Operation Iron Swords - Day 159 - 13 March 2024
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The Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) denied what was circulated in the media and attributed to a “senior Hamas source” regarding the movement receiving an international offer for an extended ceasefire in the Gaza Strip , a gradual return of the displaced, or a delegation heading to Cairo to discuss the details. During the press statement, the Hamas movement renewed its call to the media to ensure accuracy and credibility in reporting news, and not to manipulate the feelings of the Palestinian people who are subjected to Zionist aggression and a Nazi war of extermination.
This statement comes amid international attempts to reach a ceasefire, the most recent of which was the negotiations held in Cairo with the participation of Egypt, the United States, Qatar, and Hamas for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Although the Hamas delegation left Cairo last Thursday, the US ambassador to Tel Aviv, Jack Lew, indicated that it was a mistake to assume that the prisoner exchange and ceasefire talks in the Gaza Strip had failed.
Hamas previously announced - in a statement - that its delegation left Cairo to consult with the movement’s senior leadership, while negotiations and efforts are still continuing to find solutions to stop the aggression, return the displaced, and provide relief aid to the Palestinian people. Hamas leader Sami Abu Zuhri confirmed that Israel had failed to achieve any progress in the ongoing negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement.
Abu Zuhri explained that Israel rejects the demands put forward by Hamas to stop the aggression, withdraw from the Gaza Strip, and guarantee the freedom of aid entry and the return of the displaced. Hamas officials indicated that it is necessary to reach a ceasefire and withdraw Israeli forces from Gaza before beginning the process of releasing prisoners, stressing the importance of all residents of the Gaza Strip returning to their homes from which they fled during the aggression.
Hamas also confirmed that it is unable to provide a list of the names of prisoners who are still alive without reaching a ceasefire, because the prisoners are distributed in different areas within the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Channel 14 said that Palestinian Authority Intelligence Director Majid Faraj began working on building an armed force in the southern Gaza Strip. The channel added that this force consists of families who do not support the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) to distribute aid from the south of the Gaza Strip to its north.
The Israeli Broadcasting Authority (KAN) also said that National Security Council Chairman Tzachi Hanegbi met with Faraj recently, with the approval of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. KAN noted that Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant suggested that the director of Palestinian intelligence take over the administration of the Gaza Strip temporarily after the end of the war, and work to build an alternative to Hamas.
Kan indicated that Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant proposed that the head of Palestinian Authority intelligence take over the administration of the Gaza Strip temporarily after the end of the war. KAN said that Israel is considering using the head of Palestinian intelligence to build an alternative to Hamas the day after the war. The proposal stipulates that Majid Faraj will take over the administration of Gaza with the help of figures who do not include a member of the Hamas movement.
Sources familiar with the discussions said that Faraj was not the only name that Israel was considering the possibility of naming responsible for the administration of Gaza the day after the war. But the leader of the opposition in Israel, Yair Lapid, said, "It is natural for us to mention Faraj's name, as he is in the Palestinian Authority one of the figures who worked most with us against Hamas."
Lapid added in a television interview, "The civil service has no obstacle to working with the Palestinian Authority, because even today it works with it. The government must decide whether it will deal with politics or Israel's security. If the matter is related to Israel's security, we will work with the Palestinian Authority." Lapid continued, "We will only guarantee our security, and not suggest relying on the Palestinian Authority in the war on terrorism."
Majed Faraj's name has previously been floated as a possible alternative to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. According to Israeli press reports, Majid Faraj (61 years old) is the most powerful and senior security figure in the Palestinian Authority. He is considered close to Abbas, and has excellent relations with senior Israeli security officials.
According to these reports, Majid Faraj is coordinating on behalf of the authorities with the Shin Bet , the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and Arab and Western intelligence agencies. This comes as leaks indicate that Washington is pressuring Tel Aviv to present a vision of its vision for managing Gaza after the end of the war.
The Palestinian Authority stressed the need for aid to be introduced and distributed in the Gaza Strip in full coordination with it as “the legitimate leadership of the Palestinian people,” following Israeli reports that indicated a possible role for Palestinian intelligence chief Majed Faraj. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that “the mechanism for introducing and distributing aid must be carried out in full coordination with the legitimate leadership of the Palestinian people, and through approved and irreplaceable international mechanisms such as UNRWA, the Palestinian Red Crescent, and relevant international institutions.”
The Ministry affirmed its welcome of the American and international efforts “aimed at breaking the siege on the Gaza Strip and ensuring the sustainable entry of aid and humanitarian and relief needs to Palestinian civilians by all means, by sea, land and air.” The statement added that bringing in aid by all means is a priority, along with a ceasefire and preventing forced displacement.
In cooperation with the HA in integrated ground activities: Division 98 deepened the fighting in the 'Hamad' neighborhood. The forces of the 98th Division continue fighting in the southern Gaza Strip in the neighborhoods of Hamed, the Absanis and Al Karara in Khan Yunis, killing terrorists in encounters and deepening the attacks.
Over the past day, the fighters of the Agoz unit formed by the commando exchanged fire with a squad of seven terrorists who had barricaded themselves in a building in the neighborhood. In a combined attack from the air and using a pressure cooker on the building, the fighters eliminated several terrorists by shooting. Immediately after, the fighters directed an aircraft that attacked and eliminated the rest of the squad. Also, Magellan unit fighters located and confiscated weapons in the neighborhood.
Air force forces attacked and killed a terrorist who was responsible for launching many rockets towards the territory of the State of Israel, including during 7/10. In addition, under the direction of the fire center of the Gaza Division, the corps carried out extensive attacks in enemy deployment areas in Deir al-Balah and destroyed many terrorist infrastructures, including operational shafts, anti-tank launching positions and assembly points of terrorists.
The Nahal Brigade's combat team continues fighting in the center of the Strip. The brigade's fire complex identified a terrorist with a suspicious object in his hand entering a house known as a Hamas operative's home near the forces sector, and directed a fighter jet that attacked and killed him.
The Israeli forces left massive destruction in the residential city of Hamad, west of Khan Yunis (southern Gaza Strip ), after a partial withdrawal from the area into which it had penetrated during the past 10 days. In this context, the military and strategic expert, Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi, said that the occupation army claimed that it was carrying out raids in Hamad Town, which means searching and inspecting people or tunnel openings or trying to obtain information.
During his analysis for Al Jazeera, Al-Duwairi pointed out that after 10 days of operations by the occupation army in the region, it became clear that it was a flattening of the land and the systematic destruction of residential towers, stressing that the occupation had not achieved anything from a military perspective, but had destroyed everything, while the resistance fighters were still in the tunnels. The strategic expert stressed that there is no military objective in the occupation operation in the residential city, adding that it falls within the context of eliminating all aspects of life, as happened previously in Al Karama Towers and neighborhoods such as Al-Rimal and Tal Al-Hawa in Gaza City and others.
In the central governorate, Al-Duwairi believes that the return of bombing to the city of Deir al-Balah - which is classified as a safe area - may be an indication of the return of operations and the expansion of their framework there, in light of the presence of Qassam brigades that are still strong in the central camps. He explains that the occupation army believes that the achievements achieved in the central region are still sufficient, despite the destruction that occurred in parts of the Bureij, Al-Maghazi and Al-Nuseirat camps.
As for the Israeli bombing that targeted an aid distribution center affiliated with UNRWA in the city of Rafah in the south, the strategic expert indicated that the matter was not a major event for the occupation army, which has always targeted displaced people waiting for aid. Al-Duwairi cited what is happening in the Kuwait and Nabulsi roundabouts in Gaza City, as they have become confirmed targeting and killing points for Palestinians searching for humanitarian aid.
Palestinian resistance factions engaged in fierce clashes with the Israeli occupation army in the residential city of Hamad, west of Khan Yunis (south of the Gaza Strip ), and they said - in successive statements - that they placed Israeli special forces in precise ambushes. In this context, the military and strategic expert, Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi, said that the battles and clashes in Khan Yunis are different from those in Gaza, and are optional on the part of the resistance.
Al-Duwairi went on - during his analysis of the field scene on the island - to explain that Hamad Town was bypassed, like other areas of Khan Yunis, months ago, "so that it becomes clear that the Israeli statements are contrary to the truth." He pointed out that there are 6 brigades in Khan Yunis, including 4 brigades of the (elite) infantry forces, in addition to two armored brigades, indicating that the resistance operations currently are considered selective after 3 months of continuous aerial bombardment, ground battles, and the bombing of residential squares.
He explained that this bombing and destruction forced the resistance to spend most of its time underground, but its fighters come out at the appropriate and decisive moment to hunt a critical target, such as booby-trapping a house and blowing it up, or luring it to killing areas or blowing up tunnel openings. As for the current operations of the occupation army, they fall - according to Al-Duwairi - within the framework of searching for specific people based on intelligence information, rather than achieving realistic goals framed geographically.
The military expert cited the Israeli bombing of the Nuseirat camp in the Central Governorate, which - according to official Israeli reports - targeted Marwan Issa , the second man in the Al-Qassam Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ), without any confirmation from the latter of those allegations. This is why the occupation army believes that prominent leaders of Hamas and its military wing - such as its president in Gaza, Yahya Al-Sinwar, the Phalange’s spokesman, Abu Ubaida, and others - may be present in Hamad Town, according to Al-Duwairi.
It should be noted that the Al-Qassam Brigades announced - on Tuesday - that two Israeli foot forces were ambushed and clashed with their members from zero distance in Hamad Town, noting that they were monitoring the process of evacuating the dead and wounded by occupation aircraft. Fighters of the Al- Quds Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement - also detonated a high-explosive device against an Israeli force of 6 individuals barricaded inside a residential apartment in Hamad Town, and its fighters also bombarded with mortar shells gatherings of occupation soldiers in the center of the city itself.
A Hebrew channel said that the Israeli army was able to remove two divers who attempted to infiltrate near the northern shores of the Gaza Strip , after fears that they would reach the Zikim area, at a time when the resistance factions did not announce that attempt, or officially adopt it. The military and strategic expert, Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi, suggested that the infiltration attempt was made by swimming frogs, in light of the fact that there was no talk of boats or sea torpedoes.
Al-Duwairi stressed - during his analysis for Al Jazeera - that the attempt is not a major operation, but rather a message that “despite everything that has happened, we are still able to think about carrying out qualitative operations in the Gaza envelope area .” He pointed out that the number of participants in the operation was small, and it was likely that it was a reconnaissance infiltration operation to obtain information, and to study the temporal and spatial conditions and their suitability, anticipating that it may be within the framework of upcoming future planning.
Al-Duwairi warns that the essence of the operation is determined if it is a pre-emptive step, stressing that it will have a strong meaning if it is a reconnaissance attempt to prepare for another operation, as it will spread anxiety and terror to the settlers and members of the army, in the belief that the Al- Qassam Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) - will not She is still thinking about something about the Gaza Strip.
Al-Duwairi warned that Zikim was attacked twice from the sea, the first time on the first day of the “ Al-Aqsa Flood .” It was a successful and powerful operation using human frogs and sea boats, and it imposed its presence for hours. He explained that a second infiltration operation occurred in Zikim several days after the Qassam attack, when the occupation army had not yet regained its full balance.
Regarding the strategy with which Israel dealt with the attempt, the strategic expert believes that the occupation army did not want to cause confusion in the Gaza Strip and tried to contain it, especially since it may constitute a great embarrassment for it after it announced weeks ago the start of the third phase of the war in the northern sector, after claiming to dismantle the frameworks. Organization of the Qassam Brigades.
The Wall Street Journal reported that former Palestinian detainees under the Israeli occupation were beaten, humiliated, and forced to kneel for more than 20 hours. The newspaper said, quoting a director of the Committee against Torture in Israel, that Palestinian detainees are isolated and detained without the right to seek assistance from a lawyer. It added that the occupation forces stripped them of their clothes for long periods of time, during interrogation.
Former prisoner Muhammad Obaid said that the Israeli soldiers asked him to wipe the blood from his face to take a picture in front of the Israeli flag. He added that the occupation later released him without charges after 40 days of detention. Heba Ghaben, a former prisoner of the occupation, also said, “They threatened me with electric shocks and tied our hands and feet.” When Israeli soldiers released Bahaa Abu Rukba near a border crossing in Gaza after detaining him for nearly three weeks, the 24-year-old Palestinian said he was in pain and struggling to walk after being repeatedly beaten with rifle butts and kicked in the thigh.
The United Nations estimates that, since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, Israel has detained thousands of young Palestinians in operations that the Israeli army said targeted militants. Earlier, the private Israeli Channel 13 said that what it described as elite fighters of the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) detained in Israeli prisons "are suffering from severe and difficult measures, and are crowded into very small cells amidst hunger, cold, and hardship."
This came in a television report broadcast by the channel about the Palestinian prisoners, whom it said were “elite” members of the “Al-Qassam” Brigades affiliated with the Hamas movement, who were arrested during the attacks of October 7, 2023. The channel says, "Prisoners of the Hamas elite suffer from very difficult conditions, as they are always shivering from the cold, and are forced to bend their heads while sitting on the ground. The cell rooms are very small, and the beds are unmade and without covers."
The US Army announced that a number of its ships were heading to Gaza to establish a temporary naval dock that would allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Strip. In light of the inability to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza through land crossings due to Israel’s intransigence, and the failure to reach a ceasefire agreement with the Palestinian resistance despite continued regional and international diplomatic efforts, US Central Command (Centcom) said that US army ships left a base in Virginia - yesterday, Tuesday - On its way to the eastern Mediterranean to establish a seaport that will allow ships to send humanitarian aid to Gaza.
The leadership attached its statement with pictures showing 4 ships, and explained that the ships carried the equipment and supplies necessary to establish the temporary naval pier. The trip is expected to take about 30 days, and as for the process of building the temporary dock, American estimates indicate that it will take about 60 days.
The head of the HAMAS government media office in the Gaza Strip , Salama Marouf, said on Wednesday that the feasibility of transporting aid to the Strip via ships “remains a matter of consideration” due to the mechanism that is followed to deliver aid across the sea, considering that what is better is to pressure Israel to bring relief convoys through the known land crossings.
Marouf said that in light of the talk about the departure of a ship loaded with aid heading to the Gaza Strip from the port of Larnaca in Cyprus yesterday, Tuesday, we confirm the weakness of the relief efforts for our people and their remaining below the minimum required in the face of the humanitarian catastrophe that is afflicting our people, especially the north of the Strip, where more than 700 people are suffering. A thousand citizens, a clear war of starvation.
He added, "According to what was announced, the ship's load does not exceed the load of one or two trucks, and it will take days. It is not yet known where it will dock and how it will reach the Gaza coast. In addition, it will be subject to inspection by the occupation army, and therefore the feasibility of this mechanism becomes subject to consideration." He continued that it would be better for everyone to put pressure on the occupation to bring in aid convoys by land and through known crossings, such as the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings (south of Gaza), or to activate the Al-Mintar and Shujaiya crossings (east of Gaza City) and Beit Hanoun (north).
He stressed that the international community must come together urgently, before it is too late, to save those dying of hunger. He considered that the best way to do this is to operate land crossings in a way that allows the rapid entry of thousands of aid and relief trucks that are lined up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing and which the occupation refuses to enter.
Marouf said that the occupation, by refusing to bring aid through the Rafah crossing, is ignoring the resolutions of the UN Security Council and the International Court of Justice, without paying attention to the stricken humanitarian reality in the northern Gaza Strip.
Yesterday, Tuesday, the international World Central Kitchen Foundation announced the launch of the first relief ship for Gaza from the port of Larnaca in Cyprus, in an attempt to open a sea corridor to deliver aid to the Strip, which has been suffering under war and a severe Israeli siege for the sixth month. The organization said, in a post on the “X” platform, that the ship carries about 200 tons of food, such as rice, flour, legumes, canned vegetables, and proteins.
In a press statement yesterday, Tuesday, the Chief Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs and Reconstruction in Gaza, Sikhrid Kach, welcomed the opening of a sea corridor to deliver humanitarian aid to the Strip, but stressed that “there is no alternative to land routes.”
Cyprus' Foreign Minister Constantinos Koumpos said that work is underway to prepare a second ship to leave for Gaza. "We are working to ensure that the first shipment is delivered safely, and then distributed safely," he said from Beirut. "If things go according to plan, we have arranged a mechanism to send a second, much larger shipment, and then we will work." To make the process more regular while increasing the amount of subsidies.”
Operational Update - Judea-Samaria
Jazeera Net reported that from yesterday evening, Tuesday, until this morning, the occupation forces executed in cold blood 4 Palestinians in the Jerusalem Governorate , including 3 children, the youngest of whom was not more than 13 years old, after he was shot while he was playing with his peers in front of his house in the Shuafat refugee camp, north of Jerusalem. The child Rami Al-Halhouli (13 years old) was the first to rise in the camp, which has been on fire for about a year and a half, and witnesses almost daily raids by the occupation forces, including random targeting of residents and their property. Rami asked his mother for a little money to buy sweets after breakfast and eat them with his friends, but as soon as he went out to have fun around the house, the soldiers shot him, claiming that he used fireworks against them and endangered their lives. Rami’s heart stopped after bleeding for a long time.
A light hand on the trigger was waiting for 5 young men in the town of Al-Jib, northwest of Jerusalem, and a resident of the village (B.G) told Al Jazeera Net that 5 young men were in a vehicle in the area that separates the village from settlement Road No. 436, and as soon as the vehicle approached the separation wall, The occupation soldiers were waiting for her, so they immediately opened fire on those inside. “The driver was injured, and as soon as the other four young men got out to help him, they were also shot and arrested. After searching the vehicle and not finding anything inside, the young men were returned to the Jeep checkpoint and handed over to the Palestinian ambulance,” according to the same source.
The occupation police claimed that Border Guard forces shot 5 Palestinians who intended to throw Molotov cocktails on Route 436, which connects the Givat Zeev settlement to the Ramot settlement neighborhood in Jerusalem. This attack resulted in the death of the child Abdullah Assaf (16 years old) and the young man Zaid Khalifa (23 years old).
At what is known as the “Tunnel” checkpoint between the cities of Jerusalem and Bethlehem, after soldiers opened fire on a minor who they claimed had carried out a stabbing attack that left two people with moderate and minor injuries. Following the stabbing attack at the tunnel checkpoint, a crossing fighter of the Erez Battalion and a civilian security guard neutralized the terrorist. The IDF fighter who was at the scene was slightly injured and was referred for medical treatment at a hospital, her family was informed.
Al Jazeera Net asked the academic and expert on Israeli affairs, Muhammad Halsa, whether Israel intends, with successive executions, to set the city of Jerusalem on fire during Ramadan. Halasa replied that this is no longer limited to the framework of intentions, but rather that daily Israeli behavior serves the idea of inflaming the scene in the service of the nationalist right, which feeds on provocation and igniting fires, because calm does not serve its agenda of imposing what it wants, but rather needs such scenes to use more restrictions and measures as an excuse. Which restricts the movement of Palestinians and prevents them from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque on days like these.
Halasa added that when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the decision to allow worshipers to enter the mosque like previous years, he followed this decision with the sentence that “an assessment of the situation will be conducted weekly in terms of security and safety aspects, and that decisions will be taken accordingly.”
Now this will serve the ambitions of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to impose restrictions, as he will use the incidents that occurred at the various checkpoints as an excuse to say that we warned that the arrival of the Palestinians to Jerusalem would inflame the region, and he will use that to serve his narrative and agenda.
However, if these incidents do not occur, Halasa stressed that the right-wing agenda feeds on igniting fires, and therefore, if there is no escalation, Ben Gvir will strive to create and fabricate it under the pretext of fighting security threats and risks. As attention turns to the first Friday of the month of Ramadan, Academic Halsa pointed out that this extremist minister who controls the police force will be keen and his police to create points and hotspots of friction with the Palestinians, to say that what we warned about has happened and the Palestinians must be prevented from reaching Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa.
Halasa added that Ben Gvir "will take as a pretext any straying and incoming action and any simple friction at the gates of Al-Aqsa, or raising the Palestinian flag here and there, to create a state of confrontation between the Palestinians and the Israeli police, and in light of the state of security obsession that prevails among soldiers and policemen and the large deployment in the contact areas." The passage of Muslims to Al-Aqsa will cause friction.”
The most dangerous issue in the eyes of this academic is that the soldier who shot the child Rami Al-Halhouli in the Shuafat camp yesterday evening, Tuesday, did not blink an eye, because he feels that an official, religious, national, and societal cover is protecting him, so he will not be asked or prosecuted. This applies to all police personnel deployed in the city and armed with Ben Gvir’s directives to follow the policy of light hand on the trigger, followed by personal glorification of their performance, and this vindictive behavior is widespread at all levels of the state, according to Halasa, who added that the atmosphere of war provides an opportunity to take revenge on the defenseless Palestinian who He wants to reach Jerusalem to perform his worship in Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth quoted Ben Gvir as saying that the policeman who killed the child Rami Al-Halhouli - yesterday, Tuesday - does not deserve to be investigated, and I will work to award him a medal. Israeli Army Radio reported that Ben Gvir arrived at the investigation center today, accompanied by two lawyers to defend the policeman who was summoned to give his testimony.
It quoted Ben Gvir as telling reporters, “They are trying to discourage our fighters, and they should not have summoned him here. I will work to give him a certificate of appreciation. He should receive a reward, not an investigation.” He continued, “It is shocking that the department dared to invite the heroic policeman who did what he did.” "What we expect from him, it's a disgrace. I will give the policeman a certificate of appreciation." The Israeli Ynet news website quoted an official in the police investigation department as saying that “there is no specific suspicion of criminal activity against the policeman.”
For his part, Jerusalemite writer and political analyst Rasem Obeidat began his talk to Al Jazeera Net by saying that extremist Minister Bin Ghafir wants to ignite Jerusalem Square and Al-Aqsa Mosque in the month of Ramadan by “demonizing” this month and inciting against those praying in the mosque. Although the Shin Bet and the Israeli army want to curb the tension and avoid opening a new front, the extremist minister and the police commissioner-general insist on involving the first two kisses in the confrontation and turning the war into a religious war.
Obaidat pointed out that next Friday will be the biggest test of what the situation will be like in Jerusalem for the rest of the holy month, and if the strict measures provoke worshipers, the situation will explode from the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Holy City.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry accused Israel of working to "blow up" the occupied West Bank this month of Ramadan, through a "policy of field executions," and warned in a statement on Wednesday that "Israel's continued impunity from punishment and accountability encourages it to commit more crimes."
According to Israeli media, the fears of the Israeli security authorities regarding the upcoming Ramadan season in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem are rising, amid warnings from the Israelis that Hamas may exploit the most important time for Muslims as an opportunity to ignite the scene. The biblical holidays for the Jews this year intersect with the second week of Ramadan, which may open the door to a new battle in Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Ramadan is celebrated Mar 10, 2024 – Apr 9, 2024. Purim is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the survival of the Jewish people from annihilation in the 5th century BCE. The story is told in the Book of Esther and is known as the Feast of Lots. Purim dates are March 23–24, 2024.
Prime Minister's Office Statement: "At a meeting of all security elements chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it was decided: Israel strongly safeguards freedom of worship for all faiths, at all sites in Israel, especially the Temple Mount; Ramadan is sacred to Muslims; its sanctity will be upheld this year, as it is every year. During the first week of Ramadan, the entry of worshippers to the Temple Mount will be permitted, similar to the numbers in previous years. A weekly assessment of the security and safety aspects will be held; a decision will be made accordingly."
At the end of the discussion it was decided that there will be no age limit for entering the Temple Mount, but there will be quotas.
Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets at the northern Golan Heights and the Galilee Panhandle on Tuesday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The Iranian terror proxy fired a 70-rocket barrage at the two areas at approximately 7 a.m., in one of the heaviest barrages since the start of the war. Just over an hour later, another 30 rockets were fired at the northern Golan. Israeli media reporting majority of the rockets were intercepted or fell in open spaces. No damage or casualties were reported, IDF said that fighter jets struck three launchers used to fire rockets at the Golan Heights.
Fighter jets attacked military buildings used by Hezbollah in the areas of Mis al-Jabal and Ita al-Sha'ab in southern Lebanon. In addition, the IDF attacked during the day with artillery fire in the Wadi Hamool area in southern Lebanon. An aircraft targeted Muhammad Abu Hasna, a Hamas terrorist in the operations department of the Rafah area. The attack was carried out following accurate intelligence information from AMN and the Shin Bet.
Hasna included extensive activity of the various Hamas units, he was in contact with the field operatives of Hamas and activated them. Hasna was in charge of an intelligence command whose purpose was to give reports on IDF forces in preparation for attacks against them. Abu Hasna is known to be active in the combat aid system of the military wing of Hamas, he was involved in taking over the humanitarian aid equipment and distributing it to Hamas operatives. Its targeted thwarting significantly harms the functioning of various Hamas units in Rafah.
Fighter jets attacked a Hezbollah military structure in the Kantra region and a military infrastructure of the organization in the Ya'atar region. A launching position and military structure of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Alma al-Sha'ab area was attacked. An aircraft attacked the terrorist Hadi Ali Matzafa, a key operative in the terrorist organization Hamas, belonging to the organization's outer space, in the area of Tzur in the territory of Lebanon.
Hadi was involved in directing terrorist squads and activities in the field, and also promoted attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets in various countries around the world. In addition, he served as a leading activist in the construction department of the organization that was in the possession of Samir Pandi, one of Saleh al-Aruri's associates, who was eliminated along with him.
The IDF and the security forces will continue to act against the terrorist organization Hamas in every arena in which it operates. In Jenin, in the Menashe Brigade, the fighters uncovered and destroyed explosives planted under axles with the aim of harming the forces, and arrested a wanted man. During the activity, the fighters fired at armed men identified in the area, injuries were identified. Beit says that in Zion the fighters arrested three wanted men and confiscated weapons. In Nablus, in the Samaria division, the forces arrested a wanted man. In Haras, in the Yehuda Brigade, the forces arrested two more wanted persons. The wanted persons who were arrested were transferred for further investigation by the security forces, there are no casualties to Israeli forces.
Operational Update - Syria / Iraq
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Retired Vice Admiral Robert Murrett, professor of practice at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and deputy director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law, noted "The latest Houthi attacks in the Red Sea reflect the ongoing threats from the Houthis against civilian shipping in the southern Red Sea and Bab al Mandab with ballistic and anti-ship cruise missiles as well as unmanned aircraft. The attacks have been "successful" in curtailing shipping through the Red Sea and Suez Canal by approximately 40%, in spite of successful defense measures by naval forces and attacks on missile, launch and command/control facilities in Houthi-controlled Yemen by U.S. and U.K. aircraft. The Houthis have stated that these attacks are directly linked to Israeli operations in Gaza, although the vessels that they have targeted for the most part do not have direct linkage to the hostilities there. Finally, it is not clear that placing pressure on the Houthi's Iranian sponsors will curtail the attacks, as the level of control that Theran has over the Houthi operations is not clear."
Maps
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All maps are lies. “Not only is it easy to lie with maps, it is essential,” wrote cartographer Mark Monmoneir in his book How to Lie with Maps. He showed that condensing complex, three-dimensional spaces onto a two-dimensional sheet of paper [in old days] is bound to be reductive. But it is impossible to comprehend the war in Gaza without reference to maps, otherwise the entire conflict is reduced to an endless series of meaningless acts of random violence and the suffering of civilians. The first characteristic of guerrilla warfare is the loss of a front line. Evidently, different mappers have different ideas of how to depict the war in Gaza, notably those that seek to depict Israeli progress in the ground campaign. Part of the problem is latency. The news that forms the basis of the maps takes time to filter out to mappers, and the cartographers take time in crafting their maps, and it takes time to curate them. These processes are uneven among mappers, so their maps may differ in detail. Probably there is some ideological bias, or at least thematic apperception, which is understandable in wartime. It may come as no surprise that al-Jazeera maps depict rather less Israeli territorial progress than other sources. Finally, there remains the epistemological question of just exactly what are the colored in areas depicting. Naively, this might be understood as areas of Israeli control, that are no longer contested by the HAMAS. Or possibly these are areas of Israeli presence, in many of which the possibility of an RPG-wielding HAMAS militant popping out of a tunnel unexpectedly remains a live possibility. With the "zero-range" combat characterized by small unit tactics on both sides, maps may be prey to a fallacy of misplaced concreteness.
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Bystanders
An estimated 8,000 patients need to be medically evacuated from Gaza, including over 6,000 trauma-related patients, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
French Member of the European Parliament François Theolet said that European Union countries' continued export of weapons to Israel , which is accused of committing " genocide ," makes it an "accomplice in the crime." Theolet added in statements to Anadolu Agency that what is happening in the Gaza Strip is ethnic cleansing targeting the Palestinians, stressing that what Israel is doing is considered a war against all Palestinians, whether in Gaza or the West Bank , and not just a war against the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ).
He also pointed out that the speeches of Israeli officials indicate a "desire to eliminate" the Palestinians. Regarding the position of European countries on the events in Palestine, Theolet said that there are many steps that European countries can take to confront Israeli practices against the Palestinians. He stressed the need for the European Union to pay attention to what is happening in the Gaza Strip, noting that this attention must be similar to what it showed regarding what is happening in Ukraine .
He called for European Union countries to stop exporting weapons to Israel, stressing that it is unacceptable to continue military and economic agreements with Tel Aviv as if nothing is happening.
Axis of Resistance
Under the title “Aid that was blocked by land,” a sea port will receive ships carrying humanitarian aid and carrying security, political, and economic goals for the post-war period in the Gaza Strip. It was not difficult to answer the question regarding not bringing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip via land. Alalam News Network, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting stated the answer to the United States’ adherence to the idea of a seaport in Gaza under the pretext of delivering aid is also not difficult, as preventing aid by land, and the theatrics of airdropping it in several stages, is nothing but a prelude to the basic plan represented by the seaport, which will be the best means to achieve more than one goal of obtaining Gas off the Strip, to security control of Gaza.
All of this serves the issue of ending the Palestinian issue by closing the Gaza gate permanently. This will not happen unless the Palestinians are displaced, across the sea this time, after it was not possible to achieve this via land. Did the United States become a direct and public player in the war on Gaza? What happens after the Palestinians cling to their land and refuse to leave? Will the port really be a military support in the event of the outbreak of the northern front with Lebanon?
The aid story shouldn't deceive people about the US port , noted an Independent Press article titled: US port plans in Gaza have 'hidden goals'. The article begins by saying: There is another aspect of the American floating port, which is related to encouraging voluntary Palestinian immigration to Europe, and canceling the role of the Rafah crossing, which means “Israel” controlling all Gaza crossings and ending any Palestinian sovereignty over it. The port will obtain Israeli approval because Benjamin Netanyahu has been pursuing this idea since the beginning of the war with the aim of voluntarily displacing the population of Gaza.
The ships sending aid will not go directly to the American port in Gaza, but rather to the port of Ashdod to be examined, and then sent under Israeli supervision to the Palestinian territories. The American army will remain at sea and will supervise the port because Gaza is considered a “hostile environment.”
As for the American President, Biden is deeply concerned about the consequences of the Rafah invasion and the failure to end the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, which will be reflected in the election results in the United States. Therefore, Biden will rush to build the port. And 'Israel' will agree to the port for two reasons: to facilitate a prisoner exchange deal and a ground attack on Rafah without provoking Washington.
Another dimension of the American port plan in Gaza relates to the port of Haifa and the scenario of the outbreak of war with Lebanon, as indicated by an article published by The Credential entitled...'Israel' secures the port of Cyprus for fear of war with Hezbollah. In this article we read... 'Israel' seeks to establish a port on the island of Cyprus, in the event that the port of Haifa is closed in a war with Hezbollah. This coincides with American plans to establish a port off Gaza, allegedly to provide aid. Establishing a port in Larnaca is an urgent need for Israel to avoid a state of war.
Specifically, Israel fears the closure of the port of Haifa in the north due to a large-scale war with Hezbollah. Contrary to news reports, the main purpose of establishing the Cyprus port is not to transport aid to Gaza, as the US plan to establish the port off Gaza says. 'Israel' intends for the port of Larnaca to be part of an alternative transport axis to link Europe and India via 'Israel', which is the (Indo-Mediterranean-European Corridor) project that was announced at the recent G20 summit. It hopes to establish such a path within the framework of future normalization of relations with Saudi Arabia.
British journalist, Myriam François, who wrote. America does not do anything that is not in its interest - and here is the only question - why would it be in America’s interest to build a sea pier in Gaza instead of facilitating the entry of aid through the Rafah crossing, which is easier and cheaper? Malcolm X indicated hidden goals for the American port. Preparations have begun to establish a port west of Gaza. The goal is primarily political, not humanitarian: controlling the sources of Palestinian gas, according to the last comment from political activist Nangi Yalay, who wrote: The United States is not doing this for humanitarian aid, but to build a port for ships, so they can steal gas from Gaza.. Western hypocrisy.
Allied for Democracy
An Israeli official said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to begin confronting US President Joe Biden , and that the relationship between the two parties is close to no return. Israeli Channel 12 quoted a senior Israeli official as saying that Netanyahu was angry because of the US intelligence report (CIA), which indicated the possibility of him losing power. The Israeli official added that Netanyahu decided, after the CIA report, to engage in a strong confrontation with Biden.
The US intelligence community's assessment was that the lack of confidence in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ability to rule was deepening among Israelis, and he expected large protests demanding his resignation, suggesting that what he called a different, more moderate government would be formed. The US Intelligence Community is a federation of 18 US federal government agencies that work separately to carry out intelligence activities to support the foreign policy and national security of the United States. It was established by former US President Ronald Reagan on December 4, 1981.
In this context, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said - quoting an official who commented on the CIA director’s recent report - that Israel “is not an American protectorate.” The official added that Tel Aviv expects Washington to overthrow the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) and not the Israeli government, as he put it. He continued, "It is the Israelis, not anyone else, who choose their prime minister."
The Israeli Kan channel quoted American officials as saying that US President Joe Biden had almost lost confidence in the Israeli Prime Minister and confirmed that there was no specific date yet to meet Netanyahu. The channel added that officials confirmed that Netanyahu's procrastination regarding the issue of relief for the people of Gaza has harmed Israel. For its part, American media quoted Biden as saying that there is no specific date yet for the meeting with Netanyahu, and that Biden currently has no plans to deliver a speech before the Israeli parliament (the Knesset).
The American Politico website also quoted officials as saying that Biden may decide to limit the transfer of weapons to Israel if it launches an operation that exposes more Palestinians to danger. Netanyahu has escalated his statements regarding moving forward with his plans to invade Rafah (south of the Gaza Strip), where more than two million displaced Palestinians are trapped between starvation and bombing.
This comes in defiance of the US President, who previously warned that such an attack would be a “red line,” in addition to several international warnings against invading the city. On the other hand, Netanyahu responded by saying that the “red line” for him was “not to repeat the attack of last October 7,” that is, the “Al- Aqsa Flood ” operation launched by the Palestinian resistance.
The Times of Israel quoted a senior American official as saying that the frustration in Washington over Israel's behavior in the Gaza war is real and did not come only because of the approaching US presidential elections, while other reports indicated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to engage in a confrontation with President Joe Biden.
The American official indicated that frustration increased after the aid convoy bombing incident last month, in reference to the flour massacre that took place at the Nabulsi roundabout in Gaza City and left at least 118 martyrs. The official added that the US administration feels that this tragedy highlighted Israel's ignoring of Washington's repeated warnings regarding the need to avoid a humanitarian crisis. The official stated that these messages were conveyed during meetings of Israeli War Council member Minister Benny Gantz with senior Biden administration officials in Washington a week ago.
These messages were also repeated to the Israeli ambassador, who was summoned to the White House for a one-on-one meeting with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. According to the newspaper, Sullivan told the Israeli ambassador that Washington considers Israel fully responsible for the humanitarian crisis and expects Israel to address it.
On the other hand, Israeli Channel 12 quoted a senior Israeli official as saying that Netanyahu was angry because of the CIA report indicating the possibility of him losing power, and decided to engage in a “strong confrontation” with Biden, indicating that the two parties’ relationship is close to no return. The latest assessment of the US intelligence community stated that distrust of Netanyahu’s ability to rule is deepening among Israelis, and he expected large protests demanding his resignation, suggesting that what he called a different and more moderate government would be formed.
The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation also quoted an official as saying - in response to the US intelligence report - that the Israelis, and no one else, are the ones who choose their prime minister, stressing that Israel “is not an American protectorate.” The official added that he expected Washington to overthrow Hamas, not the Israeli government.
Amid mounting indications of a sharp disagreement between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , questions are increasing about whether this will push Washington to completely change its position in support of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip . After the State of the Union address, in which the US President seemed more concerned with the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Biden gave an interview to MSNBC. He warned that storming Rafah was a "red line" for him.
Biden said, "Netanyahu is hurting Israel more than helping it, by making the rest of the world oppose what Israel stands for. I think it's a big mistake. So I want to see a 6-week ceasefire, and a major exchange of prisoners and detainees." Commenting on Biden's recent statements, Martin Indyk, an official, former ambassador and expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, expected, in a tweet on the X website, that Biden would follow a harsh approach with Netanyahu. “There are 5 points from Biden’s conversation with MSNBC,” Indyk said.
Biden will not cut off Israel's supply of defensive weapons like Iron Dome (which means he may slow down offensive weapons if Israel crosses his red line). Biden is considering going to Israel to speak directly to the Israeli public. He hopes that Israel will open land crossings from Israel to northern Gaza. He concluded by saying: “Unless Netanyahu changes his course, the confrontation with Biden is coming.”
Biden did not specify what measures he would take if Netanyahu ignored his red lines and continued to prepare and carry out the invasion of the city of Rafah. It appears that Biden did not want to indicate any response he might take, because he does not want to be criticized if he backs down from any action he is considering now, according to commentators. Biden realizes, through his long experience in the Senate as a senator and in the White House as Vice President, that setting a red line was bad for former President Barack Obama when it came to Syria, and also for George Bush when it came to North Korea and Iran.
Netanyahu rejected Biden's red line, and responded by saying: "You know, I have a red line. Do you know what the red line is? Will October 7 not happen again?" Olivia Dalton, deputy spokeswoman for the White House, told reporters on Air Force One that “Biden was clear in his interview that no military operation should be conducted in Rafah if there is not a reliable and implementable plan to take care of the safety and security needs of more.” "One million civilians are sheltering there. We have not seen such a plan yet."
Since the Islamic Resistance Movement " Hamas " began its attack on October 7, Biden has followed a strategy of full support for Israel, hoping that this will allow the United States some influence over Netanyahu and his far-right government. Biden supported and adopted Netanyahu's position calling for the complete elimination of Hamas, and rejected the idea of a complete ceasefire.
At the same time, Israel has consistently rejected White House advice regarding how Israel should launch its aggression, especially with regard to strategies for reducing the number of civilian casualties, while rejecting American pressure demanding the necessity of increasing the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
With Biden's absence of any desire to put serious pressure on the Israeli side, Washington resorted to airdropping aid packages, and now the US army is building a port and a temporary pier in Gaza to receive aid ships.
Hence, if Israel invades Rafah, which is what commentators in Washington expect will happen after the month of Ramadan, the biggest question for Biden may relate to the conditions for introducing large amounts of aid, and not to stopping the supply of weapons to Israel, and from here the importance of Biden’s initiative to build a temporary pier and seaport increases. To bring in aid, which cannot be done without broad cooperation and coordination with the Netanyahu government.
Israel is the largest recipient of US military aid in the world, with Washington providing it with approximately $3.8 billion in weapons and defense systems each year. President Biden is currently pressuring Congress to pass an additional aid package for Israel valued at more than $10 billion to compensate it for any losses due to the huge cost of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.
Some observers consider that Biden's strong speech against Netanyahu is the result of the growing division between the Democratic Party factions, which makes Netanyahu a target of their frustrations.
Commentators believe that what Biden is doing is mainly aimed at appearing as if he is moving away from supporting Israel, in order to please the progressive wing of the Democratic Party in the middle of the election year, and in the context of seeking to regain support from Arab, Muslim and younger voters who turned against Biden’s position towards Israel, without sacrificing... With the support of pro-Israel voters, by not imposing any sanctions or preventing weapons from reaching Israel.
Netanyahu says Biden was “wrong on both counts,” claiming that his political and military steps were supported by an “overwhelming majority” of Israelis who “support the action he is taking to destroy the remaining brigades of Hamas.” If the Biden administration's goal was to dismantle Netanyahu's fragile coalition, it is likely to have had the opposite effect, as Israeli public opinion - which overwhelmingly seeks to defeat Hamas militarily - supports the idea of storming Rafah.
While Netanyahu is not currently hugely popular in Israel, the Rafah storming has broad support from Israelis across the political spectrum. A new poll by the Israel Democracy Institute showed that about two-thirds of Israelis support expanding IDF operations to Rafah, including 74% of conservative Jews and 45% of left-wing Israelis. Netanyahu's most important competitor, Benny Gantz , does not support Biden's position in the ongoing debate with Netanyahu, as Gantz was subjected, during his visit to Washington, a week ago, to similar criticism from the White House because of his vision of the Israeli military strategy.
Operation Iron Swords - By the Numbers
- 72,889 Gazans injured, 28% adult male
- 40,000 Gazans killed, including buried under rubble
- 33,000 Gaza targets attacked
- 31,184 Gazans martyred
- 15,000 rocket launched from Gaza
- 14,664 Israelis were injured [i24 TV]
- 13,430 Gazan children martyred
- 13,000 HAMAS combatants killed [N12]
- 12,000 HAMAS combatants killed [IDF]
- 11,000 arrested by Israelis in the West Bank in 2023
- 9,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons
- 9,000 IDF psychological assistance
- 9,000 Gazan women martyred
- 8,000 Gazans missing
- 7,500 arrested by Israelis in the West Bank since Oct.7th
- 6,000 HAMAS combatants killed [HAMAS]
- 5,500 IDF wounded [reports]
- 4,700 West Bank Palestinians wounded
- 3,484 administrative detainees
- 3,400 wanted persons arrested throughout Judea and Samaria
- 2,976 IDF wounded [IDF]
- 1,609 terrorists killed on the first day
- 1,500 wanted persons arrested throughout Judea and Samaria affiliated with Hamas
- 1,200 Israelis killed on the first day
- 575 Israeli officers and soldiers killed
- 433 West Bank Palestinians martyred
- 247 Israeli officers and soldiers killed in Gaza
- 222 Hezbollah fighters killed in Lebanon
- 126 people recovered, including 91 Israelis, 11 bodies, and 24 foreign workers
- 116 living hostages in Palestinian custody
- 50 civilians killed in Lebanon
- 29 IDF deaths were caused by "friendly fire"
- 15 Israelis killed in the West Bank and Israel
The Palestinian resistance says that the losses of the Israeli forces are much greater than what is announced. Al Jazeera military and strategic expert Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi expressed his conviction that the numbers of dead and wounded announced by Israel “cannot represent the truth,” due to a discrepancy between the Israeli army’s data and the Walla website, which is close to the army itself.
In an interview with RT, Military strategist retired Tunisian Brigadier General Tawfiq Didi said that the number of Israeli army deaths in the Gaza battles is much greater than what Israel announces. Didi explained in an interview with the “Best Saying” program on RT channel, “The number of people killed in battles can be easily known, as the equation in wars is that for every 3 wounded there is a dead person, and the numbers now in Israel hover around 12,500 wounded and disabled people, and when we divide by Three, we find that the death toll exceeds 4,000, especially after eliminating more than a thousand tanks and armored vehicles, and I know what happens when Kornet missiles hit a tank. Its ammunition explodes and no one is left alive.”
He added, "The Israelis announce their dead only of those of Jewish origin and of the first race, meaning all Arabs, Falash, and those who are among them. They are not counted because they are of the second category. So I am sure that the number exceeds 4 thousand dead, and this is a very easy military calculation."
He pointed out, "The Palestinian resistance documented everything it did, unlike the Israelis. The resistance documented shooting at tanks and armored vehicles and destroying the houses in which the Israeli soldiers were holed up, and we saw them being killed... We saw the Kornet hitting the tanks, we saw Al-Yassin 105, so the difference is clear."
Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed have been held as hostages in Gaza since 2014 and 2015, respectively. Unlike the roughly 240 people kidnapped in the Hamas October 7 terrorist attacks, the campaign for the release of Mengistu and al-Sayed has received little publicity. Mengistu is known to suffer from what HRW deemed "serious" mental health issues. "Avera crossed one of the safest borders in the world, under the eyes of the security services," recalled Gil Elias, a relative. "We're talking about a mentally ill person who got lost." The calls for the release of Mengistu and al-Sayed have been barely audible during the many years they have been held captive in Gaza.
Abraham Wyner, Professor of Statistics and Data Science at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, reported 06 March 2024 that : "While the evidence is not dispositive, it is highly suggestive that a process unconnected or loosely connected to reality was used to report the numbers.... Another red flag, raised by Salo Aizenberg and written about extensively, is that if 70% of the casualties are women and children and 25% of the population is adult male, then either Israel is not successfully eliminating Hamas fighters or adult male casualty counts are extremely low. This by itself strongly suggests that the numbers are at a minimum grossly inaccurate and quite probably outright faked.... Taken together, Hamas is reporting not only that 70% of casualties are women and children but also that 20% are fighters. This is not possible unless Israel is somehow not killing noncombatant men, or else Hamas is claiming that almost all the men in Gaza are Hamas fighters....
"Israel estimates that at least 12,000 fighters have been killed. If that number proves to be even reasonably accurate, then the ratio of noncombatant casualties to combatants is remarkably low: at most 1.4 to 1 and perhaps as low as 1 to 1. By historical standards of urban warfare, where combatants are embedded above and below into civilian population centers, this is a remarkable and successful effort to prevent unnecessary loss of life while fighting an implacable enemy that protects itself with civilians."
This makes perfect sense under a third possibility, namely that the IDF doing a really good job of targeting male combatants, most of whom are in proximity to their families. There are no HAMAS barracks, so everyone lives at home, en famille. Co-habiting extended families are common [hence reports of dozens of family members killed in a single strike]. The HAMAS battalions are organized by neighborhoods, so it would not be surprising that multiple HAMAS combatants live in a single building. So casualties structured as one male combatant, one female cohabitant, and two children are approximately consistent with both expectations and reports.
Lord Roberts of Belgravia (Con) stated 08 February 2024 "My Lords, even if we were to take as accurate Hamas’s statistics and the 27,500 figure — there is no reason why we should; we do not do that with Putin or ISIS — if one subtracts the number of Gazans who have been killed by the quarter or so of the Islamic Jihad and Hamas rockets that fall short, one is left with a less than 2:1 ratio of civilians to Hamas terrorists killed, of whom there have been more than 9,000 so far. War is hell, and every individual civilian death is a tragedy, but — I speak as a military historian — less than 2:1 is an astonishingly low ratio for modern urban warfare where the terrorists routinely use civilians as human shields. It is a testament to the professionalism, ethics and values of the Israel Defense Forces."
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