Netanyahu: Hamas will pay for killing the three Israeli teenagers

The Israeli security cabinet is currently meeting to weigh possible responses to the teens’ murders. Netanyahu ordered an extensive air campaign in the Gaza Strip in late 2012 in response to rocket attacks originating in the Hamas-controlled coastal area. While the campaign resulted in the deaths of several high-ranking Hamas operatives, including Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari, the campaign ceased admit international pressure — and resulted in Israel lightening its control of goods and individuals entering the Strip.

So any large-scale action comes with potential risk. And for now, there’s still a chance that the kidnapping was the work of rogue Hamas cells, rather than a conspiracy ordered by the organization’s top leadership.