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26 January 2021

Israel’s military chief of staff asserted that Hizbollah and Hamas had “conceal[ed] their weapons in civilian areas on purpose”, warning that “Israel will strike every house that holds weapons in the event of a general war ‘with a deluge of strikes’”. He added: “I have already warned you in Lebanon and Gaza: Once war starts, we will let you leave the places you are in, the place you are in with missiles - and you know this”.

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