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Among other things, after saying he was going to change how Gaza receives aid, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is discussing returning to the original method of transferring cash in suitcases.
Israeli court orders Hamas to pay $11.8 million to families of three slain teens; families to appeal
“No $10 million ruling will deter an organization with a billion-dollar budget,” says Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center, which represented the plaintiffs.
Terror groups in Gaza launched two rockets into Israel within hours, marking the third consecutive night of rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled territory.
Following rocket fire, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi warns that Hamas and Gaza will “pay a heavy price” if the situation escalates.
Israel warplanes struck terror targets in the Gaza Strip for the second time in as many weeks after Israel’s Iron Dome downed a rocket that triggered sirens in Gaza-envelope communities.
Palestinian security prisoners also broke out of an Israeli prison in 1987, an incident that Col. (res.) David Hacham, a former Arab affairs adviser to Israeli defense ministers, said was one of the catalysts for the outbreak of the First Intifada.
If more restrictions fail to let up or enough goods don’t come through, the terror group has threatened to expand border rioting disturbances.
Maj. Gen. (res.) Eitan Dangot, Israel’s former Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, tells JNS that the recent meeting between Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas creates new options for Israel to decrease future uncertainty. Regarding Gaza, all routes lead to escalation, he warned.
The easing includes expanding Gaza’s fishing zone to 15 nautical miles and raising the number of Gazan merchants permitted to enter Israel from 2,000 to 7,000.
Israel Border Police Sgt. Bar-El Hadaria Shmueli, 21, succumbed to wounds sustained during riots along the Israeli-Gaza border.
Prof. Eyal Zisser of Tel Aviv University tells JNS that Hezbollah and Hamas are building on events in Afghanistan for morale but are realistic enough to avoid initiating war with Israel at this time.
Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich warns of the meeting’s potential diplomatic fallout, while Hamas officials blast the Palestinian president for “stabbing our people in the back.”
