Hours after Netanyahu insisted—despite the abundance of evidence to the contrary—that he wants to "avoid" military conflict with the Palestinians, a unit of Israeli soldiers flagrantly violated a ceasefire agreement by invading the occupied Gaza Strip and killing at least seven Palestinians before fleeing under the cover of airstrikes. An Israeli special forces team entered Gaza late Sunday in a civilian vehicle and proceeded to shoot and kill one Hamas commander in what Gaza officials denounced as an assassination and a "cowardly" escalation of tensions. Six more Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were later killed. "Imagine if Palestinians crossed into Israel and killed Israelis, all hell would break loose but Palestinians are expected to just accept this."
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