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“We are still collecting more information on the deadly and unprovoked attack on our dedicated local team members and volunteers,” the group said.
Bryna Hilburg, a symbol of the bereaved families of Gush Katif, talks to JNS about the attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the prospect of reinterring the remains of her son in Gaza.
Some 1,000 anti-Israel activists from 50-plus countries are set to march to the Gaza border from El Arish in the Sinai.
“Despite this heinous attack, we will continue our mission to provide critical aid to the people of Gaza,” the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said.
“We continue to ask the news media to use caution in relying on unverified and unsubstantiated sources,” the organization stated.
“The body of Yair Yaakov, as well as the body of another hostage, who were held hostage for 613 days in Gaza, have been recovered,” stated the IDF.
“The threat of Hamas will not be allowed to remain beyond the [border] fence,” warned the IDF chief of staff.
Mark Carney’s comments “only serve to embolden those who wish to use the conflict between Israel and Hamas as an excuse to incite hate and sow division,” Richard Robertson, of B’nai Brith Canada, told JNS.
Two more members of the terrorist network were arrested as part of an ongoing northern Samaria crackdown.
Hebrew media cited Hamas sources as denying any significant progress had been made; “In light of past experience, I don’t want to overstate it,” says Israel’s foreign minister.
As the IDF provides air support for the Abu Shabab clan against Hamas, former defense officials debate the strategy.
In a letter to France and Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian Authority leader reportedly condemned the Hamas-led massacre of 1,200 men, women and children on Oct. 7, 2023 as “unacceptable.”
