Gaza Strip
“I don’t think the numbers are meant to get back to the previous breakdown of numbers,” said Farhan Haq, a U.N. spokesman.
According to the Nahala Movement, over 6,500 people were signed up for the march as of Monday.
Sapir Cohen spent 55 days in Gaza. Her boyfriend is still there.
Yom Ha’atzmaut will be observed with muted festivities throughout the country on Monday evening and during the day on Tuesday.
“It brings me right back to the hours of that horrible day,” an Israeli police commander told JNS.
The secretary of state reiterated the Biden administration’s opposition to a full-scale ground invasion of Rafah.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew said that while the U.S. supports Israel’s goal of ending the threat posed by Hamas, the terror group cannot be totally eliminated.
An attack on the US equivalent to that carried out by Hamas on Oct. 7 would have caused up to 100,000 deaths, said Gen. Mark Milley: “Can you imagine what we would do? I mean, seriously.”
Soldiers who served in the war against Hamas support entering Rafah regardless of the hostage negotiations.
“We can go into Rafah without the Americans, the question is what happens afterward,” expert tells JNS.
Wounded hostage, IDF Cpl. Noa Marciano, was killed by a doctor at Shifa Hospital.
The crossing is located near the coast and was opened as part of the effort to increase aid to Gaza.
