Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu indicated little confidence Sunday in the
durability of the cease fire with Hamas, telling pilots who took part in
Operation Pillar of Defense they could go now prepare for the next campaign, and
reservists that they would likely be needed again later.
Netanyahu, who
visited the Palmachim air base, told the pilots that they accurately carried out
the missions set out for them. "If the quiet is kept, you can continue preparing
for the next campaign," he said.
But if the quiet was violated, he
warned, "you will go back to hitting what remains of the Hamas stockpile of
weapons."
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