“Hamas will not rule Gaza. They will not cause another Oct. 7. And we will work with Israel to make sure that doesn’t happen,” the US national security advisor stated.

That is the order in which Israel should act. How that is possible, I do not know; the government and the security apparatus must decide that.

If the captives, both living and dead, are not returned, Israel will expand the agricultural areas of the kibbutzim Be’eri and Nir Oz into the Gaza perimeter, said the Israeli finance minister.

Hamas published a propaganda video showing Israeli hostages Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David forced to watch their friends’ release ceremony from Gaza.

Possible scenarios in the conflict with Hamas: negotiations over Phase B, extension of Phase A, or an unprecedented military escalation supported by the United States.

“The price for my son has no doubt gone up,” says father of hostage who’s mother is at the forefront of the weekly demonstrations.

US President Trump is ready to back Jerusalem in “whatever course of action it chooses regarding” the Gaza-based terrorist group.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “just so angry, and he should be,” the US president told reporters.

The Israeli prime minister stated that the terror organization must give assurances that it won’t commit future violations or humiliate hostages.