Gaza Strip
“I think we’re going to get them all,” Trump said of the efforts to free the remaining 48 hostages.
Organizers of the North African contingent of the anti-Israel initiative cite “technical and logistical” issues after earlier weather setbacks.
One of the projectiles was intercepted, the other landed in an open area. No injuries or damage were reported.
The Israeli military stressed that it had taken measures to minimize civilian casualties before destroying a second Gaza City tower in two days.
“We know that at least 30 people are dead. And we’re negotiating to get them out,” the U.S. president told reporters in the Oval Office.
A senior Israeli intelligence official told the family the IDF will operate in the area in Gaza where Angrest may be held.
Israel prepares extensive supply network as the second phase of “Operation Gideon’s Chariots” aims to relocate Palestinians from Gaza City southward.
A video from the Khan Yunis area shows Hamas terrorists beating Palestinians, as a frenzied crowd looks on.
As part of the military operation, the IDF is “turning over every stone to bring the hostages home,” said spokesman Brig. Gen. Ephraim “Effie” Defrin.
“Our team set out to find this little boy,” stated Johnnie Moore, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation executive director. “These lies endangered his life.”
The IDF aims to dismantle Hamas’s last stronghold.
Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen and Peter Welch echoed charges, which Israel has denied, that aid seekers are attacked deliberately near foundation distribution sites.
