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Natan Galula

Natan Galula

Natan Galula is a writer at JNS.org.

Experts talk to JNS about Israel’s suspension of humanitarian aid in Gaza, how it is viewed by international law and the moral premise that underpins it.
Reut Ben-Chaim, a mother of eight and co-founder of Tzav 9, a group opposed to the entry of aid into Gaza, was slapped with U.S. sanctions targeting “extremist” individuals “undermining peace in the region.”
Muhammad Shaheen, the head of Hamas’s Operations Department in Lebanon, had been planning attacks against Israeli citizens, according to Israeli security forces.
Outlawing the U.N. agency is “a direct response to the widespread infiltration of UNRWA’s ranks by Hamas,” Ambassador Danny Danon said.
Israel will free 1,904 Palestinian terrorists in the first stage of the ceasefire.
Finance Minister Smotrich said that a “loophole” allowed the Palestinians to receive 100m shekels annually for 30 years that was supposed to go to the State of Israel.
Despite its name, participants in the “Securing the North: A Buffer Zone is a Must” conference failed to reach a consensus on the viability of such a buffer, but all agreed there needs to be a change in Israel’s security mentality.
Experts talk to JNS about foreign aid that enters Gaza only for Hamas to plunder the resources. There will be profound consequences if this persists.
The Israeli military carried out a number of operations throughout the Gaza Strip, eliminating and arresting Hamas and PIJ terrorists.
If the war against Hezbollah isn’t won decisively, Israel’s northern residents will find themselves back in the same precarious position within a decade, according to IDF Maj. (res.) Gilad Ach, a co-founder of the “Reservists-Generation of Victory” non-profit.
Hamas said to have submitted names of sick and elderly captives, as well as four Americans, set for release in an impending ceasefire agreement.
An online figure named “Eliad” offered 33-year-old Zolotarev $125,000 to carry out an assassination, according to the Israel Security Agency and Israel Police.