Ending violence ’will take time’ says Netanyahu as Israeli troops mass at Gaza border

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday “it will take more time“, as Gaza cross-border violence escalated. “We continue striking Hamas while defending our citizens. It will take more time,“ he said while visiting an Iron Dome missile defence battery in central Israel. Israeli troops massed at Gaza’s border on Thursday and Palestinian militants pounded Israel with rockets in intense hostilities that have caused international concern and touched off clashes between Jews and Arabs in Israel.