ually increasing range, bringing more of central and southern Israel under threat with every upgrade. Hamas can now reach central Tel Aviv and beyond Beersheba in southern Israel. Iran will likely supplement this proxy war by exploiting “images of victory’—such as sinking a U.S. naval unit or displaying U.S

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itly: "Yes, this is my first visit to the State of Israel." As I expected, the security officer objected, saying: "Your papers say you were born in Beersheba." I responded, "Yes, but I left with my parents as a child of six months and never returned, and this is my first visit back. So what's the problem

incursion. By the end of the campaign, nearly 1,000 poorly guided shorter-range rockets and mortar shells hit southern Israel, reaching as far as Beersheba and Yavne. Several senior Hamas commanders and hundreds of militants were killed in the fighting. Israel Defense Forces figures showed that 10 IDF