Up until now, women could join other undercover units in the organization, but under the revised position, prospective female recruits would be allowed to join if they meet the relevant criteria for other applicants and only if there is more than one woman who passes the threshold.
According to the sources, the US could ostensibly conduct business as usual, but in practice slow down shipments by creating many bureaucratic hurdles without explicitly saying it was delaying deliveries.
Army spokesman Daniel Hagari said senior Hamas terrorists have regrouped inside the Shifa hospital and are using it to command attacks against Israel. He added humanitarian effort to provide food, water and other supplies to the patients and civilians was also underway.
Conversations with current and former officials in the Shin Bet, the General Staff, Military Intelligence, and Southern Command – the four agencies involved in trying to understand the intelligence picture of October 7 – recount the main events in the critical hours, for which the word “fateful” is an understatement.
The volatility in the number of Palestinian workers and the dependence of the construction industry’s regular operation on the arrival of such workers present an extremely harmful combination.
