In a special news conference, IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari broke the news that Israeli-German Shani Louk, 22, fashion stylist Amit Buskila, 28, and Itzhak Gelerenter, 56, had escaped the Nova Rave massacre on Oct. 7 only to be shot later by Hamas when they found refuge near Kibbutz Mefalsim. Their bodies were then taken into Gaza by the terrorist group until their recovery this week.
Just after 3 p.m., two people suffered light injuries when dozens of rockets struck the Galilee region. Air raid sirens sounded across the Upper Galilee, Kiryat Shmona, and southern Golan Heights areas. The military reported intercepting some of the incoming fire.
Amnon Ohana, 64, and his daughter Shira, 29, removed an anti-Israel sticker affixed to a wall at the city's train station, a popular tourist destination. After some citizens noticed them removing the sticker, they attacked the father with kicks and punches to the face.
The hearings at the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, come after South Africa last week asked for additional emergency measures to protect Rafah, a southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinians have been sheltering.
Trucks carrying humanitarian assistance, which will be distributed in Gaza by the United Nations, are expected to begin moving ashore in the coming days.
The world body actively seeks massive donations to fund its wasteful spending on UNRWA, an agency known for its misuse of money in Gaza and whose staff were allegedly involved in Oct. 7 attacks. But back at home in New York, the organization can't even pay its utilities bill.
Five soldiers are killed in a friendly fire incident during fighting in northern Gaza.
Jewish-owned stores on the Upper East Side had their doors broken and windows shattered on Israel’s Yom Ha’atzmaut.
The story was allegedly deleted two hours after its upload, despite a Columbia spokesperson previously saying “The University welcomes and embraces the Israeli students.”
The tanks' hatches were closed (a measure that hinders spatial awareness), and in the evening hours, one of the tanks identified what appeared to be a rifle barrel protruding from a window and opened fire toward the building. Tragically, as a result of this accidental firing, a company commander and four soldiers were killed. Seven additional soldiers were injured, three of them in critical condition.