A source close to the Goldin family said, “Please do not state definitively that Hadar has been returned to Israel; it cannot be known for certain yet.” Earlier, a senior political source condemned the delay in the return of Lt. Hadar Goldin to Israel, calling it a “serious violation.”
Hamas has decided that now is the time to return Lt. Hadar Goldin, in an apparent bid to help some 200 of its members trapped in tunnels beneath Rafah, in territory currently controlled by Israel. At the same time, tensions are mounting in southern Lebanon as the IDFs step up strikes on Hezbollah targets.
Lt. Hadar Goldin was captured and held by Hamas during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. Israel awaits transfer details as senior officials visit the Goldin family.
The head of Iran’s Water Industry Federation says most of Tehran’s reservoirs are empty or nearly depleted and criticizes President Pezeshkian for reacting too late to a looming ecological disaster.
From the threat of Trump to the ayatollahs' nuclear program, Tehran is still refraining from returning to it full force. However, what Israel defines as its “second existential threat” is already in the process of rebuilding. The path to miscalculation could be dangerously short.
