Even as this immediate crisis eases, we must look ahead to the fragile days of the ceasefire and keep our eyes wide open. We cannot forget that the chaperones of this agreement, particularly Qatar and Turkey, do not have Israel’s best interests at heart.
A failure in Amazon’s cloud services triggered widespread outages in apps and games as thousands of users reported access issues. Amazon: “Experiencing elevated error rates and latency”
No one in the international community is demanding that the kidnappers be punished for their crime, just as no one sought to prevent them from reaping the benefits of their actions. The terrorists achieved a threefold success through the hostages.
The deadly incident in Rafah is Israel’s first test following the hostages deal and Hamas’ return to the streets of the Gaza Strip. Israel’s desire to “Lebanonize” Gaza, meaning routinely eliminating terrorists, will not succeed. Gaza is not Lebanon.
A shocking case has shaken Israeli police: the body of a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor was found buried in the backyard of a villa in the northern city of Carmiel after being missing for several months. Her daughter and the daughter’s partner admitted they had kept the woman’s corpse in an ice cream freezer for two days. The man later took his own life in a police holding cell. Police are still investigating whether the woman died of natural causes. before burying it — all so they could continue withdrawing Holocaust reparations and other monthly payments from her bank account.
