"Being Jewish, I always wanted to be involved in Israel," says the founder of the Overwatch Foundation whose members – former US marines – are volunteering in Israel.
According to the report, while this has dealt a significant blow, the figure falls short of Israel's reported objective of fully destroying the organization and signals its continued durability.
Netanyahu posted his statement on social media a day after his first conversation with Biden in nearly a month. Discussing his administration's position Friday, Biden said "there are a number of types of two-state solutions" and, asked if a two-state solution was impossible with Netanyahu in office, Biden replied, "No, it's not."
IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari says the tunnel's shaft was found in the Khan Yunis home of a Hamas commander.
Eli Shtivi, whose son Idan was among those kidnapped from a music festival in southern Israel, pledged to eat only a quarter of a pita a day – the amount of food some hostages reportedly receive some days – until the prime minister agreed to meet with him. Dozens of people who joined Shtivi were still there Saturday.
The Syrian army said the building in the tightly guarded western Damascus neighborhood of Mazzeh was entirely destroyed, adding that the Israeli air force fired the missiles while flying over Syria's Israeli-held Golan Heights. The Israeli military did not comment on the strike.
Gadi Eizenkot, a former army chief, says he was among those arguing against such a strike in what he described as a stormy Oct. 11 Cabinet meeting that left him hoarse from shouting.
Linor Abargil, who herself was assaulted at the age of 18, says it has been her life's mission to speak up against gender-based violence.
"There are two stages to the fighting; The first is destroying the Hamas regiments, those are their organized combat frameworks," the prime minister says at a news conference in Tel Aviv.
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