A recording of a call showed an UNRWA teacher describing his role in the Oct. 7 attack. “We have female captives. I caught one,” the male voice is heard saying in Arabic. A man on a second call, alleged to be an Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist who Israel also claimed was an UNRWA teacher, is heard saying “I’m inside with the Jews.”
Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim told Reuters the terrorist group had presented its proposal for a ceasefire agreement to the mediators during two days of talks, and was now waiting for a response from the Israelis, who stayed away from this round. "(Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu doesn't want to reach an agreement and the ball now is in the Americans' court" to press him for a deal, Naim said.
Although currently, many soldiers report a sense of purpose, responsibility, and commitment, understanding that there is no one else who can do their job in this difficult time, senior IDF officers have been alarmed over the discourse among younger soldiers, as well as slightly more veteran career officers and their families, who also report a desire to be discharged from service as soon as the operational situation allows.
A team led by the UN special envoy for sexual violence in conflict, Pramila Patten, found “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed rape and “sexualized torture.” Patten presented the report Monday at the United Nations.
The hostages identified themselves as Israeli and pleaded for aid, with Alon Shamriz and Yotam Haim explicitly calling out their names in a bid for rescue.
Soldiers and civilians who are suffering from post-trauma in the Iron Swords War will be referred by the National Insurance Institute and the Ministry of Defense to an extension of the Feuerstein Institute established in Rishon LeZion
The Times report claimed that the investigation was over the alleged abuse of more than a thousand civilians released without charges, among them women and men aged 6 to 82 who were held in three military bases in Israel, with some of them supposedly dying in custody. The allegations further allege that among the detainees were cancer and Alzheimer's patients and other injured individuals, and that most of them were arrested while seeking shelter in hospitals and UN buildings.
According to medics, a total of 8 casualties, men around 30 years old were targeted, with one killed and two in critical condition.
Her comments at Israel were what appeared to be the sharpest rebuke yet by a senior leader in the US government over the conditions in the coastal enclave. "People in Gaza are starving. The conditions are inhumane and our common humanity compels us to act," Harris said at an event to commemorate the 59th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" in Alabama. "The Israeli government must do more to significantly increase the flow of aid. No excuses," Harris said.
On the occasion of International Women's Day, the paper will hold a special gala event on Wednesday, in the presence of First Lady Michal Herzog and Dr. Miriam Adelson. Special commendations will be awarded to women for their contribution in various fields. "The Israel of 2024 tells a different story, it cannot be written without the female voice."
