Hamas
“This is the battle for Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and not the battle of the Palestinian people, or Gaza, or the people in Gaza,” said Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh.
Israel’s foreign minister will not attend the upcoming UNSC meeting in New York; Iran’s foreign minister is awaiting a U.S. visa.
“First Netanyahu fails Israel by basing a highly-inadequate portion of the IDF near Gaza in the months before Oct. 7. Then he ignores the warnings of Oct. 6. Then this,” wrote Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.).
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi: “We’re releasing some reserves, knowing that we’ll call on them again.”
“The digging was not secretive,” the Israeli U.N. ambassador said, adding that the United Nations “became an accomplice to Hamas’s crimes.”
“I’m dismayed by Rutgers’s decision to lift their suspension,” said Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.).
“This open public call to go and participate, to invade Israel, is something which is at least incitement to commit the crime of genocide.”
The plan also envisions normalization between Israel and the Arab world, the release of captives and a new regime in Gaza.
A truce must also be conditioned on the release of the 130-plus hostages still held captive, lawmakers said.
“It was important to bring this group to see the truth firsthand so that they bring this story to millions of their readers and followers.”
“We are here to remind the Israeli government of the Jewish moral obligation to bring back the 136 captives who are still in Gaza and who have been there for 100 days.”
An interview with Tomer Tzaban, a former undercover special forces soldier who knows Gaza like the back of his hand.
