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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-mideast-punishment.html
IDF Considers Sending Terrorists' Families to Gaza
(New York Times (Reuters)/Ha'aretz) - IDF troops arrested 21 Palestinian men in the West Bank Thursday night - fathers, brothers, and sons of the terrorists who carried out the attacks in Tel Aviv and Emmanuel. Sources in the IDF propose exile to the Gaza Strip. The homes of two terrorists were demolished. The sources said that only actions that harm the immediate surroundings of the terrorists might deter future suicide bombers, Israel Radio reported. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said he supported the IDF decision, if the move were legally sanctioned. In an interview with Israel Radio on Friday, Peres said, "Look, it is obvious that we are being pushed to do things that we would willingly prefer not to do, but what happened this week, the two grave incidents [the terror attacks in Tel Aviv and Emmanuel]...it almost leaves us no choice."