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Israel threatens full-scale war with Palestinian Authority over any attack resembling Oct. 7

From LBCI Lebanon · () English

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  • Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel had instructed its army to prepare for a full-scale war if Palestinian Authority forces planned an attack resembling the Oct. 7 assault.
  • The warning applied to a potential attack against Israeli military forces or Jewish settlements.

Israel has threatened a “full-scale war” against the Palestinian Authority if its forces prepare an attack against Israeli troops or settlements resembling the Hamas assault launched from Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023.

Defence Minister Israel Katz said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and he had instructed the army to prepare for such a conflict.

Katz said the order would apply if the Palestinian Authority’s security mechanisms or related bodies initiated, or were known with certainty to be about to initiate, a terror attack in the style of Oct. 7.

If the Palestinian Authority's security mechanisms and related bodies initiate, or we know with certainty that they are about to initiate, a terror attack in the style of October 7 against army forces and Jewish settlements, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and I have instructed the army to prepare for the opening of a full-scale war.

· Israel KatzIsrael’s defence minister described the condition under which Israel would prepare for war with the Palestinian Authority.
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