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The dismissals come a week after the IDF killed an employee of the charity who participated in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.
Instability could lead to “a wave of terrorism” in Judea and Samaria, sources told Army Radio.
However, all parties in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations are tempering expectations.
The Israel Defense Forces intercepted two of the rockets, with the others impacting in open areas.
Three Israeli soldiers, all members of the Givati Brigade’s “Shaked” Battalion, were reportedly killed by a Hamas anti-tank missile on Monday.
“It’s very selective in the history it is trying to portray,” Jonathan Harounoff, international spokesman for Israel’s mission to the United Nations, told JNS.
The slain men were named as Staff Sgt. Ido Zano, 20; Staff Sgt. Barak Daniel Halpern, 19; and Sgt. Omri Cohen, 19.
The three accused were among the 1,027 terrorists Israel released in exchange for IDF soldier Gilad Shalit in 2011.
Hamas said to have submitted names of sick and elderly captives, as well as four Americans, set for release in an impending ceasefire agreement.
In an interview with “NBC,” the president-elect warned against Oct. 7 denial and pledged to expand the Abraham Accords.
The prime minister said that the “time was ripe” to promote a hostages’ deal, Kan News reported.
Soldiers dismantled “dozens” of tunnels in the north Gaza area—some of which were booby-trapped.