Israeli defense minister shrugs off video threat
Israel's Defense Minister has shrugged off threats by Gaza militants who released a video clip showing army officers through the cross-hairs of a Palestinian sniper.
Avigdor Lieberman was visiting near the Gaza border Friday when asked if he was worried. He answered "you see I arrived here and came without a bullet proof jacket even." He said he trusts the Israeli army to protect him.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group had released a clip of senior Israeli officers seen through a sniper scope.
Gaza's Islamic militant Hamas rulers have called for a mass rally at the border as part of a weeks-long campaign of protests against a decade-old blockade of the territory.
Israel is closely guarding the fence and warns it will not tolerate attempts to breach it.
