The US Navy has reported the first loss of a manned aircraft since the start of operations against the Houthis, after a fighter jet fell from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman into the waters of the Red Sea. The incident occurred while ground crew members were towing the aircraft inside the carrier’s hangar bay and lost control, causing both the jet and the towing vehicle to plunge into the sea. One sailor sustained minor injuries.
From the late pope’s perspective, October 7 was an uprising of oppressed poor people that elicited a disproportionate response from the Jewish state, which, in his view, perpetrated genocide against innocent Palestinians.
Sources told Reuters that there is agreement on a long-term cease-fire in the besieged Gaza Strip, though several points of contention remain, including the disarmament of the terrorist organization Hamas.
Bar will conclude his term on June 15 after 35 years of service: "All systems collapsed, the Shin Bet failed to provide a warning". Bar addressed the fight for the agency’s independence: "Clarification is needed regarding institutional protections".
The second day of the JNS Conference, being held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem, is hosting senior political figures from Israel and the US, including US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.
