Gaza Strip
Soldiers seized weapons and terror funds during counterterrorism raids across Judea and Samaria.
Israeli forces also killed a senior PFLP operative and Hamas officer in Gaza raids.
The key is victory, the strategic affairs minister said. “In the Middle East, when you win, when you’re strong, that’s what attracts others.”
London pledges $135 million to support P.A. control over Gaza, Judea and Samaria, while ruling out any role for Hamas.
“We know Eitan is alive, and we expect to see him soon. But we are still at war with an enemy who wants to destroy us,” said Tzvika Mor, whose son Eitan was kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023 and remains a captive in Gaza.
While the desire to separate from Gaza was “logical,” the disengagement itself led to Hamas’s takeover of the Strip “due to the Palestinian Authority’s weakness,” said the Israeli president.
The arms cache was found near a former school and hospital during operations to dismantle terror infrastructure.
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations is “very skeptical” regarding ongoing talks between the United States and Iran, calling the latter “masters of deception.”
Anyone who thinks Palestinians are more than weapons to be used against Israel should let them leave if they so desire, the foreign minister said.
Sheikh Mohammed said he noticed some progress in the negotiations after Hamas terrorists met with mediators in Cairo on Thursday.
Captured intelligence details Hamas’s two-year effort to coordinate a surprise assault, exposing major security gaps in Israeli early warning systems.
The vast majority of those leaving traveled via the Rafah Crossing with Egypt.
