Gaza Strip
The proposal includes the prompt release of the remaining hostages and the temporary transfer of power in the Strip to an Arab security force.
Israeli ground forces continue to expand operations in Gaza City, destroying anti-tank missiles, rockets and explosives.
“There is more goodwill and enthusiasm for getting a deal done, after so many decades, than I have ever seen before,” said the U.S. president.
“We are intensifying pressure on the Hamas terrorist organization and advancing according to a structured and systematic plan,” said IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin.
Asked by JNS why Gulf funding had taken a precipitous drop, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini pointed to “a combination of factors.”
Rome dispatched the first warship on Wednesday, hours after flotilla organizers claimed the protest ships were targeted by drones.
In Gaza City, IDF troops dismantled military infrastructure, including positions used to launch ambushes against Israeli forces.
U.S. Mideast envoy Witkoff expressed confidence that “in the coming days, we’ll be able to announce some sort of breakthrough.”
The slain man was identified as Staff Sgt. Chalachew Shimon Demalash.
This is “further proof of Hamas’s cynical and systematic modus operandi of exploiting civilian infrastructure as manned terror command posts.”
“We want to bring the hostages home and return to normal life,” said the U.S. president.
The “flotilla, organized by Hamas, is intended to serve Hamas,” Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein added.
