MK Haim Yellin (Yesh Atid) has commented on the tension in southern Israel and security forces' briefings. "Hamas, as a terror organization, will never be deterred. Its goal is to attack the State of Israel and its citizens," he said.
Yellin added that "they are ready to sacrifice the Gaza Strip in order to fight us. Hamas is organizing and, when they have the opportunity to come out of the earth and kidnap soldiers, they will do so.
"They have not stopped digging tunnels for a moment, yet the Prime Minister and Defense Minister are acting vaguely about it. At the end of Protective Edge, the Prime Minister promised to build a barrier that will make the tunnels ineffective and to reduce the strategic threat. For anyone who thinks that the solution is to repeat this every two years and then declare they are deterred - it won't work."