As negotiations over a hostage deal drag on, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip report catastrophic conditions: hunger, astronomical food prices, the collapse of basic services, and brutal repression by Hamas.

The Israeli defense minister also stressed the importance of continued pressure on Iran and taking offensive action against regional threats.

It is not a synonym for horror, but a distinct legal concept that must remain separate from the politics of outrage.

Without Israel, there would be no echo. Why the Palestinian narrative only works in the shadow of the Jewish state.

“You are operating with courage in a war that is as just as can be,” Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir told troops during an assessment in the Strip.

Israeli military operations across the coastal enclave are ongoing as part of “Gideon’s Chariots.”

Amid secrecy, exhaustion, and a lack of answers, each of us wants to see the goal on the horizon: land, solid ground, stability, normality.

“These children were victims of an evil that this council seems unwilling to address or condemn: Hamas,” Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly said.

The move came at the orders of the Cabinet, an official told JNS.