Israel Tells Hamas: You Can Keep Your Rockets

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Israel's prime minister accuses them of being as bad as al Qaeda, but he isn’t trying to run the group out of Gaza. There’s a good reason why.

Published Jul. 31 2014 6:52AM EDT

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his military will not stop until it dismantles a labyrinth of tunnels often burrowed under private homes and even beneath Gaza’s mosques.

Eli Lake

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Israel Tells Hamas: You Can Keep Your Rockets

Israel's prime minister accuses them of being as bad as al Qaeda, but he isn’t trying to run the group out of Gaza. There’s a good reason why.

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Eli Lake

Josh Rogin