(Algemeiner-Jerusalem Post) Benjamin Kerstein - After two Islamic Jihad terrorists were killed attempting to plant an explosive device on the Gaza border fence, the Israeli news website N12 reported that the IDF was then ordered to collect the bodies but were blocked by a group of Gazans. An IDF bulldozer then collected the body of Muhammed Ali al-Na'im, 27, a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Al-Quds Brigade in Khan Yunis. Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett explained that the body would be used as a bargaining chip to gain the release of the bodies of Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, two IDF soldiers killed in 2014, whose bodies are still being held by Hamas. "What do they want - that I should send flowers to Hamas?" Bennett asked. Asked about the video images of the bulldozer that have been distributed online, Bennett said, "I'm fine with the pictures, we're facing a cruel terror organization that is holding our children's bodies. There is no nice way to bring our boys home."
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