Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignored warnings from security chiefs about the growing Hamas threat from Gaza and rejected proposals to kill Hamas leaders, according to a TV report. Netanyahu's office denies the allegations and claims the report is a recycling of baseless lies. The report states that Netanyahu chose a strategy of defense and paying off Hamas, investing billions in a new border fence that was easily penetrated. He also turned down a proposal to kill senior Hamas leaders and instead sent Mossad chief Yossi Cohen to Qatar to secure funding for Hamas. Netanyahu also ruled against plans to kill Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders and missed an opportunity to assassinate Qassem Soleimani. The Prime Minister's Office insists that Hamas was deterred and that the main threat was from subterranean tunnels.