Michael Shuval 🏳️🌈
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BBC World Service Video Journalist in Israel and the West Bank. Previously in Washington DC.
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CCTV footage shows in minute detail how the Swissa family tried to flee Sderot as Hamas attacked on 7 October.
Grandmother Eliana Swissa told me of the horrors her granddaughters endured.
Romi (6) and Lia (3) are among 18 children who lost both parents. 120 children lost one.
CCTV footage shows an Israeli family's desperate attempt to flee the city of Sderot as Hamas gunmen attacked on 7 October.
For analysis on the Israel-Gaza war 🎧
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BREAKING In first official proof of life of Israeli hostage, Hamas releases video of 21 years old Mia Shem from Shoham who was kidnapped from the party in Reim. Shem says in Hebrew “everything is ok”, that she received medical treatment for injuries and pleads for her release.
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Prof. Tal Dvir hopes to begin animal trials within a year or two, however, he believes it will take another decade or so until the technology could be used in human transplants.
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Can’t recall such scope of clashes, damage & arrests in mixed cities in Israel since 2nd intifada.
Local media reports from Lod & Acre suggest synagogues, homes & cars are being torched & targeted with firebombs & stones. Jewish residents accuse police of staying away from scenes
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Arab Israeli politicians call to immediately deescalate violence. Hadash faction:
“We are concerned about the deterioration of the situation and slide to violence. We oppose any harming of innocent civilians & call for them to be left out of the cycle of violence and hostility..
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VIDEO Thousands have gathered within the hour in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv to protest PM Netanyahu’s decision to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Protesters are burning tires and blocking Ayalon highway in both directions. Unprecedented images for this city.
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A senior Israeli official told the BBC that Israel presented the US with evidence that Hamas was operating out of the same building of the AP news agency. According to the source, Hamas had cyber and intelligence operations in the building.
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Mayor of Lod, Yair Revivo, told ch 12 news that there is a civil war in the city. Revivo said he asked the PM to declare a state of emergency in the city but Netanyahu replied that there are legal restrictions.
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Netanyahu’s office: “The hijacking of a cargo ship by the Houthis is a very serious incident at an international level. The ship sailed from Türkiye to India with a crew of multiple nationalities on board. There are no Israeli citizens on board this ship and it is not Israeli.”
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.. We warned again and again that Netanyahu would set fire to the area in order to maintain his rule, and here it happened.
We support and encourage demonstrations, and believe in the basic right to protest. We support joint demonstrations by Jews and Arabs..
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Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said he had instructed Army Radio to cease playing all Yehonatan Geffen's works on the station's broadcasts. Geffen, a renowned Israeli poet, published a short poem on Monday comparing young Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi with Anne Frank.
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A senior Israeli official told the BBC that medicine, blankets and tents will be sent to help victims of the earthquake in Syria.
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Israeli national security minister
@itamarbengvir
says that “as long as Hamas does not release the hostages - the only thing that needs to enter Gaza are hundreds of tons of explosives from the Air Force, not an ounce of humanitarian aid.”
כל עוד חמאס לא משחרר את החטופים שבידיו - הדבר היחיד שצריך להיכנס לעזה הם מאות טונות חומר נפץ של חיל האוויר, לא גרם של סיוע הומינטרי.
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Many, so many of the Israelis massacred by the militants were enthusiastic peace advocates, some employed Gazans in their farms.
Parents who preached for coexistence with Palestinians had their children slaughtered, kidnapped. Entire families who stood for human rights wiped.
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Netanyahu, in enigmatic phrasing, unfires Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, at least for now.
Sources close to Israeli premier told BBC that “due to the present security situation, the issue of the firing of the Defense Minister will be determined at a later date”.
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@aviberkow45
The ElAl flight to Rabat today is labeled LY555.
In Morocco and large parts of the Middle East, the Hamsa (five) is called 'Khamsa' or 'Khmisa' and is widely used as a symbol for good luck.
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EXCLUSIVE Ethiopian-Israelis flip over police car at Rabin square in Tel-Aviv. Police using stun grenades
@BBCWorld
http://t.co/17NYv2JPbM
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Israel’s PM Netanyahu visits Kibbutz communities of Kfar Aza and Be’eri for the first time since the Hamas attack last Saturday.
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Two suicide bombers and 3 Hamas policemen were killed tonight in Gaza. A source close to Hamas security forces told the BBC that two suicide bombers detonated explosive belts near Hamas police checkpoints in two different locations. Via
@Rushdibbc
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President Biden’s office informed Israel’s PM Bennett that the meeting between the two leaders scheduled to begin in a few minutes will be delayed, Bennett’s office told the BBC.
The notice came shortly after the pentagon confirmed there was an explosion outside Kabul airport.
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Hamas confirmed to BBC that the commander of the Gaza division in the Qassam Brigades, Basem Issa, was killed in an Israeli strike. Issa is one of the five most important military commanders in the strip and one of the founders of the armed wing of Hamas. Via
@Rushdibbc
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Bodies and souls are bleeding in Israel tonight.
The recovering scar of Arab-Jewish relations from October 2000 events of 2nd intifada is brutally torn apart as violence fueled by blind hatred and social media spreads across the country in numerous lynches and brutal attacks.
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Thousands protesting at Ben Gurion airport against the Israeli gov plan to overhaul the judiciary. Police declared the protest illegal & said it arrested 15 people suspected of distributing public order. No disruption to air traffic according to the port authority.
Video: Police
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BREAKING Israel’s parliament passes legislation limiting supreme court power.
The country’s worker’s union prepares for a general strike if more legislation is passed. Banks & major businesses join protests. Thousands of volunteer reservists said they would not report for duty.
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For the first time during the current round of violence in Israel and the West Bank, Hamas claims responsibility for the Friday attack in Ariel in which an Israeli security guard was killed.
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Rocket alert sirens in Tel-Aviv followed by a number of explosions.
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Despite Gaza ceasefire holding for over 12 hours, Israeli council heads of envelope towns recommend residents wait 3 days before returning.
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Explosion heard in central Tel Aviv. No rocket alert siren prior.
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Tel Aviv: 19 police officers and 16 Eritrean migrants injured in clashes that broke between regime supporters and opponents. 11 of the Eritrean protesters are suffering gunshot wounds, according to Ichilov hospital.
Police said protesters attacked officers and vandalised property
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Israel’s Ambulance service say they evacuated a 56yo man in serious condition to hospital after his car was stoned in Lod.
Israel’s ch 12 reporting that a Muslim cemetery was torched a short while ago.
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Israel Police say they have stopped organized groups of Jews from Bat Yam who were on their way to Jaffa to confront Arab residents.
The group began smashing glass doors of shops in Bat Yam reportedly owned by Arabs.
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..against the occupation and the attack on Gaza, but resolutely reject the attempts to lynch, burn property and houses of worship, and any harm to civilians, Jews and Arabs..
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Israel’s President Herzog: “Not since the Holocaust have so many Jews been killed on one day. And not since the Holocaust, have we witnessed scenes of Jewish women and children, grandparents – even Holocaust survivors – being herded into trucks and taken into captivity.”
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Israeli intel minister
@Israel_katz
:The strike near Damascus is compatible w our declared policy of preventing transfer of arms to Hezbollah
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Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra says number of people killed in Ahli Al Arabi hospital in Gaza has reached 500.
Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari says cause is still unknown, army was looking into details, and will update once he has more information.
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Coronavirus: Israel’s PM Netanyahu instructs all non-essential workers to stay home. All recreational businesses will close - Restaurants, malls, gyms. Ministry of Health official calls public to minimise gatherings to maximum 10 people & keep a distance of 2m from each other.
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Israel - Gaza conflict:
- AFP reporting Israel has launched a ground operation in the strip. IDF not confirming.
- 7 Killed. 523 injured in Israel.
- 103 Killed. 580 injured in Gaza.
- Numerous attacks by Arabs against Jews and Jews against Arabs in Israeli cities.
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Hamas denies firing rockets at Israel today. Its spokesman said "Hamas has no idea or information about firing any rockets from Gaza".
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The mayor said Jewish residents are forced to defend themselves from attacks of Arab residents after police lost control of the situation and that live ammunition was used against police forces.
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Following Bennett’s meeting with Biden, Israel’s Defence Minister Benny Gantz met tonight in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and discussed security-political, civilian and economic issues.
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Downtown Tel-Aviv looks like a war zone. Flipped cars, smashed windows, tear gas, stun grenades & water cannons. Never seen such scenes here
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BREAKING Rocket alert sirens sound in Israeli communities in the Golan Heights. Earlier today, Israel’s army chief visited the area and discussed preparedness with council heads.
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Israeli Minister for Regional Cooperation
@Tzachi_Hanegbi
tells
@NewsChannelIL
: Israel doesn’t draw red lines often. We said we won’t allow Iran to establish military presence in Syria. That is a red line.
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Family of female genital mutilation victim will be granted refugee status, Israel’s High Court ruled.
The mother, a FGM victim, argued that her six and thirteen years old daughters would be forced to undergo a similar procedure if returned to the Ivory Coast.
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Israel is using birds of prey to help find missing bodies from the 7 October Hamas attack. The Nature and Parks Authority which monitors the birds’ movements passed this information to search teams. One eagle helped recover 4 bodies. I spoke to the ecologist doing the tracking.
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BREAKING Netanyahu and Liberman announce plans for 3000 new settler homes in the West Bank, in addition to last week's plan of 2500 units.
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Muslims are celebrating Eid Al Adha today and Jews are marking Tisha Be’ev and mourning the destruction of the Temple.
Israel Police have decided to bar the entrance of Jews to the Haram al Sharif/Temple Mount area on Sunday in hope it would prevent violence.
BREAKING Clashes broke between Muslim worshippers and Israeli police at Haram al Sharif/Temple Mount. Local media reporting the forces are using stun grenades to disperse crowds.
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An IDF spokesperson told the BBC: “It appears to be an event that took place several months ago. The incident will be investigated and reviewed thoroughly.”
A video that allegedly shows an Israeli sniper targeting Palestinian youths emerged today on social media. The video appears to have been filmed by Israeli soldiers through a sniper’s sight at the Gaza border, in an incident that resembles clashes that took place on last Fridays.
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Netanyahu’s spokesperson: “PM Netanyahu is in very advanced stages of forming a coalition.”
#IsraelElections2019
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Netanyahu's aide: "Hamas gave in & accepted the same Egyptian ceasefire proposal it rejected. The reason for the change: IDF's airstrikes".
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Ceasefire presser "was 1 of Kerry's most embarrassing incidents since taking office", writes
@haaretzcom
@BarakRavid
http://t.co/6Xn7ig5NxE
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Dramatic evening in Jerusalem, but the Attorney General’s decision wether to indict Netanyahu could drag on for more than a year. The PM’s coalition remains firm and partners have repeatedly said they won’t jump ship following Police announcement.
CONFIRMED: NETANYAHU'S LAWYERS HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF POLICE RECOMMENDATION TO INDICT HIM ON ACCEPTING BRIBES IN BOTH CASES 1000 AND 2000
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VIDEO Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas and other Palestinians in Gaza preparing to spend their first night in tents in front of the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv.
Families say they will not leave until their loved ones return home safety.
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CHILLING IMAGE: Yishai Shlisel, attacker at Jerusalem gay pride parade then (2005) and today.
http://t.co/UGQBzp9hmY
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Kafr Kanna, northern Israel.
Police say heavy clashes broke during the arrest of Sheikh Kamal Khatib from the Islamic movement: “Crowd of residents blocked roads, set objects on fire, threw stones and opened live fire at police officers and tried to block their exit..
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Northern Israel: Lynching of Jewish man in Acre by Arab mob.
Ambulance service say the man was taken to hospital in serious condition.
CREDIT: Kan News 11, IPBC
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Trump's dinner with Israeli MoD
@AvigdorLiberman
at the King David hotel cancelled -
@IsraelMFA
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Boarding plane to DC, ahead of meeting with Trump, Netanyahu refused to say whether he still supports the two state solution.
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First shipment of armoured jeeps sent by the Americans to Israel. According to the Israeli MoD, the jeeps are being transferred to the IDF to replace vehicles damaged in the war.
משרד הביטחון קלט לפני שעה קלה בישראל מטוס מטען אמריקני עם משלוח ראשון של ג'יפים ממוגנים לצה״ל. הג'יפים מועברים בשעה זו לצה"ל כדי להחליף כלי רכב שנפגעו במלחמה.
להמשך קריאה:
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Israelis outside the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem chanting “Bibi is a Murderer”. Confrontations broke with police after the protesters managed to break through barriers surrounding street leading to the building.
המפגינים פרצו מחסום שני בדרך לבית ברחוב עזה. קוראים ביבי רוצח.
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After meeting with Putin in Moscow, Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is now traveling to Berlin, where he will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz - Bennett’s office
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BREAKING Attacker at Jerusalem gay parade is the same ultra religious man who stabbed marchers in 2005 & was recently released from prison
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Before it escalates and lives are lost, Hamas should explain to the people of Gaza how will another armed conflict serve them, and Netanyahu should explain to the people of Israel why he didn’t take any initiative to result or at least ease this conflict.
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Netanyahu: "When Abu-Mazen incites to murder Jews in Jerusalem, the intl community keeps silent & when we build in Jerusalem they indignant"
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Senior Israeli official to BBC: "Hamas is responsible for ending the ceasefire. Israel's response will be crushing".
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Israeli Police officers killed in Jerusalem both from Druze communities: Ha'il Satawi, 30, from Mrar. Kamil Shnan, 22, from Hurfeish.
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The source added that Hamas launched a large-scale arrest campaign among members of militant groups close to ISIS, where investigators concluded that one of the suicide bombers is a member of the extremist groups and was previously arrested by Hamas.
Via
@Rushdibbc
Two suicide bombers and 3 Hamas policemen were killed tonight in Gaza. A source close to Hamas security forces told the BBC that two suicide bombers detonated explosive belts near Hamas police checkpoints in two different locations. Via
@Rushdibbc
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Benny Gantz’s National Unity party says it is holding talks with representatives of PM Netanyahu in bid to form an emergency government until the conclusion of the war.
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BREAKING Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid informed israel’s President he succeeded in forming a gov.
Yamina head Bennett will serve as PM first in the alternate gov (2 years each).
Coalition factions: Yesh Atid, Kahol Lavan, Israel Beiteinu, Labor, Yamina, New Hope, Meretz & Ra'am.
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Israeli Diva, Dana International, sings national anthem with thousands of protesters at LGBT rally in Tel Aviv.
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Americans under 30 blame
#Israel
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#Hamas
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http://t.co/m8SqlKRRSX
http://t.co/KvdZk6fAwk
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Netanyahu's decision to avoid debate proves to be devastating mistake for Likud. Won't be surprised if he changes his mind in next 24 hours
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Israeli official following security cabinet meeting: Israel will continue the operation in Gaza until it completes its objectives.
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The Israeli army spokesperson said that the IDF considers it a severe Iranian attack and is preparing for various scenarios. No additional instructions to the home front at present.
An IDF spokesperson said in a statement that about tweety projectiles were fired by the Iranian Al Quds force at 2210bst at Israeli military targets along the frontier. Several projectiles were intercepted. No reports of injuries or substantial damage.
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Israel / Gaza conflict: A source familiar with ceasefire talks told the BBC that there have been real efforts in the last few hours to reach an agreement. Intensive Egyptian, Arab and international efforts are taking place. Via
@Rushdibbc
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BREAKING Senior Israeli official to BBC: "We've neutralized 70-80% of Hamas offensive tunnels. It will take a few days to complete the task"
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Years of incitement and legitimation of radical and extremist voices on both sides are now torching Israeli cities and towns as anarchy scorches synagogues, mosques, homes, businesses, cars and hearts.
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VIDEO Israel is using birds of prey to help find missing bodies from the 7 October Hamas attack. The Nature and Parks Authority passed GPS coordinates to search teams. It says one eagle helped recover 4 bodies and scattered body parts. I met with the ecologist doing the tracking.
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19 days since the Hamas attack on Israel, PM Netanyahu says for the first time that the country will investigate the failure and those responsible will have to give answers, including him.
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Israeli Jews marched down Jaffa rd. in Jerusalem chanting "death to Arab". Police arrested 5 of them after they tried to block the road.
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Trump booked the King David hotel in Jerusalem for his israel visit. All 233 suites will be closed for the American delegation.
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BREAKING The Israeli High Court rules the state cannot hold bodies of Palestinian attackers, orders to return them to families for burial or legislate a law within 6 months - in line with international law - that permits it.
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