Ofir Libstein, head of the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council located near the border with Gaza, on Friday night demanded that the Israeli government take action to stop the ongoing rocket fire on the south.

“It’s Friday night and a fourth straight day of firing at Israeli residents in the Gaza envelope and in Sderot. While everyone is busy with questions about annexation, I suggest that the Israeli government first apply its sovereignty to the Gaza envelope,” Libstein wrote on Facebook.

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