021 21:26

Anyone who attacks Israel will pay a heavy price, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday evening, shortly after Palestinian terrorists launched dozens of rockets from Gaza into Israel.

Netanyahu warned that Israel will “respond with great force,” and that the current confrontation “could continue for some time.”

Israel “will not tolerate attacks on our territory, our capital, our citizens and our soldiers,” Netanyahu said at the central Jerusalem Day ceremony on Ammunition Hill.

“We are in a struggle on several fronts: In Jerusalem, Gaza and other places in Israel,” Netanyahu said. “The terrorist groups in Gaza crossed a red line on the eve of Jerusalem Day, a red line, and attacked us with rockets on the outskirts of Jerusalem.”

The prime minister said Israel did not want an escalation, its force will be felt if there is one.

President Reuven Rivlin said Israel “will not be bowed in the face of any threat. Whoever seeks to test our resilience will find a defensive wall, an iron fist.

“Let nobody challenge the lethal might of our forces,” Rivlin added. “Do not put them to the test.”