A Palestinian man is seen reflected in broken glass in a mosque damaged in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on December 26, 2020.
"In response...fighter jets struck military targets belonging to the Hamas terror organisation in the Gaza Strip, including tunnel digging sites," the army said. COGAT, the Israeli defence body that authorises settlement construction, confirmed the approvals, which drew swift condemnations from the Palestinians.
"Not only will this settlement activity erode the possibility for a conflict-ending resolution with the Palestinians in the long-term, but in the short-term it needlessly sets Israel on a collision course with the incoming Biden administration."Netanyahu undermining Biden's Mideast policy They say the growing settler population, approaching some 500,000 people, makes it increasingly difficult to achieve their dream of independence.
The explosive term, long seen as taboo and mostly used by the country's harshest critics, is vehemently rejected by Israel's leaders and many ordinary Israelis.
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