Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - Most of Benjamin Netanyahu's allies in the new Israeli government remain silent about the Israeli military response to the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip .

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich , before they entered the government, were calling for a much stronger response against the Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, but this morning they remained silent and did not comment.

According to the site, the calculated reaction of the Israeli army, which included striking an underground missile production site and a Hamas military site, caused a sharp reaction from Knesset member Zvika Fogel of Ben Gvir's "Jewish Power" party, who tweeted questions to the new army minister. Yoav Gallant, "Do you want to achieve deterrence? Well, this is how deterrence is achieved: Close the crossings and do not allow the passage of goods and the exit of workers until the return of the children (captives of Hamas), and kill senior officials and do not waste ammunition by firing them only at the sites.. Attack.. Do that." .

According to the site, Smotrich, during the presence of the Bennett-Lapid government, was attacking it for its reactions to the rocket fire, and during Operation "Dawn" last August against Islamic Jihad, he called on it to bring down Hezbollah and the Hamas government.

Ben Gvir had also spoken several times on the issue of Gaza, and he said in 2019: "The time has come to bring a heavy price from Gaza for every missile fired from the Strip... 30 terrorists must be killed, Gaza leveled to the ground, and a return to Gush Katif (a settlement that was withdrawn from in 2019) 2005). according to his expression.

In another tweet that year: "The children of the Gaza border live in a state of fear instead of enjoying their lives like all the children of the rest of the Israeli cities...Hamas imposes its agenda on us and the government once again stutters and is weak in its responses."

This morning, a member of the Likud, Mayor of Ashkelon Tomer Ghulam, sent a message to Netanyahu, in which he said: “40 thousand residents of the city do not have a suitable protected place, and tonight they held their breath again in those difficult moments … the vast majority of these residents chose you and supported you.” They believed you when you said that you would eliminate rocket fire and terrorism, and you talked about a program to protect the city of Ashkelon and give it economic benefits, and most of these residents stand behind you steadfastly in every operation and every escalation..There must be a comprehensive defense reform of the city to save the residents in the process coming".