Gaza Strip
“The ceasefire would have been extended if Hamas released all remaining hostages,” tweeted the U.S. national security advisor.
Troops continued ground activity in the northern and central Strip, as the Israeli Air Force struck terrorists and their assets across the Palestinian enclave.
The spokeswoman for the Israeli Embassy in the UK said there’s “nothing impartial” about wanting “someone who fits the predetermined narrative.”
“The president made it clear to Hamas that if they did not release all of the hostages, there would be hell to pay,” the White House press secretary said.
Alerts were activated in cities including, for the first time in months, Tel Aviv.
The evacuees, who departed via Ramon Airport in Israel, possess foreign citizenship that will facilitate their resettlement abroad.
The military continues to attack Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad targets across the Strip as the renewed combat enters its third day.
To negotiate, interlocutors must first open embassies in Somaliland, the foreign minister of that disputed territory said.
The French president announced that he and the Saudi crown prince would co-chair a conference on a two-state solution.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warns Gazans of “total destruction” unless remaining 59 hostages are returned and Hamas is removed from power.
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.
Hamas’s Health Ministry had claimed that the Israeli Air Force strike in Deir al-Balah had killed one U.N. employee.
