The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that it was fully coordinating with the Pentagon and monitoring the situation in the north of the country.
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“We are also monitoring the north. We are fully coordinating with the Pentagon Central Command with full readiness. (Chief of the General Staff) Halevi has just finished a conversation with General (Chief of the General Staff of the Central Command) Kurilla and will have another conversation in the coming hours,” statement by IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari says.
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He noted that Hamas is “more brutal than the Islamic State militants.”
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According to him, Israel has paid a high price and has difficult days ahead, but the security of Israelis will be restored.
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Hagari accused Hamas of hiding its fighters among civilians.
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“Those who attack us from all over the Middle East will receive decisive aggression in response,” Hagari said.
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The United States will quickly help the Israeli Defense Forces with the supply of additional “equipment and resources,” including ammunition, Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin previously announced.
