Gaza Strip
Staff Sgt. Yair Avitan, 20, and Sgt. First Class (res.) Yakir Shmuel Tatelbaum, 21, died as troops were pushing back into Shejaiya.
The freed hostage also expressed her gratitude to “everyone who made our voices heard when we couldn’t speak.”
Washington is “working very hard” to reach a deal, says U.S. official.
“The pier could be floated back to Gaza again if the commander makes that determination based on the sea state,” a U.S. Department of Defense spokeswoman said.
As many as 15 million spectators will watch the bike race in person over the next three weeks.
“Whether it is classified as a famine or not is not the point,” said the chief economist at the World Food Programme, a United Nations agency.
Farida Shaheed’s “mischaracterization” of the IHRA antisemitism definition harms efforts to ensure “students can access the education they deserve.”
Only local Palestinians can govern Gaza in the future, “it cannot be Israel and it cannot be Hamas,” the Israeli defense minister said.
“We need to remind the whole world that the hostages must return home,” Avida Bachar from Kibbutz Be’eri says.
The IDF condemns the terror group’s “cynical exploitation” of the captured Oketz canine unit dog, which was booby-trapped to harm Israeli forces.
Intelligence gathered by Ramallah indicates ongoing Iranian attempts to smuggle explosives, funds and know-how into Judea and Samaria.
“The Gaza Ministry of Health is the Hamas Ministry of Health,” said Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who introduced the amendment.
