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The revised estimate is higher than the 51 that Israeli intelligence suggested in early November.
Staff Sgt. Zamir Burke, 20, of Beit Shemesh, served with the 401st Brigade’s 601st Combat Engineering Battalion.
The video of “American-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander is a cruel reminder of Hamas’s terror against citizens of multiple countries, including our own,” a White House spokesman said.
There was no realistic agreement that included an Israeli-controlled buffer zone in Southern Lebanon, according to presidential envoy Amos Hochstein.
“We have informed mediators in Egypt, Qatar and Turkey that Hamas is ready for a ceasefire agreement and a serious deal to exchange prisoners.”
Mumin al-Jabari, a member of the terror group’s Gaza City Brigade sniper unit, operated out of a former school, from which he coordinated attacks on Israeli forces, according to the IDF.
The civilian suspect in the case, Sa’ar Ofir, was previously accused of murdering a Nukhba terrorist on Oct. 7.
His death brings to 806 the number of Israeli soldiers killed on all fronts since the start of the war.
The citizens’ committee assigned personal blame to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as former premiers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid.
The Israeli finance minister also called to encourage voluntary migration from Gaza, saying the Strip’s population could be reduced by more than half within two years.
“Any announcement of a ceasefire is welcome. Hezbollah has stood by our people and made significant sacrifices,” said Osama Hamdan.
U.S. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Brett McGurk was heading to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss using an Israel-Hezbollah truce as a “catalyst” to end hostilities with Hamas.
