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Samantha Power, the USAID administrator, announced the additional $90 million on the same day that the Pentagon said the temporary pier will cost $90 million less than projected.
“At this decisive moment, we call on the leaders of Israel as well as Hamas to make whatever final compromises are necessary,” said the statement.
“We will continue telling the truth about the atrocities of Oct. 7 in any way we can,” said Ofir Akunis, Israel’s consul general in New York.
Israeli forces killed three armed terrorists.
Hospitals saw two to five times more cases of the rare condition in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre.
Hamas claims the proposal is not the same as that outlined by President Biden, it does not require an end to the war and withdrawal of Israeli forces.
The army believes that the action in Rafah is “progressing and precise,” and will be completed by the end of the month.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad forces were “exploiting” the facility as a shelter from which to direct and carry out attacks, according to the military.
U.S. ambiguity is part of an effort to bridge the “large gap” between the sides and allow the implementation of at least the first stage of a ceasefire, experts tell JNS.
The Israeli defense minister spoke after U.S. President Joe Biden launched a proposal offering Hamas an immediate “full and complete ceasefire.”
Israel’s political and military leaders have not internalized the threat and are not preparing for it, the former defense minister says.
The “LOTAR Otef” unit will consist of troops who previously served in special forces and live in the Gaza border towns.
