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Brussels urges a return to calm: “Only a political solution can put an end to the violence. Efforts by Egypt and the U.N. to calm the situation have the European Union’s full support.”
The Iranian proxy group has been behind a string of attacks in recent weeks designed to sabotage Egyptian-led efforts to steer Gaza towards calm.
The rockets apparently landed in open areas and caused no injures.
Over the last year, Hamas security service summoned, arrested and detained 742 people, including five women, for exercising their beliefs. Also documented were reports of police exercising excessive force in dispersing protesters, journalists and human-rights activists.
According to the IDF, the rocket fired by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza on Monday was an attempt to derail ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas.
Palestinian Authority military intelligence allegedly uncovered a year-long plot by Hamas to infiltrate the P.A. security framework.
The Israeli defense establishment has made increasing use of the media to expose intelligence about enemy activity, allowing decision-makers to disrupt the enemy without the associated risk of escalation that comes with direct strikes.
Saudi writers accuse Hamas of turning Gaza into a “giant prison” and say its members have become the “hangmen of Gaza’s people.”
Even though they sit on the front lines of riots and rocket attacks (and some very sandy driveways), the communities in southern Israel along the border with Gaza are experiencing economic growth that is double that of the rest of the country.
The suspects were transferred to an Israeli hospital for treatment.
It is wholly possible that the main reason for Israel’s perceived failure in deterrence is due to Hamas’s dissatisfaction with the status quo, even though the terror group is fully aware of its military inferiority compared to Israel.
The two main scenarios appear to be either a broader Israeli military campaign in response to a new Hamas escalation or a long-term truce that will see Gaza receive large-scale international funds and infrastructure development programs, thereby saving the Hamas regime.
