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Israel, EU agree to boost Gaza aid: ‘More trucks, more crossings, and more routes’
2025-07-11
[IsraelTimes] Israel to open several aid corridors, including through Egypt and Jordan, allow bakeries and kitchens to reopen, ensure security for aid workers, repair vital infrastructure

Israel and the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
 have agreed upon "significant steps" to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
 Strip "in the coming days," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced Thursday.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar confirmed the agreement, saying the security cabinet decided last Sunday on measures "to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza," including "more trucks, more crossings, and more routes for the humanitarian efforts."

Speaking alongside Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephu, Sa’ar thanked his counterparts "for the fruitful dialogue that we are conducting — with you and the EU — on the humanitarian issue."

The discussions are "based on an understanding of human needs and of the threat that Hamas
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
 and the Gaza Strip have posed to Israel over the past 20 years," added Sa’ar, saying, "this dialogue is important and it will continue."

The announcements by Sa’ar and Kallas confirmed an earlier report by Bloomberg, which said that a deal had been reached enabling the reopening of several aid corridors, including humanitarian routes through Egypt and Jordan, and several other crossing points in northern and southern Gaza.

"These measures are or will be implemented in the coming days, with the common understanding that aid at scale must be delivered directly to the population and that measures will continue to be taken to ensure that there is no aid diversion to Hamas," Kallas said.

According to the top European diplomat, the agreement will see a "substantial increase" in the daily entry of trucks supplying food and non-food items; the opening of several crossing points in northern and southern Gaza; the reopening of humanitarian routes through Egypt and Jordan; resumed operations of bakeries and public kitchens in Gaza; resumed fuel deliveries to humanitarian facilities "up to an operational level"; security for aid workers; and reparations on works for "vital infrastructure like the resumption of the power supply to the water desalination facility."

"The EU stands ready to coordinate with all relevant humanitarian stakeholders, United Nations
...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense...
 agencies and NGOs on the ground, to ensure swift implementation of those urgent steps," added Kallas, adding that the EU "calls again for an immediate ceasefire" and release of all hostages.

Since late May, Israel has handed authority over aid distribution in Gaza to the Israel- and United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in a stated effort to prevent aid supplies from reaching Hamas. The GHF’s operations have been strongly criticized by the international community for failing to address the humanitarian needs in Gaza.

It is unclear under which bodies the expanded aid measures will be operated.

The EU has been increasingly critical of the humanitarian situation in Gaza amid Israel’s war against Hamas, which began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led bully boyz murdered some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in southern Israel and took 251 hostages.

Israel has said that it respects international law and that operations in Gaza are necessary to destroy Hamas.

The EU is Israel’s biggest commercial partner, with 42.6 billion euros ($48.2 billion) traded in goods in 2024. Trade in services reached 25.6 billion euros in 2023.

More than 100 aid groups and other organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, last month urged Brussels to suspend the EU-Israel association agreement "at least in part."

Spain has also called for the agreement to be suspended, while Germany has come out against such a move.

Suspending the EU-Israel accord outright would require unanimity among member states — something diplomats have said from the outset was virtually impossible.

Halting diplomatic dialogue with Israel — a measure that was already rejected last year — also requires backing from all EU countries.

Trade measures could instead be adopted with a qualified majority, diplomats have said, cautioning, however, that agreeing on those might also prove tricky.
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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Five killed in bombing at Gaza school
2025-07-11
[GEO.TV] The Israeli army has bombed the Halimah al-Saadiyah School in Jabalia an-Nazla, in which displaced Palestinians were sheltering, killing at least five people, Al Jazeera reported, citing sources at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

Gaza officials say 8 children among 13 killed in strike IDF says targeted Hamas Oct. 7 terrorist

[IsraelTimes] IDF says it’s probing reports of civilian casualties in incident that appears to hit medical clinic; footage shows bodies of women and children lying in pools of blood amid dust and screaming

An Israeli airstrike in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah on Thursday targeted a Hamas terrorist who invaded Israel during the October 7 onslaught, the military said. Palestinian media reported that at least 13 people were killed in the strike, including eight small children and two women who were receiving medical treatment.

The IDF said it was “aware of the claim about casualties in the area,” adding that the incident was being investigated.

According to the Al-Rad channel, some of the casualties had been receiving treatment and supplementary nutrition at a nearby medical center when the strike hit.

Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense agency said Thursday afternoon that at least 52 people were killed in Israeli strikes since morning. These numbers cannot be verified and do not differentiate between civilians and combatants.

Civil defense official Mohammad al-Mughair told AFP that eight children and two women were among the dead following the strike in Deir al-Balah, adding Israeli aircraft targeted “a gathering of citizens in front of a medical point.”

Four people were killed and several injured in a predawn airstrike on a family home in Al-Bureij camp in central Gaza, Mughair added.

In its daily update on the fighting, the military said over 180 targets were struck by the Israeli Air Force in the Gaza Strip over the previous day, including operatives, booby-trapped buildings, weapon depots, anti-tank launch posts, tunnels, and other infrastructure.

The strikes come as five IDF divisions, made up of tens of thousands of troops, continue to operate across Gaza.

In northern Gaza, the IDF says troops of the 401st Armored Brigade located several weapons and tunnel shafts used by Hamas. The troops also located a cell of Hamas operatives in a building and directed a drone strike against them, according to the IDF.

Similarly, the military said troops of the elite Multi-Domain Unit spotted a cell of Islamic Jihad operatives in a building and called in a drone strike.

On Wednesday, an IDF soldier was killed during a Hamas attempt to abduct him in southern Gaza, and a soldier with the 7th Armored Brigade’s 77th Battalion was seriously wounded during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, the IDF said.

The soldier was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Giving a broader tally, the military said dozens of enemy operatives were killed and over 130 “terror infrastructures,” both above and below ground, were demolished by troops of the Golani Brigade during operations in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis in the past week. Among the sites was a 500-meter-long, 13-meter-deep Hamas tunnel, the military says. The elite Yahalom combat engineering unit destroyed it. Other sites included caches of weapons, booby-trapped buildings, observation posts, and mortar launching positions, the military said.
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Arabia
al-Houthi: We will not allow the Zionist regime to reactivate the Eilat port until the siege on the Gaza Strip is lifted
2025-07-11
[X] We’ll see. But it gives Israel even more reason to go after them.
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Arabia
Houthi videos show attacks that sank two ships in Red Sea this week
2025-07-11
[IsraelTimes] Missiles, drones, attack boats used; 4 killed on Eternity C, 10 rescued, 11 missing; rebels chant ‘death to America, death to Israel, curse the Jews’ as ship sinks; Magic Seas crew escaped

Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s rebels in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
 released footage on Wednesday showing their deadly attack on the Eternity C fat merchantman in the Red Sea, and its subsequent sinking.

Earlier, a similar video showed an attack on the Magic Seas, which was also sunk.

Maritime officials said Houthis killed four of the 25 people aboard the Eternity C before the rest abandoned the cargo ship. Eternity C went down Wednesday morning after attacks on two previous days, sources at security companies involved in a rescue operation said.

A European naval force in the Mideast said 10 of the 25 people who were on board have been rescued, four of them pulled from the sea on Thursday.

The Houthis claim to have "rescued" a number of the others in what the US has denounced as kidnappings.

Houthi military front man Yahya Saree said the attack was carried out with an unmanned vessel and six cruise and ballistic missiles.

The Houthis later released footage of the group launching missiles at the Eternity C.

The bridge appeared heavily damaged by the attack and oil leaked from the vessel.

The video included a radio conversation between that captain and Houthis as they warned him the ship would be attacked if he did not stop, which he refused to do, insisting the vessel was in a permitted waterway.

The ship took on water from holes along its waterline before sinking beneath the waves, the rebels chanting: "God is the greatest; death to America; death to Israel; curse the Jews; victory to Islam."

"The naval force of the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted the ship Eternity C," Saree said, claiming that the vessel was headed for the Israeli port of Eilat and was attacked in support of Paleostinians in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Operation Aspides — the EU naval task force in the Red Sea — told AFP one of the maimed crew had lost his leg.

On Monday, the Houthis said they hit the Magic Seas because its owner had done business with Israel and used its ports.

The Eternity C and the Magic Seas both flew Liberian flags and were operated by Greek firms. Some of the sister vessels in each of their wider fleets had made calls to Israeli ports in the past year, shipping data analysis showed.

The rebels released a video showing masked button men storming the Magic Seas and simultaneous explosions that scuttled the bulk carrier.

All the crew from the Magic Seas were rescued before it sank.

The Houthis, who say they are attacking ships to support Gaza amid the war there between Israel and the Hamas
..always the voice of sweet reason...
 terror group, have also directly targeted Israel with ballistic missiles, most recently early Thursday morning.

The Houthis said they attacked Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv with a ballistic missile.

Israel’s air defense systems intercepted the missile before it reached the country, though the attack set off sirens in many areas.

From November 2023 until the following December, the Houthis targeted more than 100 ships with missiles and drones in a campaign the rebels describe as supporting Paleostinians in the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war. The Iranian-backed rebels stopped their attacks during a brief ceasefire in the war. They later became the target of an intense weekslong campaign of Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s ordered by US President Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
, which ended with a ceasefire between the terror group and the US.

This week, the US appeared to indicate that it will not tolerate further attacks that disrupt shipping.

"These attacks demonstrate the ongoing threat that Iran-backed Houthi rebels pose to freedom of navigation and to regional economic and maritime security," US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said Tuesday. "The United States has been clear: We will continue to take necessary action to protect freedom of navigation and commercial shipping from Houthi terrorist attacks."
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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Nobel Prize Missed: Why Trump and Netanyahu Didn't Reach an Agreement
2025-07-11
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Leonid Tsukanov

[REGNUM] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has completed a working visit to the United States. His July trip to Washington took place largely behind the cameras, and information about the results of the meetings was given to the press in extremely measured doses.

There were also no promising public statements, without which no major visit by an Israeli prime minister has taken place before. Netanyahu left Washington virtually incognito, without holding a major press approach on the White House lawn.

And while Israeli officials are calling the visit "historic and groundbreaking," both Washington and Tel Aviv appear to have remained unconvinced.

"GREAT VICTORY"
One of the main topics of the Israeli Prime Minister's conversation with US President Donald Trump and other high-ranking American officials was summing up the results of the June "Lion Force" operation against Iran.

Netanyahu expressed gratitude to the Republicans for their determination in the fight against the “Iranian threat” and, as a sign of gratitude for their contribution to the “great victory,” presented Trump with a symbolic gift: a mezuzah (a scroll with text from the Torah in a decorative case for hanging on a door frame. — Ed.) in the shape of a B-2 bomber, made from a fragment of an Iranian ballistic missile.

In addition, the Israeli Prime Minister announced his nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, with the wording “for his significant mediation efforts in resolving the conflict between Iran and Israel.”

This is already the third nomination for the Republican in his new term (previously, the Pakistani government and Republican member of the US House of Representatives Darrell Issa expressed similar intentions ) and the second on the Middle East track; the American leader is already among the favorites in the informal rating of candidates - at least, this is what the Western press is convinced of.

Tel Aviv has found an elegant way to thank the White House for its timely intervention in the recent conflict.

At the same time, Israel felt it necessary to convey its concerns to the United States: the rate of restoration of Iranian nuclear facilities damaged as a result of the joint bombings turned out to be an order of magnitude higher than initially predicted, which means that new preemptive actions may soon be required.

Here, Netanyahu tried to draw attention to himself, convincing Trump to allow Tel Aviv to act against Iran and its regional allies unilaterally, without coordinating new operations.

The US responded to the request in a very vague manner.

On the one hand, Trump praised the Israelis for their persistence and willingness to defend the existing balance of power, promising “full support” and protection.

On the other hand, Washington is well aware of the growth of revanchist sentiments in Iran - the growing public demand for nuclear weapons and attempts by individual clerics to legitimize the "vendetta" against the initiators of the June campaign. And therefore the White House has not made any specific promises to the public.

The question of whether Netanyahu secured Trump's consent behind the scenes also remains open.

FRIENDSHIP OUTLINE
It is noteworthy that during the extensive work program, the topic of normalizing Israel's relations with Arab countries was barely touched upon, although it was previously considered the "calling card" of the Trump administration. There was almost no talk about new expansions of the "club of friends", limiting themselves to pleasantries addressed to Morocco and the Arabian partners - Bahrain and the UAE.

Neither Washington nor Tel Aviv want to bring the issue to the forefront, since Syria is considered “first in line” for normalization.

The transitional government of Ahmed al-Sharaa is actively making contact with the Israeli authorities and, judging by the latest leaks, is even ready to give up the Golan Heights in exchange for stabilization of the situation.

In support of these aspirations, the US and EU countries have even loosened the sanctions noose around Damascus's neck. However, the general instability of the new Syrian regime and internal strife are preventing rapid progress in the negotiations.

Other potential candidates for a reset – Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman – have maintained a marked neutrality and are in no hurry to get closer to Israel even under US pressure for fear of falling into Tehran’s crosshairs.

THE STUMBLING BLOCK CORRIDOR
The situation in the Gaza Strip was much more actively discussed: the parties were unable to finally agree on the outlines of a deal to cease fire in the enclave. Although the White House clearly expected to make a statement about the deal at the end of Netanyahu's visit.

The stumbling block, as expected, was the “Morag Corridor” – a strategic security strip built by Israeli troops along the Egyptian border south of the Palestinian Khan Yunis.

The US is convinced that the deployment of the army in close proximity to Palestinian areas hinders the delivery of humanitarian aid to the enclave and, moreover, endangers American NGO workers, who are now the majority in Gaza, and therefore Israel should leave Morag as a gesture of goodwill.

Tel Aviv does not want to repeat the mistakes of the “first deal,” which was concluded with the mediation of Joe Biden, and counters that “Hamas terrorist agents” will immediately flood into the abandoned security corridor.

The continued presence in the Gaza Strip is explained by the role of “volunteer gendarme” that the Israeli authorities have taken on: they will be ready to reduce the contingent only if the entire leadership of the Palestinian resistance leaves the enclave, and the new leaders undergo “preliminary filtration.”

For these purposes, Tel Aviv is even ready to build a “city within a city” in the Rafah area for interned Palestinians (there are currently about 600 thousand of them). Neither Washington nor its Arab partners from among the “trustees” of Gaza like this option, but no one has yet dared to present an alternative.

"HOME" QUESTIONS
However, some uncomfortable questions got to the Israeli prime minister even in Washington. For example, on the sidelines of a gala reception for leaders of Jewish and Evangelical communities, Netanyahu was asked several times whether the government was going to free the hostages remaining in Hamas captivity.

To which Netanyahu, in his usual manner, reported on “significant progress” and the “imminent release” of the remaining Israelis from captivity.

There is indeed hope for an exchange. American sources regularly announce the imminent trip of Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff to Qatar to give the necessary guarantees to Hamas and monitor the transparency of the deal.

However, given that Whitkoff's trip has already been postponed several times, the White House still has no confidence in the parties' ability to reach an agreement. And three meetings between Netanyahu and Trump (one of which was closed) have not changed the disposition.

A more pressing question was also asked - about the prospects for adjusting the law on the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Israelis (Haredi) into the army. Especially since the authorities announced increased penalties for those who dodge service, including a ban on leaving the country and administrative arrests.

This has increased unrest in the ranks of the conservative parties, which continue to threaten to break up the ruling coalition. The future of the Haredi law is unclear, and Netanyahu has failed to explain in detail how exactly Tel Aviv intends to emerge from the crisis.

Overall, it is noticeable that the Israeli Prime Minister is still more focused on the “external contour,” where he clearly understands the priorities and goals for the near future, while he is not yet ready to closely deal with issues of an internal nature.

This means that Tel Aviv will continue to actively promote stories related to foreign policy (primarily the confrontation with Iran) in order to distract the population’s attention from problems within the country.'

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Netanyahu quietly leaves White House without announcement of breakthrough in Gaza talks
2025-07-09
A taste. It’s a long article.
[IsraelTimes] PM’s second sit-down with Trump in as many days ends with no public component; Witkoff delays Doha trip in sign talks not yet ripe after expressing optimism deal can be reached this week

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrapped up his second White House meeting with US President Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
 in as many days without any public announcement of a breakthrough in the ongoing Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
 ceasefire and hostage release talks, which was the primary topic of the sit-down.

The possibility of such a declaration appeared to rise after the meeting was publicly added to Netanyahu’s schedule just hours in advance, with Trump saying they would discuss the Gaza Strip while US special envoy Mideast Steve Witkoff expressed hope a deal could be reached this week.

But as Netanyahu and Trump met for over an hour in the Oval Office along with US Vice President JD Vance, two sources familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel that Witkoff decided to push back his flight to Doha, where he had been slated to join ongoing proximity talks between Israel and Hamas
..always the voice of sweet reason...
Witkoff initially was slated to fly to Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
 on Tuesday, the sources said, adding that a new departure date had yet to be scheduled.

The US envoy informed mediators that he still plans to travel to Doha in order to help bring the deal across the finish line, with his decision to push back the trip indicating that a significant amount of progress still needed to be made.

The Saudi Asharq News outlet cited unnamed "informed sources" who reported that the fifth round of proximity talks in Qatar ended Tuesday night without significant progress.

A Paleostinian official told the news site that talks were "at a standstill," charging that the Israeli negotiations team is "limiting itself to listening rather than negotiating" and consulting on "every issue" with Netanyahu and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, the lead Israeli negotiator who is accompanying the premier in Washington.

The Paleostinian official claimed the Israeli team lacks authority to make actual decisions, "a continuation of the stalling policy of Netanyahu to obstruct any potential agreement."

Shortly before Netanyahu met with Trump on Tuesday, a delegation of senior Qatari officials held talks with Witkoff for three hours at the White House to discuss the hostage negotiations, a source familiar with the matter said.

After the conclusion of his meeting with Trump, Netanyahu said the discussions "focused on efforts to free our hostages."

"We are not letting up for a moment, and this is possible because of the military pressure exerted by our heroic soldiers," he said in a video shot in the Blair House. "Unfortunately, this effort is exacting a painful price from us, in the loss of our best sons."

Netanyahu stressed that Israel is determined to achieve all of its goals in Gaza -"the release of all our hostages, both living and dead; the elimination of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities; and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel."

He also discussed "the implications and possibilities" of the operation Israel and the US carried out against Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
with Trump and Vance, said Netanyahu.

"Opportunities are opening up here for expanding the circle of peace, expanding the Abraham Accords," he said. "We are working on this with full vigor."

STICKING POINT(S)
Four sources familiar with the negotiations told The Times of Israel that the US is more optimistic than Egyptian and Qatari mediators about the chances that a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal can be reached this week.

Witkoff told news hounds earlier Tuesday that he is hopeful a deal can be reached this week, and that three of the four sticking points were resolved during the past three days of proximity talks in Doha.

A source familiar with the matter said the three issues Witkoff suggested have been solved were Hamas’s demand for guarantees from the mediators that the ceasefire will remain in place even if talks on the terms of a permanent ceasefire have not wrapped up by the end of the 60-day truce under discussion; Hamas’s demand for aid to be surged into Gaza through UN-backed mechanisms; and terms of the hostage-prisoner swap.

The source noted that while progress was made on the first two issues, the identities of Israelis and Paleostinians to be released in the deal have not yet been discussed by the negotiators in Doha, with Hamas insisting that other matters be resolved first.

However,
a hangover is the wrath of grapes...
 the number and identities of those being released are not considered as thorny an issue as the others, the source said, speculating that this was why Witkoff grouped the hostage-prisoner swap component of the deal with the issues that have already been resolved.

Regarding the issue of aid, negotiators in Doha offered initial backing for clauses in the agreement that would prevent the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation from operating in areas where the IDF has withdrawn from, a source familiar with the negotiations told The Times of Israel.

Only the UN and international organizations that are not connected to either Israel or Hamas will be responsible for distributing aid in areas where the IDF is no longer located, the source said.
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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel Attacks in Gaza Kill 78 More Palestinians; IDF confirms death of 10/7 terrorist last week in Khan Younis
2025-07-09
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
…The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that at least six Palestinians, including three children, were shot dead by Israeli forces near an aid distribution site run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in the southern city of Rafah.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said in its daily update, which it releases about midday Gaza time, that at least eight aid seekers were killed over the previous 24-hour period, bringing the death toll of Palestinians attempting to get aid since the GHF began operating at the end of May to 766.
Recall that we saw reports from Gaza that Hamas was attacking Gazans who dared go to the GHF sites to get free food instead of paying siege prices to Hamas. Even if that number is not a gross exaggeration, it’s probable they were killed by Hams rather than the IDF.

IDF confirms death of Oct. 7 terrorist in Gaza
[IsraelTimes] 51 Palestinians said killed across Gaza as Israeli troops battle Hamas across Strip

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday confirmed having killed in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
 a Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
 terror operative who led an attack on Israeli civilians in the October 7 onslaught.

The military also killed at least 51 Paleostinians in Gaza on Thursday, according to unverified figures provided by hospitals in the Hamas-run Strip, as IDF troops continued to advance throughout Gaza, a day after five soldiers were killed in battle.

The IDF also announced on Tuesday that Taha Abu Ayadeh, a platoon commander in Hamas’s elite Nukhba force, was killed last week in an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
 on the area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

In the October 7 onslaught, Ayadeh invaded Israel with his platoon and attacked a gas station close to the Gaza border community of Kibbutz Magen, the IDF said.

Footage of the attack was published by the South First Responders group in November 2023. The footage showed two Israeli employees rushing to hide as Hamas turbans opened fire and stormed the area. The employees reportedly hid in a freezer for hours before being rescued.

In central Gaza, Israeli strikes killed another 10 people and maimed 72 on Tuesday, according to the Awda Hospital in Nuseirat. Farther south, in Khan Younis, Nasser Hospital records showed a total of 41 people killed.

Hamas health officials at Nasser Hospital, where victims were taken, claimed that one strike targeted tents sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis, killing four people. A separate strike in Khan Younis killed four people, including a mother, father, and their two children, the officials said.

The IDF had no immediate comment on the strikes. The military says it takes steps to mitigate harm to civilians, including using aerial surveillance and precision munitions, and accuses Hamas of embedding itself in civilian infrastructure including hospitals and designated humanitarian areas.

IDF issues fresh evacuation order for Gaza’s Khan Younis area
[IsraelTimes] The IDF issues a new evacuation warning for Palestinians residing in the Khan Younis area, further expanding a no-go zone.

“Due to terror activities in the area, the IDF with its maneuvering troops and intensive firepower is expanding actions in your area,” says Col. Avichay Adraee, the military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, on X.

Palestinians are instructed to head west.

IDF says it hit more than 100 terror targets in Gaza
[IsraelTimes] Over 100 terror targets were struck by the Israeli Air Force in the Gaza Strip over the past day, including operatives, booby-trapped buildings, weapon depots, anti-tank launch posts, tunnels, and other infrastructure, the military says in a daily update.

The strikes come as five IDF divisions, made up of tens of thousands of troops, continue to operate across Gaza.

During ground operations, the IDF says troops of the 7th Armored Brigade located a cache of explosive devices hidden in a civilian building in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood.

Elsewhere in the Strip, troops killed operatives and destroyed Hamas infrastructure in the past day, the military adds.
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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Al-Qassam Brigades announce operation in Beit Hanoun
2025-07-09
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The complex operation in Beit Hanoun, which targeted an area the occupation forces believed to be empty after completely leveling it, dealt a significant blow to the prestige of the Israeli military, said Abu Obeida, spokesperson for the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
In a statement published on Telegram on Tuesday, Abu Obeida added that the war of attrition being waged by Resistance® fighters across the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
 Strip, from north to south, continues to inflict daily losses on the Israeli occupation.

''Our fighters launched their attack from the very ruins the occupation believed were devoid of life,'' Abu Obeida stated, adding, ''The war of attrition our fighters are fighting across the entire Gaza Strip, from the North to the South, will continue to cost the enemy more losses by the day.''

He also warned that even if the occupation previously managed to extract its soldiers from what he described as ''the inferno'', it would not succeed again, alluding to the potential for more Israeli soldiers to be captured in future confrontations.

The IDF takes a larger view of the situation:
IDF Surrounding Northern Gaza Town As Dozens Said Killed In Strikes

[IsraelTimes] The military is surrounding Beit Hanoun "from all directions," IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said in a presser on Tuesday after five troops were killed in an ambush in the northern Gaza town Monday night.

"Beit Hanoun is a fortified area, where dozens of turbans still remain. There are still many underground tunnels that we must demolish," said Defrin.

"We will continue to attack and clear the area to remove the threat to the residents of the western Negev," he said, noting that Beit Hanoun overlooks several border towns, including Sderot, as well as a train line.

IDF probe: 3 bombs were remotely detonated in deadly northern Gaza ambush last night
[IsraelTimes] Three explosive devices were remotely detonated in succession against troops in the deadly ambush last night in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun, according to a military probe.

Five soldiers were killed and 14 were wounded in the attack, which took place around 1.5 kilometers from the Israeli border.

According to the IDF’s investigation, most troops were hurt by the first and second bombs, which were detonated within a few moments of each other. The first bomb hit several soldiers, and the troops that rushed to help them were hit by the second bomb.

As the third bomb was detonated, a cell of Hamas operatives opened fire with light arms on the Israeli troops.

The military believes the bombs, rigged up to remote detonators, were planted by the Hamas cell during the previous 24 hours.

Following the attack, the IDF dispatched Israeli Air Force drones, helicopters, and fighter jets to the area to prevent any potential attempts by Hamas to abduct the soldiers. Within an hour and a half, the incident was considered over, according to the military.

The military believes that dozens of Hamas operatives remain holed up in Beit Hanoun, mostly deep underground in the terror group’s tunnels.

The offensive in the northern Gaza town is intended to clear it of these remaining Hamas operatives, the IDF says.
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7 troops toes up from roadside bomb in northern Gaza as IDF hits dozens of targets
2025-07-08

IDF identifies two additional soldiers killed in Gaza
[IsraelTimes] The IDF releases the names of two more soldiers killed in last night’s roadside bomb attack in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun, in which five troops were killed.

They are:

Sgt. First Class (res.) Benyamin Asulin, 28, of the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade, from Haifa.

Staff Sgt. Noam Aharon Musgadian, 20, of the Kfir Brigade’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion, from Jerusalem.

Two soldiers were named earlier. The name of the fifth soldier killed in the incident will be released later.

5 IDF soldiers killed, 14 injured by roadside bomb in northern Gaza
[IsraelTimes] Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 were wounded by a roadside bomb in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun last night, the military announces.

Two of the slain soldiers are named as:

Staff Sgt. Meir Shimon Amar, 20, from Jerusalem
Sgt. Moshe Nissim Frech, 20, from Jerusalem.
They both served with the Kfir Brigade’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion.

The names of the other soldiers are set to be released later.

According to an initial IDF probe, the infantry soldiers were hit by a bomb planted on the side of a road shortly after 10 p.m. on Monday, during ground operations in Beit Hanoun. The soldiers were operating on foot, and were not inside a vehicle.

During attempts to extract the casualties, the forces came under fire in the area, according to the probe.

Among the 14 wounded, two are listed in serious condition.

The military says the area where the attack took place was targeted from the air ahead of the troops’ operations in the area.

The Netzah Yehuda soldiers were operating under the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade, as part of an offensive with the 646th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade in Beit Hanoun, aimed at clearing the area of terror operatives who remain holed up there.

IDF says dozens of targets hit in Gaza strikes; terror infrastructure destroyed in ground ops
[IsraelTimes] Dozens of targets were struck by the Israeli Air Force in the Gaza Strip over the past day, including dozens of operatives, weapon depots, observation posts, and other buildings used by terror groups, the military says in a daily update.

The strikes come as five IDF divisions, made up of tens of thousands of troops, continue to operate across Gaza.

During ground operations, the IDF, says troops killed numerous operatives and destroyed Hamas infrastructure, including tunnels, buildings used for terror, anti-tank launch posts, and observation posts.
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'Round Two': Netanyahu came to the US to drag Trump into a new war
2025-07-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Leonid Tsukanov

[REGNUM] On the morning of July 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington on a working visit. His agenda includes a meeting with President Donald Trump, as well as high-ranking officials and congressmen.

This is the Israeli Prime Minister's second trip to the United States since the Republicans won the election. However, unlike the previous summit, Netanyahu is bringing with him far fewer "trump cards" and far more problems that will have to be solved, including with the participation of the United States.

TO SUM UP
The main purpose of the trip is to discuss the situation around Iran.

Netanyahu makes no secret of his intention to press Trump for “greater decisiveness” in responding to a hypothetical nuclear threat from Tehran.

Moreover, according to Tel Aviv, Iran’s nuclear project has not suffered “irreparable damage,” and the country will be able to restore its previous rate of uranium enrichment within six months at the most.

Of course, Netanyahu sees himself as the winner in this conflict, since he fulfilled the main promises made to the electorate and “dealt a crushing blow” to a strategic enemy.

At the same time, the Israelis were unable to achieve all of their goals, underestimating the opponent's mobilization capabilities. This means that sooner or later the time for a "second round" will come.

Tel Aviv expects Trump to agree with its concerns and give the green light to new preemptive operations against Tehran and its key allies in the region.

Particularly against Yemen's Houthis, who remain the only Iranian proxy forces still systematically harassing the territory of the Jewish state.

The Israeli General Staff had previously announced a series of large-scale air strikes on targets in Yemen, dubbed "Black Flag." However, the aircraft quickly returned to their permanent bases, deciding to limit themselves to "warning shots" until Netanyahu's trip was over.

INTERNAL DISCORD
Meanwhile, the situation inside Israel is heating up.

Distracted by the external contour and the conflict with Iran, Netanyahu's cabinet stopped monitoring the domestic political situation for some time. Apparently, counting on a spiritual and patriotic upsurge after a quick victory over Tehran.

However, the situation turned out to be the opposite - the “small victorious” war dragged on for almost two weeks, and at some point Israel even had to defend itself more actively than its opponents.

It is not surprising that as soon as the guns fell silent, the public immediately began to look for an answer to the question: who is to blame?

Although there is discord and a despondent mood in the camp of Netanyahu's opponents, provoked by the conflict between the "heavyweights" of the opposition camp - former Defense Minister Benny Gantz and former Chief of the General Staff Gadi Eisenkot - and they cannot bring any consolidated accusations against the Prime Minister, the ruling coalition has once again found itself on the verge of collapse. This time - due to the fault of yesterday's allies.

In particular, the ultra-Orthodox wing of the Israeli government recently threatened to paralyze the work of the Knesset. This will happen if Netanyahu does not block the final adoption of a law related to the conscription of young Haredi believers, which was also developed and lobbied by representatives of his party.

At one point, passions reached such a level that Netanyahu even had to reschedule his flight to Washington until late in the evening in order to hold a series of briefings and meetings with the Orthodox.

He tried to persuade them not to destroy the legitimacy of the ruling cabinet and give legislators time to "finish off" the controversial bill. For a while, he managed to calm the conservative public, but the issue itself is still on the agenda.

IMAGE LOSSES
The Qatargate corruption scandal, which Israeli society had managed to forget, is also flaring up with renewed vigor. And Netanyahu himself reminded us of it.

The day before flying to Washington, he fired his press secretary, Omer Dostri, who until recently was part of the prime minister’s inner circle and was even considered one of his “confidants.”

As the office notes, the reason for the breakup is the “image losses” that Netanyahu allegedly suffered due to Dostri’s careless statements.

In particular, at the initial stages of “Qatargate,” he misled the investigation several times, as a result of which law enforcement officers became convinced that the prime minister was also involved in corrupt deals.

Netanyahu had to prove the opposite for almost six months, each time balancing on the brink of resignation.

By shifting the focus of negativity to Dostri, Netanyahu was able to distance himself from the scandal with Qatari agents of influence, which threatened him with reputational costs and even the loss of his prime ministerial seat.

Now, even if new high-ranking figures appear in the case, the prime minister will be treated as a witness at worst, and as a victim at best.

PALESTINIAN "EXCHANGE"
At the upcoming talks in Washington, the conversation will certainly turn to the situation in the Gaza Strip and the negotiations, which have once again reached a dead end.

The Israeli establishment is not too happy with Hamas's new counter-proposals, which came after Tel Aviv and Washington announced an imminent deal for a 60-day ceasefire in the enclave.

And while Trump continues to boast about the imminent conclusion of a new “comprehensive agreement,” which will include, among other things, the “expulsion” of Hamas leaders from the enclave, the viability of such statements, given the realities on the ground, is doubted in both Israel and Palestine.

Against this backdrop, attempts are being made to destabilize the situation in the West Bank, within the borders of internationally recognized Palestine.

In particular, the Israeli side supports separatist sentiments in the city of Hebron, where a group of high-ranking sheikhs is trying to achieve the transformation of the city into a “microstate” with subsequent normalization of relations with Israel.

Tel Aviv is still cautious and does not support the rebel sheikhs too much, although it works with them through an intermediary, Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat. However, Israel may well move to more decisive action, especially if the deal with Hamas fails again.

In this case, the creation of a “buffer emirate” will become one of the ways to further divide Palestine, and at the same time create an obstacle between the Palestinian territories on the West Bank and the rest of Israel.

And a little later, the Israelis may also conduct a “political exchange” with the Palestinian Authority, gaining control over Gaza in exchange for an obligation not to expand into the West Bank and not to support tribal separatism.

But for this scheme to work as Tel Aviv intends, the US, as the main guarantor of the current deals between the Palestinians and the Israelis, must be brought into the loop. And no one is better suited to this task than Netanyahu.

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IDF reports Hamas’s north Gaza naval commander killed in strike on cafe last week as 130 targets hit in 24 hours
2025-07-07
[IsraelTimes] IDF says Ramzi Ramadan Abd Ali Salah was killed along with several other senior Hamas members; Gaza hospitals say 33 killed in Israeli strikes across the enclave since morning

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet announced on Sunday that Ramzi Ramadan Abd Ali Salah, the commander of Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
’s naval force in northern Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
, was killed in an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
 last Monday in Gaza City.

The military confirmed that he was the target of a strike in an internet cafe, which Hamas-linked authorities said killed 24 people, including women and kiddies.

Several other bad boyz were potted in the operation, the military said.

Salah, identified by the IDF as a key figure in Hamas’s maritime capabilities, had been actively planning attacks against Israeli forces operating in the Strip, the military said. He was targeted inside a building in Gaza City, where he was meeting with other operatives.

The strike, carried out by an Israeli Air Force jet, was guided by intelligence from the Navy, the Military Intelligence Directorate, and the Shin Bet.

Among the other Hamas members killed were Hisham Ayman Atiya Mansour, deputy head of a Hamas mortar unit, and Nassim Muhammad Suleiman Abu Sabha
...After the Libyan Civil War, Sabha grew in importance as a slave auctioning town. However, an investigation by the National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) revealed that while there was illegal slavery, reports were exaggerated, as slave auctions were rare and not made public. This was a great comfort to everyone but the slaves peddled in secret. The city was later seized by forces loyal to the Libyan National Army (LNA) and its leader Khalifa Haftar in January 2019, probably for its collection of MiG-25 aircraft.....
, a member of Hamas’s mortar unit, according to the joint statement.

The IDF said several measures were taken to minimize civilian harm, including the use of precision munitions, aerial surveillance, and intelligence assessments.

On Sunday, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 33 Paleostinians across Gaza, hospital officials said.

Twenty people were killed and 25 maimed when Israeli strikes hit two houses in Gaza City, according to Mohammed Abu Selmia, the director of Shifa Hospital that serves the area.

In southern Gaza, 13 Paleostinians were killed by strikes in Mawasi, an area on Gaza’s Mediterranean where many displaced people live in tents, officials at Nasser Hospital in nearby Khan Younis told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named. Five of the dead belonged to the same family, according to the hospital.

The figures offered by hospital officials did not distinguish between combatants and civilians.

The military had no immediate comment on the individual strikes, but said it had struck 130 terror targets across the Gaza Strip in the previous 24 hours.

The IDF said the strikes targeted Hamas command and control structures, storage facilities, weapons, and launchers, and killed a number of terror operatives in northern Gaza.

Also on Sunday, the IDF provided further details on the incident in which Sgt. Asaf Zamir, 19, from Dimona, was killed on Friday in combat in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza.

According to the military, Zamir was killed during operational activity conducted by the 53rd Armored Corps Battalion of the 188th Brigade. During the incident, four other soldiers were maimed — two severely and two moderately.

Among the injured was the company commander, who sustained wounds while attempting to rescue the forces under fire.

Shortly after the attack, the Israeli Air Force struck and eliminated part of the cell responsible for the assault.

Israeli forces have operated inside the Gaza strip for over 20 months, since the Hamas-led terror onslaught on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, in which some 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage.

IDF says rocket launched from Gaza fell in open area near Nirim

[IsraelTimes] Following the siren that sounded in Nirim, near the Gaza border, at 9 p.m., the IDF says one rocket was launched from southern Gaza and landed in an open area near Nirim.

No injuries or damage were reported.
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Netanyahu said to receive report on medical conditions of all living hostages
2025-07-07
[IsraelTimes] With 10 of 20 living captives set to go free under potential deal, TV report provides excerpts from medical files shown to PM; ministers reportedly say all are ‘humanitarian’ cases

Just before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed for Washington on Sunday to meet with US President Donald Trump, he was reportedly presented information about the medical condition of each of the 20 remaining living hostages, which is said to serve as the basis of who will be chosen to be freed during the hostage-ceasefire deal that is seen to be nearing agreement.

The medical information given to Netanyahu and some senior ministers and aides will be used in discussions, both internal and with mediators, about which hostages’ releases will be prioritized, Channel 12 reported on Sunday.

According to the report, senior cabinet ministers said after the information was presented that “we will have difficulty prioritizing [the hostages],” because “they are all humanitarian [cases].”

The outline of the deal, as it currently stands, would see about half of the living hostages and about half of the dead hostages held by terror groups in Gaza returned to Israel over 60 days, in five separate releases.

Eight living hostages would be freed on the first day and two released on the 50th day, according to an Arab diplomat from one of the mediating countries. Five slain hostages would be returned on the seventh day, five more on the 30th day and eight more on the 60th day. That would leave 22 hostages still held in Gaza, 10 of them believed by Israeli authorities to be alive.

The deal has yet to be finalized, and there has been no definitive statement on whether Israel or Hamas would be the one to determine which 10 of the 20 living hostages would be freed under its terms, and according to which criteria.

As part of the outlet’s report, Channel 12 shared excerpts from the medical files of each living hostage, to highlight the difficulty in deciding between them based on medical priority.

  • According to the report, Alon Ohel, 24, who is held captive alone, is in a condition that puts him “at high risk” for blindness.

  • Yosef-Haim Ohana, 24, is suffering from severe mental illness.

  • Avinatan Or, 32, is facing a severe shortage of food and water.

  • Matan Angrest, 21, was severely abused during captivity and could face permanent disability.

  • Elkana Bohbot, 36, faces severe mental health issues that have not been treated.

  • Gali and Ziv Berman, both 27, are both thought to be suffering from mental and physical illnesses.

  • Rom Braslavski, 21, suffers from asthma and is wounded in both arms.

  • Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 22, and Evyatar David, 23, who are thought to be held together, have faced extreme abuse and severe hunger.

  • Eitan Horn, 37, suffers from a chronic illness that has not been treated.

  • Maxim Herkin, 36, has an injured arm. Nimrod Cohen, 20, has faced severe interrogations by his captors.

  • Segev Kalfon, 27, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and a “deteriorating” mental condition.

  • Bar Kuperstein, 23, faces serious malnourishment and other health issues.

  • Ariel and David Cunio, 26 and 34, are both thought to have been held in harsh conditions, and there is a lack of information about their conditions.

  • Omri Miran, 46, suffers from malnourishment and has been held in isolation.

  • Eitan Mor, 23, is held in harsh conditions and there is serious concern for his health.

  • Matan Zangauker, 25, is held in isolation and suffers from muscular dystrophy.

  • In addition, there is “serious concern” for the lives of Tamir Nimrodi and Bipin Joshi, due to a lack of any signs of life since they were captured.

Unlike in the previous ceasefire-hostage release deals, according to Channel 12, the same authorities that presented the medical information of the hostages to the cabinet did not rank them in terms of medical priority; instead, they left that choice up to the political decision-makers.

According to the report, the meeting ended without a decision on who would be prioritized, and that decision will be made when talks begin on the deal’s implementation.

Israel dispatched a team of negotiators to Doha on Sunday after Hamas said Friday that it had responded positively to a US- and Israel-backed proposal. The first round of indirect talks was said to end inconclusively late Sunday night.

Terror groups in the Gaza Strip are believed to still be holding 50 hostages, including 49 of the 251 abducted by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, 2023. These 50 include the bodies of at least 28 confirmed dead by Israel, including an IDF soldier killed in 2014.

Twenty of the hostages are believed by Israeli authorities to be alive, and there are grave concerns for the well-being of two others, Israeli officials have said.

Since the start of the war, Hamas has freed 140 hostages, largely in two ceasefire deals. It also returned the bodies of eight slain hostages earlier this year. Eight hostages have been rescued alive from captivity by troops, and the bodies of 49 have also been recovered from Gaza by Israeli soldiers.
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