’Israeli’ Lieberman Calls for Wide-Scale Gaza Operation

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Zionist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday that "Israel" should carry out a wide-scale military operation in the seized Gaza Strip- similar to 2002's Operation "Defensive Shield"- in retaliation for the death of three Zionists who "Israel" accuses Hamas of having abducted and killed.

The "Israeli" daily Yedioth Ahronoth quoted Lieberman as saying, ""Israel" needs to carry out operation Defensive Shield 2, this time in [seized] Gaza."

On Monday night, the "Israeli" army confirmed that the three settlers - who went missing on June 12 from the Gush Etzion settlement near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron - had been found dead near the city.
Netanyahu blamed the Zionists' deaths on Hamas without producing any evidence to support the assertion.

"Israel's" 2002 "Defensive Shield" operation was the largest "Israeli" military campaign in the occupied West Bank since the Palestinian territories were first occupied during the 1967 Arab-"Israeli" War.

Since June 12, "Israel" has arrested 419 Palestinians following the incident of the three Zionists who had gone missing in the occupied West Bank.

In a statement, the "Israeli" army said that 335 Hamas operatives and 12 movement leaders have been arrested since June 12.

Sources: News Agencies, Edited by website team