As conflicting reports about negotiations for the release of hostages continue, Israelis are marking the Festival of Lights with a variety of events. At the Western Wall, the first candle was lit in the presence of families of hostages.
In Israel, there is a sense that Trump is focused on the release of the hostages and securing a decisive victory to end the war. How those goals are achieved does not seem to concern him.
The UN Security Council will convene Monday after Israel demands action on repeated Houthi missile strikes.
Sources close to the negotiations paint a picture of deliberate obstruction, describing how Yahya Sinwar's brother has consistently misled mediators over weeks.
A haunting image of a volunteer cleaning bloodstains in a murdered Be'eri resident's home earns Photo of the Year.
"The report issued today on Gaza by FEWS NET relies on data that is outdated and inaccurate," the US ambassador to Israel said.
In bipartisan Wall Street Journal op-ed, Robert O'Brien and Tom Nides name seven Americans still held by Hamas, stress unified US stance on hostage release.
"They'll have to keep on trying to guess what the next thing is," an agent told the CBS flagship program "60 Minutes." According to the former agents, Hezbollah acquired more than 16,000 of the weaponized walkie-talkies through an elaborate network of shell companies established by Mossad.
During her Israel visit, Erin Molan, whose support for Israel appears to have led to significant professional consequences, toured devastated Bibas home in kibbutz Nir Oz.
Among the discovered materials were ATGMs, explosives, computers, communication devices, and electrical systems.
