Netanyahu Vows to Continue Gaza Aggression "As Long As Necessary"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his ministers on Sunday that the Israeli aggression on Gaza would continue until the military operation’s aims are achieved.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his ministers on Sunday that the Israeli aggression on Gaza would continue until the military operation’s aims are achieved.



"Operation Protective Edge will continue until its aims are achieved... it may take time," he said of the Gaza offensive launched on July 7, in remarks broadcast by public radio.



At a special session of the cabinet, held at the defense ministry in Tel Aviv, he repeated a warning of "harsh retribution" for the death of an Israeli child on Friday in a rocket strike on a kibbutz near the Gaza border.



"Hamas is paying, and will continue to pay, a heavy price for the crimes it carries out," Netanyahu said.



"I call on residents of Gaza to immediately leave any structure from which Hamas carries out terror activity against us. All such sites are a target for us."



He added a veiled warning to Lebanon and Syria after overnight rocket fire into the occupied Palestinian territories.



"There is not and will not be any immunity for anyone who fires at Israeli citizens and that is true for every sector and every border," he said.



Senior officials from Palestinian resistance movement Hamas say the remarks are aimed at repairing the spirit of the Israeli public following the renewed fighting in the besieged Palestinian coastal enclave.



The resistance group has also recently said that Israeli premier is becoming increasingly confused and is facing a real crisis over the ongoing Tel Aviv war on Gazans.



