Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 308?
Iran plans to punish Israel for Haniyeh • White House slams Smotrich fearing he may threaten hostage negotiations
Biden admins to travel to Middle East next week for talks to prevent regional war - report
Several top Biden administration officials plan to travel to the Middle East for hostage deal, and ceasefire negotiations, as well as discussions that aim to de-escalate the region and prevent it from entering a wider war, Axios reported Saturday.
Go to the full article >>Hostage families at Begin Gate: If a deal is not closed now, we will receive only bodies, if at all
Among the family members was the brother of hostage Itzik Elgarat, Danny Elgarat, who wore a yellow star on his chest marked with 7.10.
At Hostage Square Saturday night, Opposition leader Yair Lapid said, "We can close a deal this week and bring the hostages home. All the professionals are saying this, the Americans are convinced of it, and an overwhelming majority of Israeli citizens support the deal. Let's make it happen."
Go to the full article >>US 'deeply concerned' about deadly Israeli strike in Gaza school refuge
The White House said it was "deeply concerned" about an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school compound on Saturday that, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, killed around 100 people.
Go to the full article >>IDF: Since October 7 689 soldiers have been killed, 4,303 wounded
The IDF has not reported on those who have been hospitalized due to psychological impairments.
Since October 7, 689 IDF soldiers have been killed, and 4,303 have been wounded, the IDF reported Saturday in its latest summary of the war’s casualty data.
Since soldiers entered Gaza on October 27, 329 soldiers were killed, and 2,199 were wounded.
Go to the full article >>WATCH: IDF strikes Hamas terror targets in the Gaza Strip
WATCH: IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip
IDF eliminates senior Hamas commander Walid al-Sousi in Gaza
The IDF announced it had eliminated senior Hamas commander Walid al-Sousi in Gaza on Friday night.
Al-Sousi was head of Hamas's General Security Apparatus in the Southern Gaza Strip, involved in managing intelligence and crushing resistance to the regime.
He was eliminated by IAF jets and the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate.
Go to the full article >>Gaza death toll since Oct. 7 reaches 39,790, Hamas-run Gaza health min. says
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry stated on Saturday that the death toll in Gaza has reached 39,790 since the war started on October 7 of last year.
A further 91,702 have thus far been wounded in the conflict, the Gazan ministry added.
The number has not been independently verified, and the ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its toll.
The Hamas-run ministry has also been repeatedly criticized for distorting casualty figures.
In May, departing from Hamas’s reported figures, the UN halved the number of women and children it had previously reported had been killed thus far in the war.
Go to the full article >>Egypt says Israel lacks political will to end Gaza war
Egypt said on Saturday Israel's "deliberate killing" of unarmed Palestinians shows that it lacks a political will to end the war in Gaza.
Egypt's foreign ministry statement came after allegedly more than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, according to the official Palestinian news agency.
The Israeli army said it had hit a Hamas command center.
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‘Traders in our blood’: Gazan pleads to be saved from Hamas ‘before the Jews’
Palestinians have increasingly spoken out against the Hamas terrorists running the Gaza Strip.
Displaced Gazans have begun begging for allies to save them from Hamas amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas terror group ruling the enclave, Saudi media reported on Friday.
"Save us from Hamas before the Jews. I appeal to every living conscience to watch. These are traders in our blood. Every day they trade in our blood,” one Palestinian pled in a video that has gone viral, the Saudi Al Marsd reported.
"Our children and women are in the streets. Oh, conscience of the world, save us from Hamas before the Jews," he continued.
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 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
- 115 hostages remain in Gaza
- 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says