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Akiva Van Koningsveld

Akiva Van Koningsveld is a news desk editor for JNS.org. Originally from The Hague, he made the big move from the Netherlands to Israel in 2020. Before joining JNS, he worked as a policy officer at the Center for Information and Documentation Israel, a Dutch organization dedicated to fighting antisemitism and spreading awareness about the Arab-Israel conflict. With a passion for storytelling and justice, he studied journalism at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and later earned a law degree from Utrecht University, focusing on human rights and civil liability.

The European Union, through its 27 member states, is UNRWA’s third-largest donor.
A funeral for Hashem Safieddine, who had been elected to succeed Nasrallah before he, too, was eliminated by Israel, is to be held the same day.
Hamas also released five Thai nationals on Thursday afternoon, as Jerusalem was readying to free 110 Palestinian terrorists.
The Military Advocate General’s Office opened a probe into the incident, according to the military.
“The current situation is absurd,” coalition lawmaker Moshe Solomon told JNS.
Iran is willing to negotiate with President Trump regarding its nuclear program, but “lots of things should be done by the other side,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
“There are more than 1.5 million people who have grown up for generations with hate for Israel and antisemitism,” the Israeli finance minister told JNS.
The release of the first seven Israeli hostages brought the U.S. president to tears, said his Mideast envoy.
The Lebanese army’s intelligence chief for Southern Lebanon reportedly handed Hezbollah secrets from inside a war room run by the U.S., France and UNIFIL.
Israel Defense Forces soldiers reportedly fired warning shots toward the Hezbollah supporters.
“I believe we will reach an understanding,” said Israeli envoy to the U.S. Michael Herzog.
Troops moved to close the area until bomb disposal experts could neutralize the suspicious object, the IDF told JNS.