Senior IDF Commander: Israeli Forces Have Reached Everywhere in Gaza

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Senior IDF Commander: Israeli Forces Have Reached Everywhere in Gaza

IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz in the field. Photo: IDF.

In the 15th day of Operation Protective Edge to foil tunneling and rocket fire into Israel from Gaza, the army boasted that its forces have put a major dent in Hamas’ war-making abilities. “Our successes are greater than what we’d hoped for,” a senior officer told the Israeli Ma’ariv daily on Tuesday, “and our mission to hit Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists,...

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