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TEL AVIV — The international spokesman for the Israeli Defence Forces has clapped back against Foreign Minister Anita Anand’s criticism of the Gaza war , even as the Liberal government broadened its messaging to call for Hamas to disarm and cede power. In a scrum with reporters after being sworn in last week, Anand described Israel’s post-October 7 war on Hamas as “aggression,” accusing the Jewish state of using food as a political toll. She cited a death...