He promised to work with them to prolong the Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire, rebuild Gaza and block the smuggling of weapons to Hamas.
The attack took place shortly after Palestinian security commanders said they had given orders to suppress Hamas rocket fire into Israel, and took steps to block arms smuggling into the area.
The Israeli attack also came after Palestinian security forces took steps to block arms smuggling into the Gaza Strip, in the first such forceful action since a Hamas suicide bomber killed 21 people aboard a city bus in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
While the Mexican government does what it can to block the smuggling of weapons into Tijuana, it is essentially inept at doing so.
Efforts to block the smuggling of weaponry in are thwarted when the cartel, with vast operations originating in South America and significant resources at its disposal, begins providing munitions to its operatives in Tijuana through shipments made by sea vessel.
Mustafa B. Hamarneh, director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan, said that while government officials here defended the policy of blocking arms smuggling as protecting Jordan, the view on the street was far different.
Egypt confirmed Tuesday that it was engaged in construction along its border with Gaza, but said it was not building what some reports said was a steel wall to block cross-border smuggling.
Sea access must remain blocked to prevent weapons smuggling.
In light of the retreat by Haftar's forces near the Egyptian borders, Cairo may resort to creating a sort of buffer zone along with securing the borders to block all efforts to smuggle arms and potential terrorists.
The Palestinian Authority has taken some security steps since the bus bombing, including blocking some tunnels used for weapons smuggling in the southern Gaza Strip and freezing the accounts of Islamic charities that may be connected to Hamas.
