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The two factions, rivals for over a decade, pledge to “respect and accept” the results of the first elections in 15 years.
According to the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate’s annual threat-assessment report, Hezbollah will likely launch “limited” offensives against Israel, but not war.
The incident comes just days after Israeli warplanes struck Hamas “tunnel-digging workshops” in Gaza in response to a pair of rockets fired at Ashdod.
The military “is prepared and ready to act as resolutely as necessary against attempts to harm Israeli citizens and sovereignty,” says the IDF.
“The United States must not tolerate anybody who provides support to these radical Islamic terrorists,” said Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.).
Statements by Mahmoud al-Zahar that Qassem Soleimani transferred bundles of cash to Gaza in 2006 is undermining Tehran’s propaganda campaign on the anniversary of the Quds Force commander’s assassination.
Apparently concerned that the incoming U.S. administration will shore up Mahmoud Abbas’s flagging rule, exiled Fatah politician Mohammed Dahlan has launched an unprecedented media campaign against the P.A. leader.
Fresh capabilities, in addition to re-evaluating offense and defense, are coming into play in the IDF, which assumes that in five years, its enemies will possess much greater abilities.
Initial details begin to emerge from the investigation of Brotherhood acting general guide Mahmoud Ezzat, who was arrested in Cairo in August.
The exercise, codenamed “The Strong Base” (a Koranic reference), involved the firing of rockets into the sea and a simulated naval commando raid on Israel.
Among the targets hit were a rocket manufacturing site, underground infrastructure and a military post, according to the Israeli military.
An estimated 21,000 people have been infected with the coronavirus in the Gaza Strip with 111 reported deaths so far.
