Gaza Strip
The Islamist group is “just as committed to terrorism today” as it was on Oct. 7, 2023, according to Doron Spielman.
The Board of Peace envoy said that Israel would not be required to withdraw from the Strip until Hamas disarms.
Hamas said it is willing to move forward with second stage of the U.S.-brokered framework, calling on Washington to exert pressure on Jerusalem.
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Almog Sarusi, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Carmel Gat and Ori Danino were killed at close range in a Rafah tunnel.
Hundreds of personnel and dozens of vessels took part in branch-wide exercises across the Mediterranean and Red Seas, simulating multi-arena warfare and the defense of strategic assets.
Kampala said it is prepared to contribute forces to a multinational stabilization mission if the U.S.-backed plan for the Strip moves forward.
“Israel is not starving children,” stated the Jewish state’s envoy to the United Nations in New York. “Israel is fighting Hamas terrorism, while Hamas uses civilians in Gaza as human shields.”
Eyal Zamir toured the Strip with Southern Command brass, vowing to hunt down every Nukhba terrorist involved in the Oct. 7 massacre “sooner or later.”
“We are standing firm on our interests,” Israel’s prime minister said in relation to the Board of Peace’s 15-point Roadmap for Gaza.
The board “emphasized the determination to work with Congress in a bipartisan manner to advance peace, security, governance and reconstruction in Gaza,” a Board of Peace official said.
The Israeli premier pledged that reconstruction of the Strip won’t start before its full demilitarization, adding that Gazans should be permitted to voluntarily leave.
“Not much of what we do now is dramatic. It is slow, grinding and technical work,” said the high representative for Gaza.
