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Palestinians walk among the rubble of destroyed houses in the east of Khan Younis, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during an Israeli offensive, in the southern Gaza Strip August 1, 2014. reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened on Saturday to exact an "intolerable price" from the Gaza Strip's dominant Hamas Islamists should there be continued attacks from the Palestinian territory.

"We do not accept a continuation of the shooting," Netanyahu told reporters. "It (Hamas) will have to understand, however long that takes, that it will pay an intolerable price, from its perspective, for continuation of the shooting."

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