What happened on Day 157?
Three US Army ships en route to Gaza coast for humanitarian efforts • CIA Director Burns says 'still a possibility' of Gaza deal
Pramila Patten to UNSC: 'I witnessed in Israel scenes of unspeakable violence'
“We found clear and convincing information that sexual violence, including rape, sexualized torture, and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment has been committed against hostages," Patten said.
UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, said at the Security Council briefing on sexual violence on Monday, "What I witnessed in Israel were scenes of unspeakable violence perpetrated with shocking brutality resulting in intense human suffering."
“We found clear and convincing information that sexual violence, including rape, sexualized torture, and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, has been committed against hostages, and we have reasonable grounds to believe that such violence may still be ongoing against those in captivity," she added.
Go to the full article >>Netanyahu pushes back at Biden’s red lines on Rafah
Netanyahu shot back at Biden on Fox, after Biden said Rafah was a "red line," asserting that Israelis have “a red line. We can't let Hamas survive.”
An IDF military operation in Gaza’s Rafah is a necessity to defeat Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said as he pushed back at US President Joe Biden’s opposition to the move given his fears that it would deepen the humanitarian disaster in the enclave.
“Look, it’s either Israel or Hamas. There’s no middle way. I mean, we have to have that victory,” Netanyahu told Fox & Friends on Monday morning.
Go to the full article >>IDF attacks two Hezbollah compounds deep in Lebanon
Separate strikes allegedly by Israel saw at least one civilian killed and several others injured in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on Monday.
The IDF said their fighter jets had attacked on Monday night two compounds belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Beqaa Valley deep into Lebanon following operation of aircraft towards the Golan Heights in recent days.
The compounds are associated with Hezbollah's air force which planned and executed various targets towards Israeli territory. The attacks were carried out in response to the operation of Hezbollah aircraft towards the Golan Heights during the past few days
Go to the full article >>Katz to Guterres: You're biased on Oct 7 because victims were Jewish
UN Secretary-General under fire by Katz, saying that the UN didn't respond properly to the October 7 massacre and invasion because the victims are Jewish.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres failed to properly respond to the Hamas-led October 7 invasion of Israel because its victims were Jewish, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Monday.
“Your reluctance to lead a decisive international stance against” the atrocities committed by Hamas and its affiliated terror groups and the fixation of criticism on Israel ... signals a distressing bias,” Katz wrote in a letter he sent to Guterres.
Go to the full article >>Israel-Hamas War: What you need to know
- Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
- Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 in the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
- 134 hostages remain in Gaza, 34 of which killed in captivity, IDF says