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The slain soldier was named as Sgt. Ori Ashkenazi Nechemya, 19, from Ashkelon.
Haim Peri, Yagev Buchshtab, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell and Alexander Dancyg were determined to have been killed in captivity.
“As someone who served in combat, I don’t need the world and the media to tell me what’s wrong and what’s right,” says Israeli Eyal Ghanam, a Druze reservist in the Israel Defense Forces.
An interview with Louis Har, who spent 129 days in Hamas captivity after being taken hostage on Oct. 7.
“It is critical to remember the goals of the war and to achieve them—regarding Hamas, regarding the hostages, and we also understand why we are looking toward the north,” says Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
“They have proven this time and again and if we need to—we will prove it again,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to an IAF base in the Jezreel Valley.
It is a balancing act, to be sure. It’s the military front versus the home front. Monitoring terror tunnels and the kids’ doctor appointments.
The Samaria Brigade operates around Nablus, a Palestinian terrorist stronghold surrounded by a handful of Israeli civilian communities.
“We will also be very, very determined and persist in bringing the fallen back” for Jewish burial, said the top IDF commander.
No further invitations will be accepted from Israel until “real progress” has been made toward peace, and until Israel “co-operates fully with its international obligations on the investigation of genocide and war crimes,” says Scottish External Affairs Secretary.
The hostages’ remains were found near the bodies of Hamas terrorists, and their cause of death remains unclear, according to the IDF.
In the upcoming weeks, another 43,250 vials of polio jab are scheduled to arrive in Israel and will be delivered to the Strip.
