Hamas
The Israeli military denied a New York Times report that its leadership is pressing for a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza.
“He has to say that the end of the war is the release of the hostages,” the grandson of a hostage still being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip tells JNS.
Netanyahu: “I don’t know who these unnamed sources are, but I’m here to make it unequivocally clear: It won’t happen.”
Israeli forces may only target those who are also operatives of Hamas’s military wing, or who pose a threat to Israeli forces.
The experimental model is slated to begin soon in the northern Gaza neighborhoods of Al-Atatra, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia.
Liora Argamani’s final wish—to see her daughter one last time—was granted just three weeks before her passing.
“We will continue striking its remnants,” the Israeli premier told Israel National Defense College cadets.
“Israel has effectively lost sovereignty in the northern quadrant of its country, because people don’t feel safe to go to their homes,” per the U.S. secretary of state.
The Nahal Infantry Brigade has been conducting targeted counterterrorism raids in Gaza’s southernmost city.
“Only in a hostage deal, not like this,” said the father of IDF lookout Cpl. Noa Marciano, who was murdered in Gaza, of Muhammad Abu Salmiya’s release.
“We embrace the families in their most difficult hour,” Benjamin Netanyahu said.
The reliable data will be shared with international bodies investigating alleged Israeli violations of international law in the Gaza Strip.
