Gaza Strip
“Whoever comes to demonstrate on the shores of Gaza, we will send them into Gaza and use the ships to evacuate Gaza residents,” said the defense minister.
The first phase of the ceasefire with Hamas expired at midnight on Saturday.
Adam Boehler, Donald Trump’s envoy for hostage affairs, met overnight with representatives of Hamas as well as officials from Egypt and Qatar.
“The relentless efforts and activity to free all of the hostages, living and deceased, continue,” said the Israeli premier.
“The only humanitarian suffering in Gaza is that of the Israeli hostages, who are being chained, starved and held in Hamas’ tunnels.”
The ultimatum to release the remaining hostages in Gaza or face severe consequences was delivered after an Oval Office meeting with freed captives.
“He’s tired of watching videos of emaciated hostages being released,” the secretary of state said of the ultimatum for the terrorists to free the captives.
Israel can destroy Hamas and its 20,000 remaining fighters, says Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser.
The more than 180-year-old Jewish nonprofit also urged caution about reducing foreign aid, including for Israel.
The agency viewed the phones’ activation as routine, since the terrorist organization had carried out “similar tests” the previous year.
An Arab League summit in Cairo on Tuesday endorsed the $53 billion five-year plan for the war-torn coastal enclave.
The children and their 43 relatives passed through southern Israel on their way to hospitals in Amman.
