There’s very little concern at this point in Israel about what the international community says because for almost 15 months now it has not done things that match their uproar about many Israeli actions and statements, Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports.

“But what Defence Minister Israel Katz has now said is that Israel intends to treat Gaza the way it treats the West Bank — it can go in and out without reservation or hesitation, it can detain any Palestinian it wants — it can target or assassinate any Palestinian it wants and it can operate freely,” she added.

“It is using the same policy in southern Lebanon as well. There’s a ceasefire in place, but Israeli targeting in Lebanon has not stopped — and that’s because there’s nothing to stop it,” Odeh said.

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