Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed off the stage at an election campaign event in the southern Israeli port city of Ashkelon after rocket sirens blared throughout several communities on Wednesday evening.
Believe it or not, Benjamin Netanyahu is running
again for prime minister, third time this year, and as he kicked off this reelection campaign Thursday night in southern Israel, his exact location was inadvertently broadcast because people were live streaming it. This resulted in
Hamas knowing exactly where he was and being able to fire a rocket disturbingly close to where he was speaking, as you can see in the video below.
"And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." Genesis 12:3 (KJV)
Netanyahu in Israel, like Trump in America, is seemingly invincible to the constant attacks against him legally, in the media, and amazingly, to Hamas rocket fire as well. May the God of Abraham continue to keep His hand on both these in as we transition into 2020, it figures to be a bumpy, bumpy year.
Netanyahu Rushed Off Stage During Campaign Event as Rocket Intercepted in Southern Israel
FROM HAARETZ: One rocket fired from Gaza was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system, the Israeli army confirmed. Netanyahu and his wife Sara, who was also in attendance, were escorted to a shelter nearby; the prime minister later returned to the stage and continued his address.
During his speech at the Ashkelon event, the premier – who is facing a tense race for the Likud party leadership beginning Thursday – referred to the
Israeli military's assassination of senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata in the Strip last month. Al-Ata's killing triggered a short-lived but tense round of fire between Israel and the Gaza group.
"He who
fired rockets last time isn't with us anymore," Netanyahu said. "And he who fired now, better start packing his belongings," the prime minister continued, seemingly implying that whoever is behind the rocket fire this time will be targeted and retaliated against in a similar way.
"This isn't an attack on me or on Ashkelon, it's not that. These are recurring attacks on our communities, and they think that we won't hurt them or that we'll break down," he added. The event Netanyahu spoke at was documented and videos of it were live streamed on several websites of Israeli local newspapers in the south, inadvertently revealing the premier's exact location.
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