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Tensions in the Gaza Strip ahead of the flag parade: "Afraid to be dragged into escalation again" - Walla! news

2021-06-17T16:54:09.373Z


Residents of the western Negev are convinced that Hamas should not be allowed to dictate what is happening in Israel, but are worried that they will bear the consequences of the controversial demonstration and wonder if it would not have been better to find an alternative. "Maybe this is not the time to hold it. For us to march, but we will pay the price here in the envelope, as usual."


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Tensions in the Gaza Strip ahead of the flags parade: "Afraid to be dragged into escalation again"

Residents of the western Negev are convinced that Hamas should not be allowed to dictate what is happening in Israel, but are worried that they will bear the consequences of the controversial demonstration and wonder if it would not have been better to find an alternative.

"Maybe this is not the time to hold it. For us to march, but we will pay the price here in the envelope, as usual."

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Residents of the western Negev, less than a month since the end of Operation Wall Guard and the massive rocket fire into the area, express this morning (Tuesday) fears that the flagship parade expected to take place in Jerusalem will lead to renewed security escalation, and angry that they will bear the consequences



"Obviously there is a fear of Hamas gunfire," Ofer Lieberman of Kibbutz Nir Am said this morning. "I am sorry that such and other elements in Jerusalem decide to make a march when we pay the price here in the envelope. As far as I am concerned, they will march. Here, as usual. "

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"We will pay the price."

Ofer Lieberman from Nir Am (Photo: Shai Makhlouf)

Residents of the region say that although Hamas should not be allowed to dictate the reality in Israel, it would have been better to find a more calculated alternative.

"There is a fear that we will once again be dragged into an escalation. It is frustrating that they are threatening and dictating the pace. We probably did not achieve the deterrence," admits Maayan Shneur Fuld, a resident of Netiv HaAsara. this".

"We understand that the area is particularly explosive today."

Meirav Cohen from Ein Hashlosha (Photo: Shai Makhlouf)

"Hamas can not dictate our lives, on the other hand we should have been smart and compromised on the path. If Hamas decides to respond - in the Gaza Strip they will absorb," says Meirav Cohen from Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha.

"There is an alert that they will fire today, but we maintain a completely normal routine," she added, clarifying that residents "understand that the area is particularly explosive today."

Preparations for inflating incendiary balloons near Rafah, August 2020 (Photo: Flash 90, Paddy Fahd)

The flag parade is expected to take place today in Jerusalem as planned, and about 2,500 policemen and border fighters are expected to secure the celebrants in the capital. To the IDF Square through the Jaffa Gate and will enter the Western Wall, some through the Muslim Quarter and some through the Jewish Quarter, for safety reasons and to prevent overcrowding.



Meanwhile, the IDF and the GSS are preparing for the possibility of a security deterioration due to the marching of the flags. According to the defense establishment, the northern border is expected to be quiet, in Judea and Samaria there may be violent disturbances if there are wounded and dead in Jerusalem, but in the Gaza Strip a completely different story is expected. Accordingly, the IDF will increase the deployment of Iron Dome batteries.



Hamas spokesman 'Abd al-Latif Kanoua threatened that the planned parade of flags could lead to a new campaign between Israel and Hamas.

He called on the residents of Jerusalem and the Arabs of Israel to mobilize and confront Israel in all ways and means, and argued that action should be taken to thwart the "occupation plans."

Extinguishing a fire caused by a balloon in the Gaza Strip, August 2020 (Photo: Official website, Daniel Gilo, TPS)

According to security sources, Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, withdrew from Operation Wall Guard without significant achievements, and is still struggling to advance negotiations on the Gaza Strip settlement and rehabilitation process, including the opening of Erez and Kerem Shalom crossings, led by Defense Minister Bnei Gantz. According to the same security sources, Sinwar will be very afraid of provoking the IDF through rocket launches, but he will still try to strengthen the narrative around the religious issue and Jerusalem. Therefore, there is a possibility of disturbances on the Gaza Strip or launching terrorist balloons, as well as launching short-range rockets. term extreme case.



However, the defense did not rule out the possibility they may be rogue cells in the Gaza Strip, particularly Islamic Jihad, to launch rockets into Israeli home front. to do so, the air defense of the army raised the level of vigilance and preparedness ahead of the march . Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi instructed to prepare possible responses to all scenarios, including the launch of rockets.

Iron Dome Battery in the Gaza Envelope, March 2019 (Photo: Reuven Castro, Reuven Castro)

Accordingly, the message of the heads of the defense establishment is to avoid the wounded and killed as much as possible, since harsh images in Jerusalem will serve the extremists and instigators in the Gaza Strip and Judea and Samaria.

"The situation in the Palestinian arena is explosive and we are preparing for the possibility of resuming hostilities," Kochavi said yesterday during an operational forum held in the IDF, where an initial summary of Operation Wall Guard took place.



Members of the joint list wrote in a letter to Homeland Security Minister Amar Bar-Lev Bennett, and called for the march to be canceled. "We warn and warn in advance that this incident is most likely to re-ignite the area and lead to dangerous violence and escalation," they wrote. "We urge you to announce as soon as possible that the march will not be allowed by police.

Moreover, we warn that every drop of blood that is shed, God forbid, will be your responsibility, as well as possible regional incineration. "

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