Gaza Strip
“The residents of Gaza should be allowed to enjoy the freedom of exit and migration as is customary everywhere in the world,” but are being held hostage by Hamas, said Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.
According to an initial probe, a crane collapsed on the troops due to harsh winds caused by a winter storm.
“The IDF is committed to fully implementing the conditions of the agreement for the return of the hostages,” said the military.
A security official identified Tehran as a central force escalating violence by supplying arms and cash to terrorist networks.
“I think it’s actually quite evil to suggest that people should live in such dire conditions,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, told reporters about life in Gaza.
The father of hostage Bar Kupershtein visited the last place his 21-year-old son was seen before being abducted by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, and taken to the Gaza Strip.
“We met Trump’s people. We have conversations,” the Israeli envoy said in an interview in Washington. “But I think we were not aware about how much the United States will be involved about it.”
Mark Mellman, who leads Democratic Majority for Israel, said the president’s remarks are “cruel, immoral and impractical.”
Most countries rejected the U.S. president’s proposal to move Gazans out of the Strip.
Gideon Sa’ar called the enclave a “failed experiment” requiring outside-the-box” ideas.
“Violence and hatred do not have to define the region’s future.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir and his Otzma Yehudit Party submitted the proposed legislation amid a push by U.S. President Donald Trump to relocate the enclave’s population.
