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Israel's battlefield lacks divine charm and compassion of the biblical era

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A destroyed section of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on September 17, 2024. Once the crown jewel of Gaza's proud medical community, the Palestinian territory's main Al-Shifa hospital has become a stark symbol of the utter devastation wrought by the Israel-Hamas war. [ AFP]

It is a fact that when it comes to espionage, Israeli agencies can be expected to exceed expectations. Even so, the recent alleged Mossad operation against Hezbollah militants in which thousands of booby-trapped pagers and walkie-talkies unexpectedly exploded in the pockets and faces of their owners, killing at least 37 and leaving 3,000 seriously wounded or maimed, was unprecedented and simply out of this world.

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