Dozens of Hamas terrorists were killed in the past 24 hours as the Israeli ground forces encircled Khan Yunis.
Israel's War Cabinet approved the proposal 10 days ago and is still awaiting a response, according to Axios.
“Egypt is able to protect its interests and sovereignty and these will not be surrendered to a group of extremist Israeli leaders seeking to drag the region into a state of conflict,” said the head of Egypt's State Information Services.
"Hamas has sought to leverage a variety of financial transfer mechanisms, including the exploitation of cryptocurrency, to channel funds to support the group’s terrorist activities," an under secretary of the treasury said.
By David Isaac
The deal is meant to keep the money out of Hamas's hands while also reducing U.S. pressure on Jerusalem.
Pictures made by the captured children were found in the cell.
The Hamas weapons factories were below ground, connected by a network of tunnels and shafts.
Abu-Fanounah was responsible for the creation and distribution of documentation of the Israeli hostages as part of the terror group’s psychological warfare waged against the Israeli public.
Inside the kindergarten, orange balloons lined the walls along with pictures of Kfir and Maya Goren, his teacher, who was killed in the building on Oct. 7
By Sara Lehmann
ZAKA volunteers are all too familiar with the aftermath of violent death, but even their familiarity with raw tragedy could not brace them for the scale and savagery of the Hamas attack.
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Some of the captives held in Gaza are in dire need of medical treatment.
“If they are arrested alive, they could be indicted for a crime which carries a death sentence,” Hirsch explained.
Effective immediately, the terror master's financial assets in E.U. member states will be frozen.
Hamas used hospitals and ambulances to hide operatives, launch military activity, transport members of terror squads and even a deliver a kidnapped Israeli soldier.
The military's largest regular-service armored division exited the Gaza Strip for rest and training.
Soldiers from the 646th Brigade captured 10 Hamas terrorists in the school.
It's estimated that Hamas has approximately 30,000 terrorists, so there's still more work to do.
Gazan are calling the IDF simply to vent their anger at Hamas and encourage the Israelis to continue their offensive.
Israel fights off the Genocide charges launched by South Africa.
The 98th Division, with its special forces, is taking the lead in the remaining enemy strongholds such as Khan Yunis.
Lawyers for South Africa demanded that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order an immediate end to the Israel Defense Forces’ operation against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
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Ben-Gvir tweeted, “it’s not the time to speak softly with Hamas, it’s time to use that big stick.”
By David Isaac
The group, Mothers of Combat Soldiers, said every time Secretary of State Blinken visits he demands more from Israel. that endangers our soldiers.
Israel has long said that UNRWA was created to perpetuate the conflict, not help Arab refugees.
UN Watch exposed the 3,000-member chat group for promoting terrorism against Israelis.
This is not what the soldiers in the field want.
“I understand their passion,” the U.S. president said of hecklers who chanted “Ceasefire now.”
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Al Jazeera accused Israel of deliberately targeting the freelancers.
The Iran-backed weapons manufacturing plant was discovered as part of an operation to expose a 330-foot terror tunnel, the army added.
One photo released by the IDF showed a puzzle featuring armed Arab children attacking Israel.
Israeli leaders have vowed to track down and kill Hamas leaders wherever they are.
By Ariel Kahana
Three jurists analyzed the situation and wrote that no such duty exists under international law.
By Ariel Kahana
Israeli intelligence did not know the severity of the smuggling situation before the war.
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"Regrettably, many Israeli citizens, including Knesset members and party members, can hardly wait until the war ends and are already now starting the campaign of 'anyone but Bibi.'"
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A U.S. official expressed confidence in the assessment based on information gathered independently by both Israeli and American intelligence.
“In giving political and legal cover to the October 7 massacre and the Hamas human-shield strategy, South Africa has made itself criminally complicit with Hamas’s campaign of genocide against our people,” Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy said.
Israel has ruled out Hamas or the Palestinian Authority ruling in Gaza the day after.
The sale includes "M107 155mm projectiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $147.5 million," per the Pentagon.
“The terrorists took advantage of the presence of civilians in the school area in order to fire RPGs and small arms at the forces while hiding behind women and children,” the IDF said.
Soldiers neutralized the charges.
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Judi Weinstein Haggai’s body is being held by Hamas in Gaza.
“The huge amount of materials that come from the field generate many intelligence opportunities to help operating soldiers,” explained Capt. (res.) S. of Amshat.
The question is not "When will it end?" but rather "How do we win?"
By David Isaac
Former Israeli ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon is the leading proponent of enabling the voluntary emigration of Gazans to other countries.
The hospital in northern Gaza "serves as a meeting place to conduct fighting and a base for senior officials and operatives of the Hamas terrorist organization," says the Israeli military.
The connections between UN's organizations and employees to Hamas terrorists keeps growing.
“Hezbollah looks at what is happening in Gaza and it understands very well – what we did in Gaza can also be done in Beirut,” declared Gallant.
Hamas terrorists have been fighting with Gazans over food.
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The Pope gets it wrong again.
The Hamas weapons storage facility was located near a school, clinic and mosque.
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The terror organization continues to hold Haggai’s body, and his wife reportedly also remains a Hamas hostage.
The humanitarian aid ends up in the hands of Hamas.
Hamas terrorists have been trying to flee southward.
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh to visit Egypt to hold talks.
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Israeli forces are also close on the heels of Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif, Both Hamas leaders are marked for death.
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A Foreign Ministry spokesman had no comment on the report about the alleged document.
The director of a Gaza hospital admitted to Israeli interrogators that he was recruited by Hamas to help turn the Strip’s medical centers into military facilities.
By David Isaac
Hezbollah recently fired a rocket just 20 meters from a U.N. compound in Lebanon on Dec. 9.
The monument depicted a fist coming out of an APC and three dogtags, one of which bore the name and ID number of the late Oron Shaul, an IDF soldier killed in the APC incident.
Meanwhile, UN and USAID sacks were being used by Hamas to construct terror tunnels in Gaza.
By Joshua Marks
The money was located in suitcases, along with a cache of weapons.
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The U.S. defense secretary arrived in Israel to discuss shifting to a more targeted approach in Gaza.
The sites that were struck in the Rafah area where Hamas terrorists were operating.
“Palestinians’ voices and aspirations must be at the center of post-crisis governance in Gaza," said the US State Department spokesperson.
The IDF announcements did not indicate how or when Beizer, Sherman or Toledano died.
The complex was struck by aircraft, tanks and engineering forces and a tunnel shaft was destroyed.
The body of 28-year-old Toledano was identified by medical officials and military rabbis together with the Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Israel Police.
“Today’s sanctions on Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad will continue to cut off their access to funding and isolate them further."
An aid cutoff would follow a similar move by Germany last month.
Residents report widespread looting of food rations and medicines delivered from Arab countries through the Rafah border crossing. In particular, trucks are hijacked by armed Hamas operatives or criminals, who then sell the aid themselves.
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“This government in Israel is making it very difficult for him to move,” the U.S. president said of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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"The difference between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority is only that Hamas wants to destroy us here and now, and the P.A. wants to do it in stages."
Doctors and paramedics from the IDF’s Special Tactics Rescue Unit 669 continue with rescue activities from the Gaza Strip.
“I greatly appreciate the correct stance that the U.S. has taken in the U.N. Security Council,” said Netanyahu.
Soldiers light their Chanukiot on their tanks.
“It’s clear to us that we won’t move back until Hamas is fully destroyed. I miss my home. I don’t know what it would take to get me back there. The army will have to regain our trust.”
It was a busy Shabbat for the IDF in Gaza.
Reports indicate that the Hamas leadership controls an investment portfolio estimated at close to $1 billion dollars and owns assets in Sudan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Algeria, Egypt and other places.
U.S. officials visited Ramallah earlier this week to discuss a plan for the day after the war in Gaza.
Egypt is still not allowing displaced Gazans to flee the war and enter the Sinai.
The terrorists are from Hamas's Shejaya battalion.
The rockets were launched near a UN facility. Did the UN notice?
The mosques have tunnels under them leading them into Egypt.
Hamas drugged Israeli hostages before freeing them, “to make them look happy.”
A barrage of rockets was also launched at Tel Aviv.
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John Kirby said the administration wants a “reformed and revitalized Palestinian Authority” helping to govern the Str
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“The government of Israel is far-right and believes that genocide and killing constitute self-defense.”
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“This operation will reach every point that needs to be reached. We are going for the absolute elimination of the Hamas terror organization."
The IDF also said it struck more than 400 Hamas sites in Gaza in the 24 hours since the temporary ceasefire broke down.
The IDF has discovered rockets being stored in UNRWA schools and clinics during past conflicts as well.
By David Isaac
Israeli hostages recount beatings, death threats in captivity.
Gazans will know where to go to avoid the fighting.
None of the children held hostage were included in this release.
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As Israel and Hamas negotiated (and eventually agreed) to extend their ceasefire swap for hostages agreement . . . Egypt reportedly imposed heavy pressure on Yahya Sinwar.
The IDF is using the ceasefire to enhance readiness, learn from recent battle experiences and develop future operational plans.
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The U.S. secretary of state added that "the events of Oct. 7 only further confirm" the U.S. commitment to a two-state solution.