Gaza Strip
In Part II of an exclusive interview, War Cabinet member and Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, former Ambassador to the United States and close confidante of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, discusses “the day after” the war in the Gaza Strip and an international push for Palestinian statehood.
In Part 1 of an exclusive interview, War Cabinet member and Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, former Ambassador to the United States and close confidante of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, discusses Israel’s war aims and diplomatic challenges.
The U.S. president addressed relatives of American hostages held by Hamas sitting in the Congress chamber, pledging that “we will not rest until we bring their loved ones home.”
Money isn’t a problem for the families of senior terrorists, who pay the large bribes required to cross the border.
A week after the invasion, Israeli security services began investigating whether some laborers passed information to Hamas.
Pretoria asked the International Court of Justice to make a decision without holding a hearing.
“A large number of those countries who suspended are [having] second thoughts,” Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said.
Israeli troops continue raids in Qatari-funded housing development.
Defense minister says Israel to pursue Hamas “across the Middle East” • In Gaza, elite Israeli commandos and Shin Bet intelligence coordinators clear “Hamad towers” of terrorists • Some 250 enemy combatants surrender.
But National Security Advisor John Kirby acknowledged that trucks remain the most efficient way to supply the Strip.
Two Hamas platoon commanders and a squad commander in the Nukhba special forces unit were also killed.
A break in fighting could improve the chances of reaching a long-term deal, argue negotiators.
