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Thursday, October 18, 2018
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Thursday, October 18, 2018
Cabinet instructs IDF to step up response to Gaza violence
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe security cabinet instructs the military to step up its response to violent riots at the Gaza border and to the rocket fire that damaged a home in Beersheba.
After a 5.5-hour discussion that ended around 2 a.m., the cabinet says the “rules of the game” must change and the severity of the IDF’s strikes should gradually increase. The new policy is slated to be implemented starting tomorrow.
However, the ministers add they aren’t closing the door on a truce deal, with efforts underway by Egypt and UN peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov.
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