Gaza Strip
More than a dozen additional U.S. citizens remain unaccounted for.
“It is imperative that all funding from the German Foreign Office and the Ministry of Development be put to the test,” said German politician Christoph Meyer. “An immediate halt to German funding of E.U. and U.N. programs for Palestine must also not be taboo.”
“The scale of terror and brutality against Israel and its people is a turning point,” said the commissioner for the E.U. neighborhood.
“What Hamas will experience will be difficult and terrible,” the Israeli prime minister told southern leaders.
Uri Mintzer and Elinor Yosefin held an impromptu service in Shoham before reporting to their respective units.
Rachel and David Edri survived a harrowing 20-hour ordeal, holed up with four terrorists in their own home in Ofakim.
Earlier reports said Qatari mediators were trying to secure the freedom of women and children abducted by Hamas.
The IDF should immediately create a 300-meter security zone on the Gazan side of the border and declare that any Palestinian entering places his life at risk.
“We are fighting human animals, and we are acting accordingly,” says Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
IDF calls up 300,000 reservists in 48 hours • “Operation Swords of Iron” to go from defensive to offensive, says IDF spokesman.
The Gaza-based terror group’s assault on Israel was “serious and grave escalation,” said the Gulf kingdom.
The terrorist, who was neutralized by Israeli forces, reportedly drove a heavy tractor through a military barrier and towards the heavily guarded local Jewish community.
