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Israel says Gaza AP building housed Hamas anti-Iron Dome tech unit

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN and US Gilad Erdan has told Associated Press President Gary Pruitt that the building in which the news agency had its Gaza bureau was destroyed in Israeli strikes last month because that edifice housed a tech unit from which Hamas was working to jam the IDF’s Iron Dome defense system, the Jerusalem Post reports. Following an advanced warning from the IDF, the building was evacuated before it was bombed during May’s 11 days of fighting between Israel and Hamas.

Israel: Latest battle against Hamas was the first Artificial Intelligence war

Israel has described its recent ‘Guardian of the Walls’ military operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip as the world’s first artificial-intelligence war, the Jerusalem Post reports. A senior Israeli military Intelligence Corps officer has said artificial intelligence was “a key component and power multiplier in fighting the enemy” during the battle which broke out on May 10 and ended with a ceasefire on May 21.

Gazans outraged after UNRWA director says IDF strikes were ‘precise’

(Worthy News) – Residents of the Gaza Strip expressed outrage after the director of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip told Channel 12 News that IDF strikes in recent clashes were “precise.”

Gaza social media users expressed outrage at Schmale’s statements, calling for him to be removed from his position for saying that Israel didn’t target civilians.

“Matthias’s recent statements confirm that he is part of the aggression, and is not suitable for playing another role,” wrote Hamas-affiliated analyst Ibrahim al-Madhoun on Twitter in response to Schmale’s statements.

Hamas also slammed the UNRWA official, tweeting Tuesday that the movement was shocked by Schmale’s statemets, accusing him of pretending to be a “military analyst for the occupation army.”

Palestinian Authority president accuses Israel of war crimes

As deadly fighting between Israel and the Gaza terror group Hamas continued for a tenth day on Wednesday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of conducting “state terror” and “war crimes,” the Times of Israel reports. Abbas heads the Palestinian Authority which has partial self- rule in areas of the West Bank, while Islamic Jihadist group Hamas has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007.

Netanyahu: Israel has set Hamas back by years

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated Tuesday that the preceding nine days of airstrikes on Gaza have “set Hamas back by years,” BBC News reports. Israel’s ongoing bombardment of specific Hamas terror targets in Gaza has been a response to thousands of rockets indiscriminately fired from the Strip at Israeli cities.

Israel slammed for strike on AP, Al Jazeera Gaza offices in attack on Hamas

Israel came under heavy criticism on Saturday for striking a 12-story tower in Gaza housing the offices of foreign media affiliates such as the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and other news outlets. The United States government, AP and Al Jazeera each publicly expressed their concerns with the operation moments after the strike.

Rockets fired from Lebanon land off Israel coast: IDF

As Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip continue to launch rocket after rocket into Israel, the Israeli Defense Forces Thursday said at least three had been fired from Lebanon, the country to the north.

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