Israel-Hamas War day 316: What's happening in Israel and West Bank?
IDF names fallen soldiers • Iran says retaliation for assassination of Ismail Haniyeh 'legitimate'
Tied up and beaten by a mob: New abduction footage of hostage Aryeh Zalmanovich
Hamas previously published a video in mid-November that showed Zalmanovich in critical condition, and his death was declared in December.
Aryeh Zalmanovich, 86, was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on the back of a motorcycle, flanked by his captors seated in front and behind him, new footage published by N12 on Saturday showed.
Go to the full article >>IDF announces fallen soldier Mordechai Yosef Ben Shoam killed in central Gaza Strip
Warr. Ofc. Ben Shoam, 34, from Geva Binyamin, served in the 8119 in the Jerusalem Brigade.
Warr. Ofc (res.) Mordechai Yosef Ben Shoam was killed in battle while fighting in the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Saturday.
Go to the full article >>Iran: Retaliation for assassination of Ismail Haniyeh 'legitimate'
Israel has not taken responsibility for the killing, but it has been widely presumed to have carried it out.
Iran reserves the right to carry out a “legitimate response” against Israel for the assassination in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani told his Egyptian counterpart, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
Go to the full article >>Pressure mounts on Hamas as US Proposes final hostage deal of Cairo talks
With US Secretary of State Antony Blinken set to arrive in Israel, Hamas faces intense pressure to accept a critical hostage deal. The final round of negotiations in Cairo is approaching.
Hamas is under pressure to accept the United States “bridging proposal” for a Gaza hostage deal as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to arrive in Israel on Sunday in advance of what Washington hopes will be a final round of negotiations set for Cairo on Wednesday.
Go to the full article >>IDF eliminates terrorists involved in killing of Yonatan Deutsch
The IDF noted that the two names of the terrorists arose from a Shin Bet interrogation.
Two senior Hamas operatives were eliminated via an airstrike on a vehicle in the West Bank city of Jenin in a joint IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) operation, the military said on Saturday.
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