Tel-Chai Nation

Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken about how, following the terrorist attack near Eilat, the IDF has struck back strongly:

Prime Minister Netanyahu gave a very short statement before press cameras at 8:30 P.M. Thursday evening following the lethal three-stage terror attack that claimed 7 Israeli lives and saw 33 wounded.

"We all witnessed an attempt to ratchet up the level of terror emanating from Sinai," he said. "If someone thinks that Israel will put up with this, he is wrong."

"I have established a principle: when Israeli citizens are hurt, we hit back immediately, and with force. This principle was implemented today. The people who gave the order to murder our civilians, who were hiding in Gaza, are no longer among the living," Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu's reference was apparently to the death of Abu Awad Kamel a-Neirab, commander of the Salah a-Din Brigades, the "military" wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike around 5:00 PM on Thursday.

An estimated 20 terorrirsts were killed in the firefight that raged during and after the attack - some direct participants; some lookouts. It appears the entire terrorist force that staged the attack was wiped out.

It's still not enough, however - they have to raid Gaza and put an end to the dictatorship they're running there once and for all, and not let PC forces deter them.

Hat tip: The Jawa Report.

Update: J.E Dyer at Hot Air notes that the terrorists were wearing Egyptian military uniforms.

Labels: anti-semitism, Israel, jihad, terrorism, war on terror