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A ‘new level of force’: Netanyahu warns against further Hamas attacks 

“If Hamas thinks we will tolerate a drizzle of rockets, it is wrong,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the cease-fire took effect.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he goes through a slideshow during a briefing to ambassadors to Israel at the Hakirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 19, 2021. — SEBASTIAN SCHEINER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Friday that Israel would respond with “a new level of force" to future rocket attacks from the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

“If Hamas thinks we will tolerate a drizzle of rockets, it is wrong,” Netanyahu said during a press conference with top defense officials in Tel Aviv.

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