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In the summer of 2014, Hamas committed incessant terrorist attacks against Israel, prompting us to launch Operation Protective Edge.
Scroll to see the operation like never before:
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IDF Paratroopers search for the 3 Israeli teenagers kidnapped and murdered by Hamas in Operation Brother's Keeper, before the start of Operation Protective Edge.
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Israelis take cover on the highway when sirens sound due to incoming rocket fire from Gaza.
Here's some important context to the headlines you’re seeing about Israel Defense Forces operations in the Gaza Strip ⬇
1/ Hamas has turned residential areas in the Gaza Strip into military strongholds.
It uses tall buildings in Gaza for multiple military purposes such as intelligence gathering, planning attacks, command and control, and communications.
2/ When Hamas uses a tall building for military purposes, it becomes a lawful military target.
We are live-tweeting as IDF Chief of the General Staff LTG Aviv Kohavi speaks at the Institute for National Security Studies 14th Annual International Conference:
The enemy chose to entrench itself and its weapons, including missiles and rockets, in urban areas.
They deliberately ignore international law; the clearest proof of this is that they intend to fire all these missiles toward Afula, Metula and Gush Dan.
They have dispersed and decentralized all their networks, so it is imperative to adapt both the State of Israel, the IDF, and the international community to this reality.