Gaza Strip
One rocket was intercepted, while the other came down in the sea, according to the IDF.
The Islamist group is demanding Israel release terrorists serving life terms for murder during the first phase of a ceasefire deal.
The document, first reported by German newspaper Bild, provides a chilling insight into Hamas’s ruthless tactics and disregard for Gaza civilians.
The Minnesota representative said “the remaining hostages must come home alive, and the unbearable conflict in Gaza must end.”
“It turns out that the Egyptians have been playing a double game.”
“We are devoting most of our energy, from the president through the entire foreign policy team,” to make a hostage deal happen, Jacob Lew said.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry launches campaign on iconic billboards calling for urgent action to free all remaining captives.
“There’s a story, a narrative out there that there’s a deal out there,” the prime minister said. “Hamas has consistently said no to every one of them.”
“I am in continuous contact with the other American families and all levels of the U.S. government. There is nothing behind this report,” Jonathan Dekel-Chen said.
While Hamas is showing signs of limited resurgence, its new recruits are essentially “cannon fodder,” observers tell JNS.
The Security Council held its first meeting dedicated to the hostages’ plight since their capture by Hamas on Oct. 7.
“It is absolutely clear—if hundreds of thousands had gone out and told the world that it needs to do more to release the hostages it would have had a huge effect,” MK Hanoch Milwidsky told JNS.
