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- Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth, IDF Central Commander, urged stronger inter-agency cooperation to curb terror and Jewish extremist violence.
- He praised coordination among police, Shin Bet, Border Police, local councils and the security cabinet.
- Bluth called for more restraining orders and condemned the inability to use administrative detention on violent Jews.
- Defense Minister Israel Katz blocked detention in January 2025 and announced plans to fire Bluth after leaking a July 21 summons.
