Disengagement was sold not just as a diplomatic move, but as a security one. Pulling out of Gaza, Ariel Sharon argued, would save lives.

'On the 10th anniversary of the evacuation, TV channels looked back on the disengagement and broadcast the clip of that haunting scene. I was shocked to hear my own voice.'

"Without our weapons, no one would be looking in our direction," Ghazi Hamad stated during the interview with Al Jazeera.

Hamas claimed that Evyatar David had been eating what the people of Gaza were eating, referencing the accusation that Israel had forced starvation on the Palestinian enclave.

​​The alleged harassment reportedly began when the unidentified male entered the synagogue on July 21, at approximately 7:15 p.m.

This is not diplomacy – this is appeasement dressed up in the empty platitudes of international grandstanding.

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In on-site questioning, the terrorists said they had planned to flee after another terrorist who was with them in the shaft was killed during a clash with IDF troops.