Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the opening of the cabinet meeting that "Hamas will try to challenge us with its remaining forces ahead of the elections to try to influence them. Precisely because Hamas is so weak, it will try to do this. We are prepared for this, we will first of all thwart such attempts, and in any case we will respond with tremendous force if they make this mistake. I say to all our enemies: Look at what we did to you on seven fronts in the War of Resurrection. Don't mess with us."