Gaza Strip
“We really need to implement what Trump told us to do,” Israel’s national security minister tells JNS.
“Humanitarian aid should not have been allowed to enter since the start of the war, as long as our hostages are rotting in Hamas’s tunnels,” he told JNS.
“I’ll put my head on his shoulder and tell him, ‘How wonderful, how wonderful that we’re together again,’” says Yael Alexander, whose 21-year-old son Edan is set to be released by Hamas after more than a year in captivity.
“This was a step taken in good faith towards the United States and the efforts of the mediators—Qatar and Egypt—to put an end to this very brutal war,” wrote the American president.
The Prime Minister’s Office emphasized that “Israel has not committed to any ceasefire or the release of terrorists—only to a safe corridor that will allow for Edan’s release.”
A spokesperson for the terror group said the last known living American captive in Gaza is set to be released Monday.
The brigade served in the Golan Heights and later also across the northern border for approximately five months.
“Those who contribute to the state will be generously rewarded,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The terrorist group is killing anyone suspected of theft, looting or collaboration with Israel, according to Arab reports.
Israel’s foreign minister said the push toward statehood rewards Hamas, and endorsed the U.S. plan to deliver aid to Gazans while circumventing the terror group.
Pope Leo XIV said he was “deeply pained” by the situation in Gaza amid the war against Hamas.
Magda Baratz, 96, passed away while mourning IDF reservist Asaf Cafri, who was killed by a Hamas sniper in Beit Hanoun.
