Gaza Strip
To maintain its legality, a blockade must be effectively enforced; Israel cannot selectively enforce its blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The 12 activists aboard were escorted to Ashdod Port, where they were shown a 43-minute video of Hamas’s Oct. 7 atrocities.
IDF Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian condemns the act as “a desperate attempt by Hamas to instill fear in the Gazan public to preserve its regime.”
Radical activists on board the “Madleen” accuse Greece of spying for Israel with drones. Sources say vessel is to be stopped even before it reaches Israel’s territorial waters.
Arafat Diab, of Hamas’s Sheikh Radwan Battalion, was killed in a May 31 airstrike coordinated by the IDF and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet).
The Hamas leader died on May 13, when Israeli Air Force jets struck an underground terrorist base with bunker-busting munitions.
The Hasmonean Brigade’s deployment deepens the debate over yeshivah draft exemptions, which is putting strain on Netanyahu’s coalition.
In an interview with Israel’s Army Radio, Yasser Abu Shabab claimed dozens of Gaza families were being absorbed by the militia daily, and called on international media to stop spreading Hamas propaganda.
Saad bin Atef al-Awlaki said there are “no red lines” in his first video message since taking over the terrorist group’s Arabian Peninsula branch.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation resumed aid distribution after halting operations due to direct threats from the terror group against its staff and sites.
Asaad Abu Sharia of the Mujahideen Brigades was “one of the ringleaders” of the Oct. 7, 2023, massacres, the IDF said.
Matan Zangauker has been held in the Gaza Strip for 20 months.
