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Target: Hamas
Israeli paratroopers operating in Palestinian towns and cities are on the frontline of their country's response to suicide bombings

On the Frontline
Roadmaps and cease-fires may come and go, but the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) continues to conduct raids in Palestinian cities and refugee camps in search of militants suspected of planning terror attacks. Here a paratrooper takes part in an operation outside the West Bank City of Nablus

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