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25th December 2019, 02:07 PM
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Netanyahu rushed to bomb shelter after rocket attack on southern Israel
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed off stage and into a bomb shelter during a campaign event after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed at least one rocket was fired into the country.
The IDF tweeted Wednesday, “On Hanukkah, the festival of miracles, Israel's modern miracle—the Iron Dome—just intercepted a rocket mid-air after it was fired from #Gaza at Israeli civilians.”
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. It was not immediately known who was responsible for Wednesday’s rocket attack.
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On Hanukkah, the festival of miracles, Israel's modern miracle—the Iron Dome—just intercepted a rocket mid-air after it was fired from #Gaza at Israeli civilians.
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Netanyahu, the leader of the Likud party, was rushed off stage to a shelter as sirens sounded in the city of Ashkelon, which is about an hour from Jerusalem, where the premier was holding an event, the Jerusalem Post reported.
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The culture minister took the stage in his place and several other Likud officials who were at the event were not brought to a shelter, the newspaper reported, adding that Netanyahu returned to the stage shortly afterward.
GAZA MILITANTS FIRE ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL AFTER ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADER KILLED
"The person that shot at us before is no longer with us. Whoever shot at us now should pack up his belongings," Netanyahu reportedly said after he returned. He was referring to Islamic Jihad senior commander Bahu Abu al-Ata, who was killed as he slept in his home in eastern Gaza last month. Ata was responsible for a number of recent rocket attacks on southern Israel and had been planning new attacks, according to the IDF. Ata’s killing sparked two days of violence between Israel and Gaza.
A similar incident happened in the Israeli city of Ashdod this past September when rocket sirens were fired as Netanyahu held a campaign event there, the Post reported.
Prime Minister Netanyahu reportedly rushed to bomb shelter after rocket attack on southern IsraelVideo
Wednesday’s rocket attack into southern Israel came as the Likud Party was preparing to hold its primary Thursday, choosing between Netanyahu and upstart challenger Gideon Saar. Israel has been gearing up for its third election in one year -- for the first time in the country’s history -- after Israel’s parliament failed to form a governing coalition.
ISRAEL ON VERGE OF THIRD ELECTION IN 1 YEAR AFTER PARLIAMENT VOTE
Most recently, following the Sept. 17 vote, Netanyahu's Likud party and rival Blue and White, led by former military commander Benny Gantz, both failed to form a coalition.
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המצב בו אזרחי ישראל נתונים לחסדי טרוריסטים, וראש ממשלת ישראל לא יכול לסייר בחלק ממדינתו הוא תעודת עניות למדיניות הביטחון בדרום, ואובדן הרתעה שאף מדינה ריבונית לא יכולה לקבל.
אנו נחליף את הממשלה, נשנה את המדיניות ונחזיר את ההרתעה ואת השקט לתושבי הדרום.
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Ganz tweeted Wednesday after the attack, writing, “The situation in which Israeli citizens are at the mercy of terrorists, and the Israeli prime minister cannot patrol part of his country is a certificate of poverty for the southern security policy, and a loss of deterrence that no sovereign state can accept.”
He added, “We will replace the government, change the policy and restore deterrence and quiet to the people of the south.”
Fox News' Trey Yingst in Jerusalem contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/israel-rocket-attack-benjamin-netanyahu-bomb-shelter
Netanyahu rushed to bomb shelter after rocket attack on southern Israel
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed off stage and into a bomb shelter during a campaign event after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed at least one rocket was fired into the country.
The IDF tweeted Wednesday, “On Hanukkah, the festival of miracles, Israel's modern miracle—the Iron Dome—just intercepted a rocket mid-air after it was fired from #Gaza at Israeli civilians.”
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. It was not immediately known who was responsible for Wednesday’s rocket attack.
Israel Defense Forces
✔
@IDF
On Hanukkah, the festival of miracles, Israel's modern miracle—the Iron Dome—just intercepted a rocket mid-air after it was fired from #Gaza at Israeli civilians.
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2:34 PM - Dec 25, 2019
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Netanyahu, the leader of the Likud party, was rushed off stage to a shelter as sirens sounded in the city of Ashkelon, which is about an hour from Jerusalem, where the premier was holding an event, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Israel Defense Forces
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@IDF
🚨Sirens sounding in southern Israel🚨
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The culture minister took the stage in his place and several other Likud officials who were at the event were not brought to a shelter, the newspaper reported, adding that Netanyahu returned to the stage shortly afterward.
GAZA MILITANTS FIRE ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL AFTER ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADER KILLED
"The person that shot at us before is no longer with us. Whoever shot at us now should pack up his belongings," Netanyahu reportedly said after he returned. He was referring to Islamic Jihad senior commander Bahu Abu al-Ata, who was killed as he slept in his home in eastern Gaza last month. Ata was responsible for a number of recent rocket attacks on southern Israel and had been planning new attacks, according to the IDF. Ata’s killing sparked two days of violence between Israel and Gaza.
A similar incident happened in the Israeli city of Ashdod this past September when rocket sirens were fired as Netanyahu held a campaign event there, the Post reported.
Prime Minister Netanyahu reportedly rushed to bomb shelter after rocket attack on southern IsraelVideo
Wednesday’s rocket attack into southern Israel came as the Likud Party was preparing to hold its primary Thursday, choosing between Netanyahu and upstart challenger Gideon Saar. Israel has been gearing up for its third election in one year -- for the first time in the country’s history -- after Israel’s parliament failed to form a governing coalition.
ISRAEL ON VERGE OF THIRD ELECTION IN 1 YEAR AFTER PARLIAMENT VOTE
Most recently, following the Sept. 17 vote, Netanyahu's Likud party and rival Blue and White, led by former military commander Benny Gantz, both failed to form a coalition.
בני גנץ - Benny Gantz
✔
@gantzbe
המצב בו אזרחי ישראל נתונים לחסדי טרוריסטים, וראש ממשלת ישראל לא יכול לסייר בחלק ממדינתו הוא תעודת עניות למדיניות הביטחון בדרום, ואובדן הרתעה שאף מדינה ריבונית לא יכולה לקבל.
אנו נחליף את הממשלה, נשנה את המדיניות ונחזיר את ההרתעה ואת השקט לתושבי הדרום.
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Ganz tweeted Wednesday after the attack, writing, “The situation in which Israeli citizens are at the mercy of terrorists, and the Israeli prime minister cannot patrol part of his country is a certificate of poverty for the southern security policy, and a loss of deterrence that no sovereign state can accept.”
He added, “We will replace the government, change the policy and restore deterrence and quiet to the people of the south.”
Fox News' Trey Yingst in Jerusalem contributed to this report.