Defense and Security
“We will not rest and we will not be silent until every one of our sisters and brothers have been returned from captivity in Gaza. Until the last one returns,” said the Israeli president.
Some 2 billion gallons of wastewater has seeped into the ground in the area since 2009.
“I demand that the mediators ensure that such horrific scenes do not recur,” said the Israeli prime minister, after masses of Gaza residents swarmed the returnees.
The news of Muhammad Abu Aseed’s death in Gaza was kept classified until the return of the five female soldiers kidnapped along with Levy on Oct. 7, 2023.
Hamas also released five Thai nationals on Thursday afternoon, as Jerusalem was readying to free 110 Palestinian terrorists.
The IDF remains determined to operate in accordance with the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon, it said.
The U.S. has reportedly provided Israel with a written guarantee that Jerusalem can return to fighting if talks on the second phase of the deal fail.
In his first interview since the outbreak of the war, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin confirmed that 70% of Hezbollah’s firepower has been destroyed.
The U.S. secretary of defense reaffirmed the “unbreakable bond” between Washington and Jerusalem.
The gaslighting is “particularly galling” given “what has happened over the last 15-plus months,” Sam Markstein, of the Republican Jewish Coalition, told JNS.
The three women to be freed are Arbel Yehud, 29; Agam Berger, 20; and Gadi Mozes, 80.
Soldiers fired warning shots at approaching individuals in several locations, neutralizing one who failed to withdraw • A warning strike was carried out via a drone to deter uninspected vehicles moving northward.