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For most Palestinians, the process of going through a checkpoint is less invasive than for an average American citizen to go through airport security screening. Since the beginning of the modern concept of national borders, every country in the world has imposed restrictions and screened who is allowed in and out of their country. Israel is no different.
2006 Second Lebanon War
Rambam Hospital’s helipad admitting casualties during 2nd Lebanon War.
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On July 12, 2006, Hezbollah crossed the Lebanese-Israeli border and ambushed an IDF patrol. They killed eight soldiers, and kidnapped two others. In the ensuing conflict, Israel bombed known Hezbollah strongholds while the terrorists launched rockets at Israel’s northern population centers. For nearly five weeks, Hezbollah launched more than 100 rockets per day into Israel. Families slept in their bomb shelters.
To make matters more complicated, the IDF faced an enemy that purposely hid among the civilian population in
