Gaza Strip
Israeli military operations across the coastal enclave are ongoing as part of “Gideon’s Chariots.”
The pontiff presses for renewed talks after Israeli shell hits church.
Levy endured 491 days in Hamas captivity.
52% of Israelis back military rule in Gaza, 64% oppose a Palestinian state, and most fear another Oct. 7 massacre, this time from Judea and Samaria.
The move came at the orders of the Cabinet, an official told JNS.
“These children were victims of an evil that this council seems unwilling to address or condemn: Hamas,” Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly said.
Air-raid sirens sounded in the border villages of Kibbutz Mefalsim, Kibbutz Nir Am and Ibim, as well as in the nearby city of Sderot.
According to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the injured included Argentine citizen Father Gabriel Romanelli.
“From Israel’s perspective, this is currently the preferred solution, because nobody wants Hamas or the P.A.,” a former 8200 commander tells JNS.
The Israeli military says the new corridor will pressure Hamas in southern Gaza, as part of broader efforts to defeat its Khan Yunis Brigade.
The U.S.-backed organization said it had identified gunmen among the crowd of aid seekers, for the first time since it began its operations.
The dinner meeting at White House will reportedly focus on the Israel-Hamas hostage deal and renewed U.S. talks with Iran over its nuclear program.
