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Israel threatens major offensive against Gaza
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Netanyahu: "Israel must react when it is fired upon, must re-establish its force of dissuasion and stop the rockets." (Source: AFP)
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel threatened on Sunday to launch a major offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip as violence simmered around the impoverished territory days after the end of a truce with the Islamists.
Militant rocket and mortar fire continued on Sunday, the Israeli army said, reporting that one person was slightly wounded.
"Israel must react when it is fired upon, must re-establish its force of dissuasion and stop the rockets."
Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the right-wing Likud party which is leading in opinion polls, echoed the sentiment.
"In the long run, we have no choice but to topple Hamas rule," he was quoted as saying by the Ynet news website as he toured the southern Israeli town of Sderot, which has borne the brunt of militant rocket attacks from Gaza.
"Right now we have to go from passive response to active assault.
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