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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.

Sgt. Shira Chaya Suslik, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene.
“The targets included power plants and a seaport, which were used by the Houthis to transfer Iranian weapons to the region,” the military announced.
Some Israelis have adopted “the playbook of the anti-Israel and pro-Hamas movement,” the lawmaker said after activists shut down his speech at UC Berkeley.
The meeting comes amid reports that Hamas agreed to cede control of Gaza’s border crossings to Ramallah.
The strike came less than 24 hours after the attempted assassination of Hezbollah’s No. 3 terrorist commander, Ali Karaki, in the same area.
IAF fighter jets carried out a “targeted strike” in Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut.
“We will do everything necessary to fulfill the mission,” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said.
Northern Command head Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin says the security reality in the north needs to change, speaking after Hezbollah blamed Israel for blasts in Lebanon.
More than 450 Hezbollah operatives sustained wounds, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
The IDF declined to comment on the incident, which came just hours after the Israeli Cabinet added the return of citizens displaced from their homes in the north to the country’s war goals.
Herzog is also slated to travel to Albania, marking the first official visit of a representative of the Jewish state to the Muslim-majority nation.
Lawyers representing the Hadash-Ta’al MK filed a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court after Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stonewalled his request to meet with convicted murderer Marwan Barghouti.