Tel Aviv, July 27 -- Israel's Energy Minister Eli Cohen said that the decision to boost humanitarian aid into Israel was made in part in order to avoid European sanctions, The Times of Israel reported.

"Hamas wants to reach a situation where there will be decisions made against the State of Israel on the international stage, to reach a goal that the war will end and it will continue to exist," Cohen said in an interview with Kan's Reshet Bet radio, adding that Israel "did not fall into this trap."

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Cohen, who previously served as foreign minister, said that "the Foreign Ministry held meetings with their counterparts in Europe, and in order to prevent European sanctions on Israel, it was decid...