Gaza Strip
A White House spokesman denies report: “There has not been a change in our policy.” • Intensive battles continue in Hamas stronghold of Khan Yunis.
The P.A. is “prepared to hold general elections, and if Hamas wins, the president will hand over the Authority.”
That part of the matriculation exam will not be required this academic year.
“Expressions of protest by servicemen with military equipment go against orders and have no place in the IDF,” the army said.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz thanked the South Carolina senator for supporting Israel “from the first moment of the war.”
“Do not transfer the aid to the enemy. We need to defeat Hamas,” Bat-Zion, the aunt of 30-year-old hostage Avinatan Or, told JNS.
“There is no ethical or moral precedent of a just society that places a higher value on the lives of enemy civilians than the lives of its own soldiers.”
IDF troops also destroyed a terror tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip.
The draft agreement would see a two-month pause in fighting in Gaza.
“The residents of the Gaza Strip rightly prefer their own well-being and the safety of their children to the continued strengthening of Hamas militants and the terrorist activities that harm them and their future,” say Israeli authorities.
The IDF is “thoroughly and gradually dismantling the tunnel network,” according to the Israeli military.
Israel must have security control in Gaza and a firm hand in civilian affairs there too, according to conference participants.
