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Israel’s Quandary In The Sinai

Posted on August 8, 2012 by admin

UPDATE 10 am Israel time Wednesday: At 7:30 am this morning, there were incoming rocket sirens for the Lachish and Negev regions–two minutes later, 5 mortars struck near Kissufim. This follows multiple rocket attacks yesterday on the same area of … Continue reading →

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