“Our role is to defend the citizens of Israel against every threat—and that is what we will do,” said the Israeli defense minister.

Jerusalem “will not allow Hamas murderers to rearm and threaten us again,” the premier vowed.

The statement came after Khaled Mashaal rejected the US- and UN-backed demands for Hamas to disarm and for the Strip to be demilitarized.

Global anti-Israel sentiment has created opportunities “to remove this entity [Israel] from our homeland,” said Khaled Mashaal.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed Acting National Security Council head Gil Reich “to send a representative on his behalf.”

HaGvura‒The Forum for Families of Fallen Heroes urged Washington not to extend a “lifeline” to terrorists trapped in a tunnel in Gaza’s south.

“We want to believe they weren’t part of this,” a spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office told JNS.

Two armed terrorists opened fire at a bus stop and were reportedly “neutralized” at the scene by an Israeli soldier and a civilian.

“It is important that everyone out there who helps Israel in various ways knows that, when the time comes, Israel will assist them,” the victims’ attorneys said.

“We always pray for Israel, and especially the people of Samaria,” the House majority leader said.