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The U.S. president, vice president and key advisers met about “the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal” in the Situation Room on Labor Day.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken last month hailed the prime minister for accepting the U.S. ceasefire proposal.
Members of the Gvura Forum oppose the pressure from the left to give in to the terrorists’ demands.
Born in the Bay Area and raised in Israel from age 8, the slain hostage is remembered as a “mensch,” passionate about soccer, music and travel.
One of the six bodies recovered from a Rafah tunnel bore signs of having been tied up, and all showed evidence of neglect, according to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute.
Contrary to what many Israelis believe, the Jewish state has many supporters in Europe, “but they are in need of relevant information,” says IDSF founder and chairman Brig. Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi.
Biden’s effort to bring about an Israel-Hamas agreement received newfound urgency on Sunday.
Israel’s prime minister and finance minister filed a petition against Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David, arguing that he called a general strike for political reasons.
“For weeks, we’ve been saying that time is of the essence. Last night, we saw we’re already in overtime,” said U.S. Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew.
The former U.S. president issued several statements some 12 hours after Israel said it had recovered and identified the bodies of six hostages in a Gaza tunnel.
“Hamas murdered our hostages in cold blood precisely to make us surrender and accept its demands,” Bezalel Smotrich said.
Israel has consented to “humanitarian pauses” across areas of the Gaza Strip to facilitate the inoculation effort.
