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“I know it is catastrophic, but protecting our employees is a sacred issue,” said board member Youssef Yassin.
Preparations for the meeting between Witkoff and Khalil al-Hayya were first reported by The New York Times.
“The IDF will continue to operate to remove any threat against the State of Israel,” the army said.
Joshua Luito Mollel, 21, was honored at Ben-Gurion Airport before his body was returned to Tanzania more than two years after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
The IDF remains “deployed in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat,” the military said.
“This is the little bit we can do to express our thanks to someone who risked their life to save an Israeli officer,” said former Interior Minister Moshe Arbel.
“When you look around at the gravestones of all the friends and family buried in Be’eri’s cemetery, you can see: Hamas terrorists murdered the best of humanity on Oct. 7,” said Isaac Herzog.
The hostage survivor recounted the moment when he hit the root of a tree, which “felt like touching life in a place of death.”
A planned $500 million American base near Gaza faces questions, as no one other than the Israel Defense Forces is willing to engage in hostilities with Hamas.
U.S.-backed resolution proposes international force and interim Gaza board as Israel, Hamas and Russia voice sharply different positions.
“We will continue to insist that the Hamas regime will not exist on the other side of the border,” said the IDF chief.
The Israeli premier also reiterated his opposition to establishing a “Palestinian state on any territory west of the Jordan River,” rejecting the U.S.-backed statement calling for a “pathway” to Palestinian statehood.
