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Benjamin Netanyahu: The point is to destroy tunnels from Gaza into Israeli territory, the kind of tunnels Hamas tried to use to infiltrate…

On the recordJuly 16, 2014
The point is to destroy tunnels from Gaza into Israeli territory, the kind of tunnels Hamas tried to use to infiltrate Israel just this morning.
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Benjamin Netanyahu

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Netanyahu's statement regarding the objective of the Israeli ground operation in Gaza to eliminate tunnels used by Hamas.

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