Defense and Security
Andrey Kozlov was held for eight months by Hamas after he was abducted on Oct. 7, 2023.
The civilian-court indictments seem to preclude capital punishment and may establish the legal scaffolding for prosecuting hundreds more Hamas prisoners.
The Israeli premier rejected ceasefire proposals, stating that ending war now would be “a strategic defeat.”
Warrant Officer G’haleb Alnasasra, a Bedouin from Rahat, was killed near Beit Hanoun; three others seriously wounded.
Targets included gunmen, weapons storage facilities and structures used by terrorist groups.
The Gvura Forum opposes calls to end the fighting in Gaza before Hamas is destroyed.
Palestinian scrapyards near the Green Line dismantle vehicles within minutes, with booty repurposed as replacement parts.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calls for the terrorist group’s “complete destruction.”
U.S. CENTCOM strikes reportedly killed some 38 people in Yemen amid the destruction of the Ras Isa fuel port.
Joseph Aoun also said he’s open to terrorist enlisting into the ranks of his country’s national army.
The Russian president praised Hamas for “humanitarian act” of freeing Alexander (“Sasha”) Troufanov, a Russian national.
Aid stoppages and targeted strikes are said to have depleted the group’s coffers.
