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Thursday, August 29, 2024
Israeli UN envoy rejects Guterres’s criticism of West Bank op, says it’s aimed at foiling Iranian terror
Israel’s UN ambassador responds to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s criticism of the ongoing counterterrorism operation in the West Bank.
Danny Danon, who started his second stint at the United Nations on August 20, tweets that “Since October 7th, Iran has been actively working to smuggle sophisticated explosive devices into Judea and Samaria, intended for use in suicide bombings in the heart of Israeli cities.” Judea and Samaria is the biblical name for what is now known as the West Bank.
“The State of Israel will not sit idly by and wait for scenes of buses and cafes exploding in city centers,” Danon adds. “The IDF’s operations in Judea and Samaria have a clear goal: preventing Iranian terror-by-proxy that would harm Israeli civilians.”
