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Jean-Noël Barrot met with the relatives of two French-Israelis still held by the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza.
The video clip of the Hamas terrorists discussing the hostage was found on a USB flash drive in a Rafah tunnel near where his body was discovered.
Intelligence information indicated the presence of terrorists in the area of Beit Lahiya.
Following Donald Trump’s election victory, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri called on him to “learn from [President Joe] Biden’s mistakes.”
The Israeli premier previewed this type of proposal in a statement following the killing of Hamas terror leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza on Oct. 16.
“The only reason this ridiculous pier happened was so Biden and Harris could have a political talking point at the State of the Union to pander to the progressive left about Gaza,” Rep. Mike Waltz stated.
PFLP terrorists were also killed in Lebanon as part of the Israeli operation against the terror group.
The secretary of state “reaffirmed the United States’ ironclad commitment to Israel’s security against threats from Iran and Iran-backed proxy groups.”
Cairo’s plan would have seen four Israeli hostages and 100 Palestinian terrorists released over a 10-day period after an initial 48-hour pause in fighting.
Qatari media cited a Hamas official as saying the talks yielded a deal to form a committee of “independent” Palestinian leaders to run Gaza after the war.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad member Ahmed al-Dalu was part of the group’s Military Intelligence Unit.
Israel has presented evidence that some Gazan “journalists” had direct ties to Hamas.