Gaza Strip
Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the U.S. Department of Defense spokesman, insisted that the temporary pier anchored to the Gazan coast played no role in the recent rescue of four hostages.
Some 1.1 million pounds of aid came across the pier on since Saturday, the U.S. Defense Department said.
The national security minister bemoaned the move to return them to Gaza without conditions.
Messages from the Hamas leader in Gaza reviewed by The Wall Street Journal lay bare his strategy of weaponizing noncombatants against Israel.
The Israel Police released video of the weekend operation to rescue four captives from Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.
U.S. envoy to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the Council Israel had accepted the proposed ceasefire and that the onus was now on Hamas.
The soldiers were killed when a blast brought down the building they were searching in Rafah. Six additional troops were wounded, five seriously.
The U.S. secretary of state told the Israeli defense minister that the ceasefire deal “would advance Israel’s long-term security interests.”
Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
U.S. to attend the summit as part of his regional tour.
Hamas: Gantz’s resignation “points to the downfall” of Israel’s political system.
“He looks alright physically but mentally we don’t know yet. We have to wait a few more days.”
