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“This will only end when those who want to destroy us are destroyed,” a municipal worker in the border city said.
The terrorist organization is “ISIS on steroids,” the Prime Minister’s Office said.
The mood in the capital is subdued, as people absorb the shock of Hamas’s Oct. 7 assault. But Israelis are starting to manifest the values of mutual responsibility and caring that have stood out in every crisis the country has ever experienced.
“I pray for all those families that saw a day of celebration be transformed into a day of mourning,” said the pontiff.
Brig. Gen. Dan Goldfus, Commander of the IDF’s 98th Division and one of the first military responders to the Oct. 7 massacre, says the military is prepared to “take away” terror organizations.
The Palestinian terrorists planned to conquer and hold border communities.
“We definitely can handle two fronts once the military is deployed and mobilized; this is not a big issue. We already paid such a heavy price that you cannot threaten us with paying heavy prices,” said Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser.
The Israeli Air Force struck in Gaza’s Al Furqan neighborhood, “a terrorist hotspot from which Hamas devises and executes their attacks,” per the IDF.
“It was a difficult and painful meeting, but even so, we saw the strong, amazing spirit of the families,” said the Israeli president.
The U.S. Secretary of State will meet with Israeli leaders about how America can assist in the war against Hamas.
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He was identified as Ali Muhammad Elyan, 34, from the Arab town of Baqa al-Sharqiya.
