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The Israeli president congratulated Qaid Farhan Alkadi’s family on his safe return, and called for the swift return of all 108 hostages still being held by Hamas.
Staff Sgt. Amit Friedman, 19, from Or Yehuda, served with the Nahal Brigade’s 932nd Battalion.
Negotiations will resume in the Qatari capital after several days of talks in Cairo on a Gaza ceasefire agreement.
Farhan al-Qadi: “I am also happy. I have been waiting for this moment.”
Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, from the Arab Bedouin Negev city of Rahat, was rescued in a “complex operation.”
The alleged assailant, a Hamas member, is accused of stabbing Yochai Avni 66 times and burning his home.
Israel’s long focus on Iran and the northern front has come at the expense of intelligence gathering and operational attention to Gaza.
“We want to get this ceasefire deal as soon as possible,” White House advisor John Kirby told reporters. “We haven’t taken our foot off the gas.”
The body of Ruby Chen’s son IDF Sgt. Itay Chen is being held by Hamas in Gaza.
Time may be running out for Yahya Sinwar. “We have actually been minutes away more than once,” said a former Shin Bet official.
“We do not fear escalation, yet do not seek it—unlike Israel,” tweets Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
“Evil only respects one thing: unyielding strength,” the former president says.
