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IDF on standby as threats from Gaza increase over Allaan affair
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe army deploys an Iron Dome anti-missile battery near Ashdod, as militant groups in the Gaza strip vow to strike Israeli targets with rocket fire if Palestinian hunger-striking prisoner Muhaצmed Allan were to perish.
The Islamic Jihad terror group in Gaza threatens to “respond with great force” if Allaan dies in Israeli custody and says his death would release the group from commitment to any ceasefire with Israel.
Allaan, who recently return to consciousness, is hospitalized in Ashkelon’s Barzilai Medical Center. He is breathing without assistance, media reports say, although doctors are feeding him small amounts of liquids and nutrients intravenously.
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