Defense and Security
Adam Boehler criticized Baghdad for failing to secure the release of Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov.
According to an initial probe, a crane collapsed on the troops due to harsh winds caused by a winter storm.
“The IDF is committed to fully implementing the conditions of the agreement for the return of the hostages,” said the military.
The alert was issued after a breach was discovered in the IDF security fence near the city.
A security official identified Tehran as a central force escalating violence by supplying arms and cash to terrorist networks.
Hegseth told Netanyahu that “I hope you’ve noticed here at the Defense Department under President Trump, we are laser focused on reviving the warrior ethos.”
The same percentage of U.S. adults support and oppose letting parents use public school funding for private or religious school costs.
The father of hostage Bar Kupershtein visited the last place his 21-year-old son was seen before being abducted by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, and taken to the Gaza Strip.
Mark Mellman, who leads Democratic Majority for Israel, said the president’s remarks are “cruel, immoral and impractical.”
Most countries rejected the U.S. president’s proposal to move Gazans out of the Strip.
“The fact that terrorists are being released into Judea and Samaria—it’s just mind-blowingly pathetic that they would even take that chance,” said Hillel Fuld, whose brother’s murderer was released as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
The Palestinian Authority boss welcomed “the kingdom’s rejection of Israeli colonialism [and] calls for displacement and annexation.”
