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Pacheco was held 295 days in Gaza tunnels alongside Israeli hostages Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon after October 7 kidnapping from Nir Oz.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated that Israel must reestablish a civilian presence in the Gaza Strip but not only by returning to Gush Katif, the former bloc of Israeli settlements evacuated in the 2005 Disengagement Plan. “That’s too small, too crowded. It needs to be much bigger.”

The Prime Minister’s Office accused Hamas of stealing humanitarian aid and using civilians as human shields, amid a growing sense that a decisive moment is approaching.

A senior Israeli official clarified that Jerusalem now looks for a breakthrough, via Qatar and Egypt, to see whether Hamas will show flexibility which could allow Israel’s negotiation team to return to Doha. Otherwise, Israel is poised to escalate its military operations in Gaza.

Uri Laniel, manager of wildlife in captivity at the Nature and Parks Authority, said, "Many owners apparently understood how complex it is to keep a monkey at home, and simply released them into nature. Monkeys are sensitive, intelligent creatures that seek their own kind."

Just ahead of the Israeli cabinet meeting, officials said negotiations over a hostage deal have stalled, and the IDF is responding accordingly.

President Donald Trump contradicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's position on Gaza starvation during a press briefing at his Turnberry golf property in Scotland.

Israeli officials confirm five-year-old Osama al-Raqab suffers from genetic diseases, not war-related starvation as claimed in viral social media posts.

According to diplomatic sources, a new political order for Gaza is being discussed in Washington. It was also reported that reconstruction efforts would be conditional on the absence of terrorism and the cooperation of a local force with Israel.