IDF: No Hamas Operatives Identified During Reported Gaza Drill
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The IDF said it received information Tuesday night that Hamas was conducting a military drill in Gaza and responded by strengthening intelligence collection and attack readiness. The military said it did not identify terrorist operatives at any stage, changed neither force deployment nor control of the Yellow Line, and kept its rules of engagement unchanged. Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman separately alleged that about 50 Nukhba operatives rehearsed a raid on a Jewish community and that the political echelon prevented a strike. The IDF said troops remain required to neutralize any immediate threat.
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Sources factually disagree on whether Hamas operatives conducted the reported drill: Israel National News reports Avigdor Liberman's allegation that about 50 Nukhba terrorists participated; the Times of Israel relays the IDF's statement that no terrorist operatives were identified at any stage. The remaining facts are uniform: the IDF received information about a possible drill Tuesday night, increased intelligence-gathering and attack readiness, and made no change to deployment or rules of engagement.
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