Israeli Knesset member Yariv Levin believes Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh needs to be eliminated. Levin said to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot \"The situation in the South will calm immediately as soon as shelling from Gaza stop.\" The remark came during a debate between MP Ahmed el-Tayebi and Levin, where he said that \"the situation in the South will only be controlled using force, and that Haniyeh is a terrorist who needs to be assassinated.\"