Yisrael Beiteinu chairman and former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman responded to Thursday's rocket fire from the Gaza Strip on Sderot.

"Dear residents of the south, allow me to express my deep sorrow at the untimely loss of your sense of security. That is precisely why I resigned as Defense Minister. "We must set red lines and Israeli deterrence must be revived," Lieberman said.

"We have to strike a severe blow at Hamas, and to stop the firing of incendiary balloons and rockets, the manufacturing of rockets, rioting on the fence and, of course, stopping the transfer of protection money. Only then will we be able to restore to you the sense of security and the deterrent capability of the State of Israel, "he added.