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From the Liveblog of
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Hamas ’embedded military among civilians’
Foreign Ministry director general Dore Gold says that Hamas “embedded its own military capabilities in the heart of civilian infrastructure.”

Director general of the Foreign Ministry Dore Gold delivers a speech in Jerusalem, June 1. (AFP/THOMAS COEX)
Speaking at the Foreign Ministry upon the release of an Israeli report detailing the IDF’s conduct during Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza over the past summer, Gold says that throughout the war, Israel proposed “multiple” ceasefires.
Hamas “forced” civilian residents to remain in the war zone even after the IDF warned them to evacuate, according to the report.
“Hamas is responsible – directly responsible – for the high number of casualties,” Gold says.
— Raphael Ahren