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The IDF is preparing for the possible occupation of Gaza City and plans to reduce humanitarian aid to the Strip if hostage negotiations fail.
“If the hostage deal does not materialize by the time President Trump takes office, Hamas in Gaza must face complete defeat,” the defense minister said.
The proposed legislation would bar countries that fund terrorism from playing such a role.
The U.S. president says that a deal could be reached before Jan. 20.
The remains of Ziyadne and his father, Youssef, were recovered by the IDF from a tunnel in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza.
Like the pioneers who established the kibbutz in 1946, “we, too, are pioneers. Am Yisrael Chai—whether the Palestinians like it or not.”
While speaking with the congressmen, she held a poster of her boyfriend Avinatan Or, who remains in Hamas captivity.
The terror group systematically intercepts aid shipments and resells essential supplies at premium prices to the local population.
Hamas said the attack, in which three Israelis were killed, was carried out jointly with Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
While Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have permanently lost most of their arsenals and production facilities, the threat of sporadic rocket fire is likely to remain for some time, expert tells JNS.
In the same incident, an officer in the 46th Armored Battalion of the 401st “Iron Tracks” Brigade sustained serious wounds.
Youssef Ziyadne, 53, and his son Hamza, 22, were abducted by Hamas terrorists during the massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
