Gaza Strip
Experts told JNS that it’s a ‘sick joke’ that the Gulf emirate is hailed as a serious hostage mediator between Israel and Hamas.
“What is not surprising is the resilience of Israel—a nation born out of struggle,” New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli told JNS.
The activists were trying to stop aid trucks from entering Gaza • A boy was reportedly injured during the fracas.
Arms transfers should “focus on weapons enabling Israel to defend itself against future attacks from Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran or other actors posing a threat to our ally,” Sen. Tim Kaine said.
“We have to plan for all possibilities,” said a State Department spokesman, amid congressional legislation to defund the scandal-plagued agency.
The pilot program in the Zeitoun neighborhood will include ending incitement in the schools • IDF building security road bisecting the Strip.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum thanked the French president “for his meaningful initiative and involvement in facilitating this process through Qatar.”
“I’m going to let Lula speak for himself,” the White House press secretary said. She added that 2024 is a different point in history from 1933-1945.
“We make no excuses for terrorists or their defenders, but we cannot support the actions of the current Israeli government,” wrote two state senators and three other officials.
Absent a hostage deal, the army will likely dismantle four Rafah Hamas battalions by end of April, senior former official assesses.
“We are fighting a just war against a brutal enemy,” said the Israeli defense minister.
Most Israeli Jews think terrorism will stay the same or increase should a Palestinian state be established, and a large majority of both Jews and Arabs think a P.A. reform unlikely.
