(Maariv-Hebrew) Amir Rappaport - "This will encourage terror, give a prize to the Palestinians, and will wet the appetite of the terrorists," said a senior security official in response to the idea to evacuate most of the Jewish settlements in Gaza. "Hamas will take credit for our flight under fire," he said. "The Jewish towns that remain in northern Gaza and the IDF forces protecting them will become a target for intensive terror." According to security sources, "the struggle against the terror that will come out of Gaza after the withdrawal will require enormous forces." Hamas might use the withdrawal as an opportunity to take over Gaza completely, at the expense of the PA.
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