WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Former Zionist war minister Avigdor Lieberman leveled harsh criticism against the cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over its response to the latest rocket attack from the Gaza Strip.
"This morning we again heard the cabinet members threatening Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The problem is that the terrorist leaders, at best, laugh at Israel's threats", Lieberman wrote on his Facebook page.
He also slammed the cabinet over the reported conditions of the truce between Tel Aviv and Hamas that was reached on 13 November. Lieberman accused the Zionist regime of paying $30 billion to Hamas, providing broader fishing areas to the enclave's inhabitants and immunity to Hamas leaders instead of showing a firm military response.
"This is a complete bankruptcy of the government", Lieberman added.
Meanwhile, Israeli attack helicopters have struck two posts belonging to the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, in southern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, the regime’s military says.
"Earlier today, an explosive device attached to a large cluster of balloons was launched on a model airplane from the Gaza Strip into” the Israeli-held Palestinian territories, the military said in a statement.
No damage was inflicted by the "attack” purportedly from the Gaza Strip. The drone-shaped device landed unexploded in a carrot field.
It added that in response to the "balloon-borne explosive device,” the military dispatched its "attack helicopters,” striking "two observation posts” run by Hamas, on Sunday evening.
According to a Hamas security source, one strike occurred east of Khan Younis and the other was carried out east of Gaza City. The source added that no injuries had been reported following the airstrikes.
Meanwhile, Palestinian media reported that in addition to the Hamas posts, the Israeli military attacked "targets” in the vicinity of Jabalia, in northern Gaza, and in the Zeitoun area of Gaza City. The Zionist regime’s military, however, refused to comment on those reports.
Tel Aviv bombards Gaza from time to time, claiming the assaults are in response to rocket attacks by resistance groups.