U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon visits southern Israel on August 29, 2016. He stopped at the Kerem Shalom crossing point to see how goods enter and leave the Gaza Strip, was briefed on and toured a Hamas tunnel that had been discovered by the IDF, and met with local residents from several communities at Kibbutz Or HaNer. ?At the Kibbutz he toured the Ornit factory. He also visited an Iron Dome battery. August 29, 2016. Photo by Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv
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