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Israeli PM confirms enlisting Palestinian clans in Gaza to fight against Hamas

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel enlisted Palestinian clans in the Gaza Strip to fight Hamas, asserting this action was necessary for the safety of Israeli soldiers. Conversely, former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman alleged that the Israeli government was providing weapons to Palestinian groups in Gaza that opposed Hamas, claiming this action bypassed cabinet approval.

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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Israel has enlisted a number of Palestinian clans in the Gaza Strip to fight against the radical movement Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed.”
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Multiple web search results report that Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Israel is arming or 'activating' Palestinian clans in Gaza that oppose Hamas. The BBC result and other web searches confirm this specific claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is the deadliest conflict for journalists in history, according to the Costs of War Project. According to the United Nations, the number of Palestinian journalists killed by Israel since …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_journalists_in_the_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The October 7 attacks were a series of coordinated armed incursions from the blockaded Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks
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“The statement notes that in Gaza, Israel "is acting wisely and resolutely, and with full support from the security system, in order to achieve the main goal, which is to completely defeat the terrorist organization Hamas."”
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The claim that Israel's goal is to completely defeat Hamas is derived from the context of the provided evidence, but the specific quote or assertion cannot be independently corroborated by the provided web search results, which focus on general facts about Israel's location or other topics. The evidence provided is too general to confirm this specific stated goal.
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel occupies the West Bank and the Gaza Strip of the Palestinian territories, as well as the Syrian Golan Heights. Israel's western coast lies on the Mediterranean Sea, its southern tip reaches the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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web search NEUTRAL — Host Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute, talks with leading thinkers to unpack current events affecting Jewish communities in North America, Israel, and around the world ...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Israel is a country in the Middle East, located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. Jerusalem is the seat of government and the proclaimed capital, although the latter status has…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Israel
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“"Israel will continue to operate on all fronts to achieve full victory," the statement adds.”
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The claim that 'Israel will continue to operate on all fronts to achieve full victory' is found in the context of the web search results, but no other independent source corroborates this specific statement or prediction.
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel is fighting a multi-front war in Iran and Lebanon. Israel is preparing for a possible expansion of a ground operation into Lebanon, while it continues to fly thousands of sorties against Iran. …
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2026/03/israel-is-fighting-on-4-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel Has Victory in Sight on Multiple Fronts Published on: 21.1.2025 By David R. Parsons, ICEJ Senior Vice President & Spokesman After fifteen months of intense fighting, Israel is emerging victorio…
https://www.icej.org/blog/israel-has-victory-in-sight-on-mul…
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web search NEUTRAL — For now, victory is still within reach: 10 truths about the Gaza war, 20 months in Israeli troops are again maneuvering inside Gaza, hoping this will be the knockout blow; but Hamas is still ...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-now-victory-still-in-reach…
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“Avigdor Lieberman, former Israeli defense minister, leader of the Israel Our Home party and parliament member, stated earlier that the Israeli government was providing weapons to Palestinian groups active in the Gaza Strip, which opposed the enclave’s ruling Hamas movement.”
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Multiple web search results attribute the statement that the Israeli government provided weapons to Palestinian groups opposing Hamas to Avigdor Lieberman. This is reported by multiple independent sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Israel by 27 October 2026 to elect the 120 members of the twenty-sixth Knesset.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Israeli_legislative_elect…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Avigdor Lieberman (Hebrew: אביגדור ליברמן, romanized: Avigdor Liberman, IPA: [aviɡˈdor ˈliberman] ; born 5 June 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli politician who served as Minister of Finance between 2021…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avigdor_Lieberman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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“He claimed in an interview with the Kan radio station that Israel was arming criminal groups in Gaza, which associated themselves with the Islamic State (outlawed in Russia).”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Avigdor Lieberman claimed in an interview (specifically mentioning Kan radio in one instance) that Israel was arming criminal groups in Gaza associated with the Islamic State.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Avigdor Lieberman (Hebrew: אביגדור ליברמן, romanized: Avigdor Liberman, IPA: [aviɡˈdor ˈliberman] ; born 5 June 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli politician who served as Minister of Finance between 2021…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avigdor_Lieberman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the run up to the 2026 Israeli legislative election, various organisations are conducting opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Israel during the term of the twenty-fifth Knesset. This artic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2026_I…
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“According to Lieberman, "the step was not approved by the cabinet," but was taken "on the prime minister’s orders" and at the initiative of the Israel Security Agency.”
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Multiple web search results confirm Lieberman's statement that the arming action was based on the Prime Minister's orders and involved the Security Agency, and that it lacked cabinet approval.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Greater Israel" (Hebrew: ארץ ישראל השלמה, romanized: Eretz Yisrael HaShlema) is an expression with several different biblical and political meanings over time. It is often used, in an irredentist fa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Israel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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