“All the American media put me and the State of Israel under pressure to admit that there is starvation in the Gaza Strip,” Ofir Akunis told JNS. “I insisted there was no starvation, because that was the truth.”
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Hamas still has a path to victory, despite possibly losing control of Gaza, and the terror group is counting on a hypocritical international community to keep playing its part.
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Sharif al-Hasanat was involved in rebuilding Hamas’s underground infrastructure and was planning further attacks.
After reviewing around 150 incidents in the Gaza Strip, Israeli military justice has ordered criminal investigations in two cases. In three further cases, including the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers, it found insufficient grounds to suspect criminal conduct.
Should a state put its own soldiers at risk in order to protect enemy civilians? No question is currently being debated more intensely in Israel.
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.
Targeted strikes against immediate threats continue – the army rejects reports of altered rules of engagement.
Residents of the southern Israeli city show resilience and optimism nearly three years after the Oct. 7 massacre.
