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Mike Wagenheim

Mike Wagenheim

Mike Wagenheim is a Washington-based correspondent for JNS, primarily covering the U.S. State Department and Congress. He is the senior U.S. correspondent at the Israel-based i24NEWS TV network.

Hagai Angrest, who got the first proof of life of his 21-year-old son, Matan, last week, told JNS: “We know today he is alive but tomorrow, we don’t know what will happen.”
“We do see U.N. agencies, organizations standing up and showing interest,” an Israeli diplomatic official told JNS, of the effort to replace UNRWA.
The operation, conducted with the IDF, “strengthened partner interoperability” and demonstrated “force projection capabilities in the region,” the United States said.
Tammy Bruce, the State Department spokeswoman, told reporters that “there is no path forward” in the peace process without the return of the hostages and removal of Hamas.
“Antisemitism thrives in loopholes. Congress has the power and the obligation to close them,” Adela Cojab, of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, told the committee.
Aid delivery to the Srip is “non-negotiable,” according to the French envoy, who condemned “Hamas’s ongoing retention and cruel treatment of the hostages.”
“You were our hope, and now you’re the hope of the rest of the hostages,” Naama Levy said.
Despite Israeli and global media reports that such a meeting had been scheduled, the White House says no get-together was planned.