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“We call upon the Israeli government and Qatar and Egypt, everybody who is involved in these negotiations and this deal, to do whatever they can to include our family in this deal and to release them as soon as possible.”
Shay Gross, who was taken hostage by the PFLP in 1976 and freed during the Entebbe Raid, says the freed Oct. 7 hostages have a long road ahead of them.
After 50 days in Gaza, Oria, Yuval and Ofry Brodutch were greeted at Schneider Children’s Medical Center by their dog, Rondi.
The head of the Samaria Council, Yossi Dagan, demanded the arrest of Jibril Rajoub following the remarks.
The Biden administration has “reinforced in very clear language” that renewed fighting must not “produce significant further displacement of persons.”
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar twice tried to violate the terms of the Qatari-mediated ceasefire agreement with Israel, and was forced to back down by Cairo, according to an Egyptian source.
The pause in Israel’s war against Hamas provides an opportunity for assessment. While the IDF has been forced to fight Hamas on its own turf, Jerusalem has responded with overwhelming military precision and force, diplomatic support, and most importantly, domestic resolve.
The Israel Defense Forces revealed that Hamas was holding the bodies of three soldiers abducted on Oct. 7.
“Israeli leaders see actions of this kind as their personal obligation to the victims,” says professor Boaz Ganor.
“There are days I asked myself how will I sleep here, but if we cave to these fears then they have won,” says Kibbutz Nirim survivor Michelle Mari.
The GOP presidential candidate said “Hamas is trying to wipe Israel off the map. And they’re doing so with Iranian, North Korean and Russian assistance.”
“It’s a no-win situation,” Emi Palmor, former director general of Israel’s Ministry of Justice, told JNS.
