IDF Officer Says Hamas Control of Gaza Benefits Israel
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by News Editor
Ynet – Continued control of the Gaza Strip by Islamist movement Hamas is in Israel’s security interests, the Israeli army’s top commander for the region said on Tuesday.
It was the first time a senior commander had publicly stated an Israeli interest in continued control of the territory by a group with which it fought the deadly eight-day conflict – Operation Pillar of Defense – just last November.