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IDF Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian condemns the act as “a desperate attempt by Hamas to instill fear in the Gazan public to preserve its regime.”
Arafat Diab, of Hamas’s Sheikh Radwan Battalion, was killed in a May 31 airstrike coordinated by the IDF and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet).
“Abbas continues to prove how unworthy the P.A. is of being a state,” the Israel-based Palestinian Media Watch said.
The Hamas leader died on May 13, when Israeli Air Force jets struck an underground terrorist base with bunker-busting munitions.
The Hasmonean Brigade’s deployment deepens the debate over yeshivah draft exemptions, which is putting strain on Netanyahu’s coalition.
In an interview with Israel’s Army Radio, Yasser Abu Shabab claimed dozens of Gaza families were being absorbed by the militia daily, and called on international media to stop spreading Hamas propaganda.
Fernando Marman, kidnapped by Hamas with his family and released by the IDF, chose the event to talk publicly for the first time.
Jerusalem will provide intelligence to help in South American country’s war on drug cartels.
French officials visiting Israel assured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the conference would not recognize “Palestine.”
How a New Jersey-based attorney built a historic legal campaign against terrorism through the courts.
Prosecutors didn’t provide details on those being investigated, but a JNS source said there are at least three.
The strike occurred just beyond the IDF’s expanded buffer zone.