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Originally from Casablanca, Morocco, Amelie made aliyah in 2014. She specializes in diplomatic affairs and geopolitical analysis and serves as a war correspondent for JNS. She has covered major international developments, including extensive reporting on the hostage crisis in Israel.

The announcement came hours after one IDF soldier was killed and four others were injured, one seriously, by a roadside bomb in Samaria.
“The one condition we have is that Hezbollah will go up to the Litani River,” Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid told JNS.
“We won’t stop until the last one is back,” says Herut Nimrodi, whose son Tamir is still a prisoner in Gaza,
“My joy is mixed with sadness for the kidnapped who will be left behind, fear and concerns that there will be obstacles on the way.”
Many Palestinian detainees will resume terrorist attacks, former Israel Prison Service assistant commissioner says.
“If they wait more, we might only get bodies in nylon bags. It’s time to bring all the people that survived for so long back alive,” said Jimmy Miller, whose cousin Shiri Bibas was captured on Oct. 7, 2023, along with her whole family.
Qatar has reportedly delivered a final draft agreement to both Israel and Hamas.
Some will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington next week.
“My sister will come home when there is enough pressure applied to the Iraqi government by the U.S. government to release her.”
“There are more female pilots, paramedics, doctors and females in special operations units. This war gave us a chance to prove that it works,” says Lt. Col. Shani Kisri, medical chief of the IDF’s 162nd Division.
“Prior to Oct. 7, 2023, Gaza was a Palestinian state, and we know what the result was for southern Israel,” said Knesset member Ariel Kallner.
“We want to create something to help others. We have the power to do it,” said Iris Haim, whose son was killed in a tragic friendly fire incident in the Gaza Strip.