Defense Minister Yaalon Affirms Israel “Will Not Be Deterred,” Following Discovery of New Terror Tunnel

Jerusalem, 5 May, 2016 (TPS) -- Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (Likud) stressed that Israel will remain undeterred in the wake of the most recent discovery of another Hamas terror tunnel.

“We will not be deterred by these threats of Hamas, and we will continue operations in light of the breach of our sovereignty until we find and uncover the last tunnel,” said Yaalon. “Since Hamas fired, we also responded and will continue to respond firmly to any such provocation by Hamas so that there will be no escalation and so that Hamas will not continue firing (on Israel).