Gaza Strip
U.S. President Trump is ready to back Jerusalem in “whatever course of action it chooses regarding” the Gaza-based terrorist group.
The decision followed a situational assessment.
“We have to get an extension of phase one, and so I’ll be going into the region this week, probably Wednesday,” Trump’s Mideast envoy told “CNN.”
In February 2024, Israel thwarted attempts by South Africa and Algeria end its observer status at the African Union.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “just so angry, and he should be,” the U.S. president told reporters.
The Israeli military is intensifying counter-terror operations in northern Samaria following Thursday’s failed bus bombings near Tel Aviv.
Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David, childhood friends, are forced to watch the release of other hostages before being returned to captivity.
“Our examination found no injuries consistent with a bombing.”
U.S. Deputy Middle East Envoy Morgan Ortagus described Gaza as a “depraved society.”
Nael Obeid, freed in the hostage-prisoner exchange, was sentenced to seven life terms plus 30 years for his role in the 2003 Café Hillel suicide bombing.
Hamas’s “despicable violation” of the deal “is a stark reminder” of its “barbaric nature,” Danny Danon wrote to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.
The Israeli premier welcomed the six freed hostages, describing their return as a “moment of joy and relief.”
