Israel has foiled Al-Qaida attempts to infiltrate the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israel’s top general said. “Al-Qaida tried to enter the territories and we stopped it,” Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya’alon, Israel’s military chief of staff, told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday. “We are bracing against the Al-Qaida threat, and this requires international cooperation.”
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