A senior official cited concerns that the weapons could be used in densely populated parts of Gaza’s Rafah city.
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The move limits Hamas’s smuggling efforts, and also demonstrates that Israel is not deterred by international pressure.
The outcome will provide a barometer of support for statehood recognition.
Other clips shared by soldiers show tanks ramming into a “Gaza” sign and raising the Israeli flag along the Philadelphi Corridor.
Israeli military strikes more than 100 Hamas sites in the southern Gaza city • Senior Israeli officials: Hamas ceasefire claims a stunt.
The Biden administration is effectively delaying the delivery of up to 6,500 Joint Direct Attack Munitions, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The casualties were identified as Master Sgt. (res.) Dan Kamkagi, 31, and Master Sgt. (res.) Nahman Natan Hertz, 31.
Demands for a hostage deal, a Rafah battle, governmental stability and US pressure all pushing the premier in different directions.
Josef Avi Yair Engel’s father survived the Nazi genocide and his grandson recently spent 54 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza.
