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Chief Sgt. David Yehuda Yitzchak was a non-commissioned officer from the Egoz commando unit.
The foreign ministries of Bahrain and Morocco did not issue statements on the counterterror raid.
The Israel Defense Forces has set a new precedent of intensified yet focused security operations, which it can now repeat.
Pits in the mosque held weapons, explosives and military gear.
“Our forces entered the nest of terrorists,” Netanyahu said.
The operation will continue “as long as necessary” to restore security, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“This is literally an example of Israel, like the rest of us, having the right to defend itself,” Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) wrote.
It comes after a new report was released by the Investigative Project on Terrorism about the group’s extensive history of antisemitism.
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Troops also located weapons and explosives stored underground inside a mosque in the city.
Twenty years later, Israel is being forced to resort to the same tactics used during the Second Intifada.
The Islamist group also deployed forces to prevent disturbances on the border.
