There you have it: our strength and our future on the land!
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And the terrorist? I first read that he was "neutralized." I hate that term. It means he was out of action and able to do no further harm, but does not provide sufficient information. I had hoped it meant he was dead. Subsequently, I was disappointed to learn that it meant he was wounded, and is now in custody.
He is from the Palestinian Authority village of Yatta, not far from Hevron. Ah! Yatta. Those of us who track terrorist events here know of it well: it is a Hamas stronghold.
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Then there is the violence that took place at the Gaza fence over the last couple of days. I cannot tell you if it has intensified once again because it is right before Yom Kippur, or because this means that the "deal" for a ceasefire is not going as Hamas had hoped. I can only tell you that it is not good.
According to one report, the count was as high as 13,000 rioters in six different locations along the fence on Friday. Rioters threw Molotov cocktails, rocks, and at least two grenades at Israeli soldiers.
The IDF utilized crowd-control procedures, and additionally responded to the grenade attacks with tank fire and air strikes.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/09/15/gaza-border-erupts-again-13000-rioters-palestinians-claim-three-killed-israel-retaliates-with-tank-fire-airstrikes-on-hamas-positions/
In nine instances, Gazans attempted to breach the fence and then ran back.
Two fires were set by incendiary devices.
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As to those incendiary devices, they are a tragedy waiting to happen. In Efrat before the beginning of Shabbat, a two-year old found an incendiary balloon that had been launched.
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/settlements-israel/2-year-old-discovers-fire-balloon-that-landed-in-efrat/2018/09/15/
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