(Times of Israel) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday hailed the performance of Israel's security forces during the recent conflict with Islamic Jihad in Gaza. "With complete surprise and continuous initiative, we eliminated Islamic Jihad's entire top brass in Gaza, destroyed 17 Islamic Jihad command centers, eliminated dozens of terrorists, struck missile storage sites, took out anti-tank squads and more." "Today Israel's enemies - in Gaza and beyond - know that even if they try to hide, we can and are willing to reach them at any time....We flipped the script." Earlier Sunday, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said Israel had not made any concessions as part of the ceasefire agreement, confirming the account of a senior Egyptian official who said Saturday that Israel would not sign a ceasefire agreement that entailed any conditions beyond the IDF holding its fire.
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