The IDF Spokesman stated last night that the Hamas terrorists killed in yesterday\'s missile attack in Shechem were involved in the Dolphinarium attack - which claimed the lives of twenty-one Israeli youths - as well as a series of Netanya bombing attacks and other terrorist activity. According to Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, the cell was responsible for the deaths of 37 persons and the injuring of 379. Ben-Eliezer says that the liquidation of the cell saved countless innocent lives.
Defense Minister Ben-Eliezer further clarified that only a few are aware of what the terrorists had been planning and were capable of doing in the future. \"We tried talking to the Palestinian Authority (PA), we submitted [wanted] lists, but there was no response,\" he explained. The Minister made his comments during a Labor Party function.
Government spokesmen, responding to the international criticism of the Shechem operation, explained the Israeli position that the policy of targeting terrorists involves a minimum amount of force, prevents unnecessary injuries to innocent persons and is effective in preventing terrorist attacks. Furthermore, Foreign Ministry spokesmen explained, if such targeted preemptive strikes are not launched and major terrorist attacks take place, then Israel is compelled to take significantly harsher measures to protect its citizens, the basic responsibility of any government in a society of law and order. The IDF will continue its policy of killing wanted terrorists in the ongoing effort to thwart attacks.
The security cabinet is meeting this morning to evaluate the escalation in warfare by the PA and the aftermath of the Israeli retaliatory attack yesterday.
Defense Minister Ben-Eliezer further clarified that only a few are aware of what the terrorists had been planning and were capable of doing in the future. \"We tried talking to the Palestinian Authority (PA), we submitted [wanted] lists, but there was no response,\" he explained. The Minister made his comments during a Labor Party function.
Government spokesmen, responding to the international criticism of the Shechem operation, explained the Israeli position that the policy of targeting terrorists involves a minimum amount of force, prevents unnecessary injuries to innocent persons and is effective in preventing terrorist attacks. Furthermore, Foreign Ministry spokesmen explained, if such targeted preemptive strikes are not launched and major terrorist attacks take place, then Israel is compelled to take significantly harsher measures to protect its citizens, the basic responsibility of any government in a society of law and order. The IDF will continue its policy of killing wanted terrorists in the ongoing effort to thwart attacks.
The security cabinet is meeting this morning to evaluate the escalation in warfare by the PA and the aftermath of the Israeli retaliatory attack yesterday.