Israeli helicopters were seen landing at the Hatzerim base to prepare to pick up the 13 hostages that would be released at 4 p.m. local time, including many children. To prepare for them, small noise-canceling ear muffs were placed inside.
Is the PA a better partner than Hamas? Three decades have passed since the Oslo Accords, and yet, the Palestinian National Charter– an official document, not a Hamas document – still contains Article 20, a genocidal clause that erases the Jewish people from the family of nations and denies them the right to self-determination.
Undoubtedly, Hamas would like to see the ceasefire as a turning point in the conflict. It believes the halting of the fire will result in the IDF losing momentum and it gradually scaling back its operations through a series of limited ceasefires and restrictive conditions until a complete halt to hostilities is achieved. Simultaneously, Israel would lose legitimacy for high-intensity warfare, the international community would increase its diplomatic effort to strike a broader arrangement, and in the meantime, Hamas would recover.
The Rome-Jerusalem Summit on Global Antisemitism, at the initiative of Senator Giulio Terzi, was held at the Italian Senate...
The attacks come the day after the US struck the Iran-aligned Kataeb Hezbollah (KH) armed group south of Baghdad in an attack that KH said had left eight members dead.
