Labor Knesset Member Ephraim Sneh, formerly Deputy Defense Minister, has charged that MK Avigdor Lieberman's views on bombing Hamas officials reflect a "foreign culture." MK Lieberman, chairman of Israel Is Our Home (Yisrael Beiteinu), told Voice of Israel government radio Thursday that Hamas government offices and their senior officials serve as a base for terrorism and should be "bombed off the face of the earth."

MK Sneh said his proposal reflects his Russian background. The Labor legislator added that the "situation in Gaza must be changed" but added that a massive IDF counterterrorist offensive must be accompanied by measures to improve the Gaza economy.