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Sgt. Ira Yair Gispan, 19, from Petach Tikvah, was killed in southern Gaza • 100 terrorists have been eliminated since the start of the Rafah operation.
Several of the fighters urged the Israeli premier to “continue until the end, until a decisive victory over Hamas.”
In his Yom Ha’atzmaut address, the country’s top Jewish leader named “the only thing” preventing another Holocaust.
Hezbollah has carried out near-daily attacks on northern Israel since Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre in southern Israel.
“I don’t think the numbers are meant to get back to the previous breakdown of numbers,” said Farhan Haq, a U.N. spokesman.
Unless the squadrons of F-35 and F-15 fighter jets are purchased this month, their delivery will be delayed by an additional three years, according to Israel’s defense minister.
“These are difficult times, but we have to hold our heads up high,” says Ezequiel Pachter, who immigrated to Israel from Argentina in 2022 with the aim of joining the IDF.
Sapir Cohen spent 55 days in Gaza. Her boyfriend is still there.
They were transported to Ziv Medical Center in Safed.
Soldiers who served in the war against Hamas support entering Rafah regardless of the hostage negotiations.
Wounded hostage, IDF Cpl. Noa Marciano, was killed by a doctor at Shifa Hospital.
This Yom Hazikaron is the country’s first since Oct. 7, 2023.
