Bodies of hostages recovered by IDF, IDF responds to Hezbollah drone footage showing IDF base

American-Israeli hostage families will jointly meet with President Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday at the White House, Jonathan Polin, father of 23-year-old Hersh Goldberg Polin, told reporters on Tuesday night. 

On Wednesday morning prior to Netanyahu's address, a separate group of Israeli hostage families will be meeting at the White House with Amos Hochstein, US Envoy on Lebanon. 

Gil Dickmann, cousin of hostage Carmel Gat, said Biden is the only one he thinks Netanyahu will listen to about signing the deal. 

The National Council for Nutritional Security released a statement on Tuesday addressing its deep concern for the well-being of the 120 hostages remaining in Hamas captivity and urging international bodies to, at a minimum, ensure humanitarian aid reaches those held hostage in Gaza.

Having now spent over 290 days in Gaza, the council stressed the health of the hostages is of deep concern- especially given the testimonies of released hostages which made clear that captives were subjected to neglect, hunger, limited water consumption, and lack of essential nutrients. 

The council said that the hostage’s “nutritional and health status were severely impacted, leading to  irreversible long-term complications and immediate life-threatening situations.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned campaigns against Noa Argamani on Tuesday night, saying he was "shocked by the campaign directed against Noa Argamani."

Argamani, who was rescued from Hamas captivity on June 8 alongside three other hostages, has traveled to the US with other hostage families to accompany the PM on his visit to Congress.

Some have criticized her for this, including Danny Elgarat, whose brother Itzhak is still in captivity, who said Argamani's trip made her an "obstacle to getting a deal." Elgarat also said that Argamani should "avoid a situation in which he and other hostage family members would find themselves protesting against her."

Masked Israelis set fire to vehicles and threw stones at Palestinian vehicles and shops in Huwara on Tuesday, following reports that Palestinians had stoned Israeli vehicles in Yitzhar, KAN reported on Tuesday night. 

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Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen took to the Senate floor on Tuesday afternoon to offer an explanation for why he'll be absent from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before joint session of Congress on Wednesday, citing the Israeli government's execution of its war in Gaza and the prime minister's extremist right-wing coalition's refusal to accept a two-state solution as chief reasons for his boycott. 

Van Hollen said he's a strong supporter of the US-Israel relationship and distinguished between the partnership of the US and the people of Israel from the relationship between the US and the Israeli government. 

"Those bonds between the people of Israel and people of the US remain strong," he said. "But the actions and words of Netanyahu and his ulta right-wing extremist coalition before and since October 7 have weakened ties between the United States and the government of Israel."

Protesters demonstrating against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington and against US aid to Israel held a sit-in protest at congressional offices on Tuesday, international media reported.

Hundreds of protesters took over the rotunda of the Cannon Building, which holds the offices of House of Representatives members.

The demonstrators wore red T-shirts bearing the phrases "not in our name" and "Jews say stop arming Israel." Some carried banners reading "ceasefire now" and "let Gaza live."

Hours after the operation this morning in the refugee camp in Tulkarm, during which eight terrorists were eliminated, the IDF has returned to operations in the refugee camp on Tuesday night, it was reported.

Special forces are currently operating in the refugee camp in the Menashe Brigade for Counter-Terrorism.
 

Last week, the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Ukraine was targeted by a Russian missile attack. The children’s hospital, which is Ukraine’s largest, sustained significant damage, and two people were killed. The attack was just one element of a deadly Russian strike that killed at least 38 and injured more than 100. 

Despite the devastating nature of the hospital attack, the international public reaction was relatively muted. Social media campaigns against Russian aggression in Ukraine, such as #StandWithUkraine and #StopRussianAggression, have seen widespread engagement, but no specific campaign was created to address the children’s hospital attack.

This muted response stands in stark contrast to online activism regarding the Israel-Hamas war. In May, an AI-generated image of tents arranged to spell “All Eyes on Rafah" went viral, with over 44 million shares on Instagram and nearly 28 million on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The post was inspired by the Israeli military’s action in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians were then sheltering.