Hamas claims Tel Aviv attack as Blinken promotes cease-fire in Israel
The Washington Post by John Hudson, Rachel Pannett, Annabelle Timsit, Loveday Morris and Jennifer Hassan August 19, 2024

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  • West Bank violence
HA Hellyer: and in the occupied West Bank where nearly 600 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023 in Israeli military raids and attacks by radical settlers

Originally Posted by Kangaroo Don
Again, Israel is not doing themselves any favours
Every life is equally precious whether Israeli, Palestinian or

Michael Milshtein, a former head of Palestinian affairs for Israeli military intelligence, pointed to a “dramatic escalation in the rate of terror in the West Bank” in the months since which he said has been overshadowed by the war in Gaza and rising tensions along the Israel-Lebanon border

“It seems that maybe another front is being opened” Milshtein said “These are going to be very bad years for Israel”