The danger here is not that there isa recent escalation in Hamas activity but that Lieberman may be acting with the Sudis and Trumies to lessen the impact of the bloody murder on the American vote.
Following the utter horror of the murder of Jamal Kashoggi by Trumps allies in Riyadh, it appears that an October surprise could be in the making. Far right Trump ally in Israel, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, is amassing tanks along the Gaza border.
“Wars are only conducted when there is no choice, and now there is no choice,” Lieberman told the Knesset . Apparently anything less than the “toughest response” to Hamas is not being considered as Tel Aviv had “exhausted the other options.”
Under Lieberman, the IDF has stationed tanks and armored personnel carriers near the Palestinian border in what may be the largest military deployment since 2014’s Operation Protective Edge.
Lieberman’s threat comes after a rocket from Gaza hit the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, damaging a house, while another fell into the sea near Tel Aviv.
The Israeli Air Force retaliated, killing one Palestinian and injuring several others.