The Israeli military says it moved to prevent violence; activists deny acting against Palestinians or soldiers.
Conflict
Israel says Gaza cannot be rebuilt while Hamas remains armed, and the Trump administration now appears to be saying the same thing.
Israel Katz warns Hezbollah that attacks on Israeli soldiers will be answered, as Jerusalem says the latest Lebanon flare-up should push Beirut toward more serious talks, not away from them.
“The PA/PLO’s responsibility for the Oct. 7 massacre … rests on the fact that they employed terrorists, … and those terrorists, while in the employ of the P.A., carried out the massacre,” said IDF Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch.
Forum HaGevura (“The Heroism Forum”) warned in the letter that Hamas was exploiting the fact that Israel stopped taking the initiative in Gaza.
Targeted strikes against immediate threats continue – the army rejects reports of altered rules of engagement.
The mainstream media and Western power brokers are desperate to establish moral equivalence between the two. But is that fair?
Reports of new restrictions on targeted strikes showed how quickly a diplomatic process can become a protective shield for Hamas.
“Calling it ‘settler violence’ is a provocation” which “denies our connection to the land of Israel” and “distracts from constant terrorist attacks against Israelis,” said Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon.
