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Joshua Marks is a news editor on the Jerusalem desk at JNS.org, where he covers Jewish affairs, the Middle East and global news. He is an experienced journalist who has written and produced content for major media outlets in both the United States and Israel.

“Hamas is stalling for time—this is a strategy, not a tactic,” said IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir.
“We are working with all means to implement the U.S. president’s vision, and we will allow any Gaza resident who wants to move to a third state to do so,” said Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.
The military continues to attack Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad targets across the Strip as the renewed combat enters its third day.
Three-fourths of those murdered were civilians, with the ages ranging from a 14-hour-old Bedouin Israeli to a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor, according to a report compiled by the UK-Israel All-Party Parliamentary Group.
Guterres condemned Jerusalem for its renewed offensive against Hamas, but stayed silent on the terror group’s rejection of U.S. ceasefire extension proposals.
A military site in northern Gaza was struck after the IDF detected preparations for launching attacks on Israeli territory.
“We are more determined than ever to complete the mission and destroy” the Gaza-based terror group, Israel’s finance minister wrote.
“This follows Hamas’s repeated refusal to release our hostages, as well as its rejection of all of the proposals it has received,” the Israeli prime minister’s office stated • IDF Home Front Command orders schools near the border closed until further notice.
Trump ordered “decisive and powerful military action” against the Iran-backed terrorist group.
The Witkoff plan also calls for the release of half of the deceased captives held by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza.
The group planned and managed its terrorist activities from the location, the IDF said.
The world body again attacked “the State of Israel with false accusations, including baseless charges of sexual violence,” the premier said.