The anti-Israel wave across the US has made life unbearable for Jewish students. "We will not allow our haters to do as they please," Liat, a doctoral student, tells Israel Hayom.

"We have received reports that passers-by have been confronted, surveilled, and followed. Such actions are indefensible," Interim Harvard President Garber writes.

"The war cabinet unanimously decided that Israel continue the operation in Rafah to exert military pressure on Hamas in order to advance the release of our hostages and the other goals of the war," Netanyahu's office said in a statement.

At issue is the sale of up to 6,500 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) – kits that enable unguided bombs to be precision-guided – according to officials familiar with the proposed deal worth as much as $260 million. Congress first learned in January about the potential sale, but the Biden administration has not moved forward with the deal since then.

Both were fighters in the 6551 Reconnaissance Battalion, part of the Half Fire Formation (551).