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The move came at the orders of the Cabinet, an official told JNS.
“These children were victims of an evil that this council seems unwilling to address or condemn: Hamas,” Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly said.
Air-raid sirens sounded in the border villages of Kibbutz Mefalsim, Kibbutz Nir Am and Ibim, as well as in the nearby city of Sderot.
“From Israel’s perspective, this is currently the preferred solution, because nobody wants Hamas or the P.A.,” a former 8200 commander tells JNS.
“It is not possible that while our soldiers are risking their lives in Gaza, the Israeli government is feeding the enemy,” Yulia Malinovsky, who introduced the bill, told JNS.
The Israeli military says the new corridor will pressure Hamas in southern Gaza, as part of broader efforts to defeat its Khan Yunis Brigade.
The U.S.-backed organization said it had identified gunmen among the crowd of aid seekers, for the first time since it began its operations.
The dinner meeting at White House will reportedly focus on the Israel-Hamas hostage deal and renewed U.S. talks with Iran over its nuclear program.
A senior Israeli military official tells JNS Hamas has lost command and control and arms production capabilities, but continues to operate as guerrilla cells.
Ron Dermer says a ceasefire depends on the terrorist group losing power and no longer controlling the coastal enclave.
Israeli forces uncovered a network used by terrorists for hiding and storing explosives and weapons.
The translation of “Jews” as “Israelis” and payment of 21 months’ worth of salaries to a Hamas boss’s son was deemed “reasonable.”
