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“Due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation.”
“The IDF will respond forcefully to any violation of the agreement,” said the Israeli military.
In its own version of the Palestinian “pay-for-slay” scheme, the terror group has leveraged state institutions to channel public funds.
IDF reservists’ rights, highway safety among the causes championed by the Likud legislator.
“The strikes are designed to further degrade Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,” CENTCOM stated.
“They see Jews as oppressors,” Doug Basler told JNS, accusing Kshama Sawant and another Democratic challenger of viewing Israel through a Marxist lens.