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“Israel is coordinating closely with UNIFIL to reduce risk” while “Hezbollah is exploiting their presence,” the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations told the U.N. Security Council.
Will Washington find a way to preserve the additional edge on which Israeli security policy has relied for decades?
“The vast majority of the Israeli public, between 75% and 80%, reject another Palestinian terror state, which this time would overlook Ben-Gurion Airport,” Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, told JNS.
“The demilitarization of Hamas is a basic condition of the peace agreement,” the Israeli envoy to the United Nations said. “There will be no future in Gaza as long as Hamas possesses weapons.”
One of the groups, based in Greece, reportedly said it had carried out a bombing in solidarity with “the Palestinian people and their heroic resistance.”
“We call on Iran to articulate to the international community the legal basis for its actions,” U.S. Central Command stated.
Special rapporteur Reem Alsalem’s claims are “questionable at best,” the Dinah Project said.
The Iranian-backed terror group is smuggling weapons and rebuilding command ranks.
E.U.’s two civilian missions in Gaza focus on border assistance and supporting the P.A.’s policing and justice reforms.
“The government welcomes the ceasefire in Gaza,” a government spokesman said.
Gideon Sa’ar cited Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen as examples of why a Palestinian state would threaten Israel’s security.
The purpose of the gathering is to exchange professional knowledge with the participating militaries, including from Arab states, the IDF said.
U.S.-backed resolution proposes international force and interim Gaza board as Israel, Hamas and Russia voice sharply different positions.
