“We stand firmly behind the President’s deal. Now Hamas must accept – or bear the consequences,” Gallant said on Wednesday, the third Israeli official in three days to pledge commitment to the US proposal.
Go to the full article >>Netanyahu emphasized the importance of the PA's activities for Israel on Wednesday, noting a collapse is not in the State's best interests: "We cannot ignore the activities and actions of the PA; they have significant benefits for Israel."
Go to the full article >>IDF colonel says Hamas may have pre-evacuated Palestinian civilians in Rafah before the IDF invasion, giving the terrorist org. time to set booby traps.
Go to the full article >>US Senator John Fetterman arrived in Israel and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as President Isaac Herzog.
Go to the full article >>In a shot at Netanyahu, Gallant said in a statement on Wednesday that Israel stands firmly behind President Biden's ceasefire deal and is committed to bringing the hostages home
Go to the full article >>The Jerusalem District Court has sentenced Rashid Rishak, a Hamas operative, to 13 years and 10 months imprisonment, the attorney’s office said in a Tuesday statement.
Rishak was convicted of terrorist offenses, conspiring to carry out terror attacks in Israel, and promoting Hamas activities on the Temple Mount, the statement added.
Go to the full article >>President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey stood in solidarity with Lebanon in light of growing tensions with Israel and called on regional countries to also support Beirut.
Speaking in parliament, Erdogan said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to spread the Gaza war to the region and that this would lead to a "catastrophe," adding the Western support for Israel was "pitiful."
Go to the full article >>In a surprising development in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Wednesday morning, committee chair MK Yuli Edelstein (Likud) opted not to hold a vote on a bill that would extend the cutoff age for reservists by three months.
The bill, which is currently set to expire on June 30, says that regular soldiers must serve until age 41 instead of 40, and officers must serve until age 46 instead of 45. The goal, according to Israel's defense ministry, is to avoid a scenario in which approximately 6,700 soldiers are released on June 30 in the middle of war after having reached the cut off age in the past six months. Once the bill passes into the law, the provision's expiration date will be September 30.
Go to the full article >>An Israel Air Force aircraft on Tuesday evening struck and eliminated Hamas weapons smuggler Wissam Abu Ashak in southern Gaza, the military reported the following morning.
The strike on the weapons smuggler was conducted under the direction of IDF Intelligence.
According to the military, Ashak had been active over the last few years, directing smuggling operations that brought weapons into Gaza through the Rafah Crossing and other underground tunnels.
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