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Trump's Middle East envoy echoes Israel's dismissal of the Palestinian terror group's response

Hamas said it agreed to release Edan Alexander and the bodies of four other slain captives

After delays out of consideration for hostages returning from captivity, including those who came back in coffins, the IDF probe into the disaster that occurred on October 7 was presented to Nir Oz

The report claimed Israe is 'deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians and imposing measures intended to prevent births'

'If Trump's words represent a step back from any idea of expelling Gaza residents, then these statements are welcome'

'The Iranian regime leveraged the Foxtrot Network to carry out attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets in Europe, including the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, in January 2024'

Hamas 'welcomes' Donald Trump backtracking on his call for Palestinians to be sent out of the Gaza Strip for reconstruction effort to build his 'Riviera of the Middle East'

Captives returning in the exchange deal brought a letter, with the returnees providing information about Avinatan Or and the conditions in which he is held.

'The terrorist organization Hamas spares no means to cynically use civilians and children to advance a policy of terror' • The child was safely returned to Gaza following this incident.

Israel has recently increased its intelligence operations in the Gaza Strip, according to a Saudi report • The IDF destroyed the West Bank home of the terrorist who murdered Amnon Mukhtar in June 2024

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met in Riyadh to discuss the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, with Rubio stressing that Hamas must not remain in power

This comes after the US reached out to Hamas for direct talks, sidelining other mediators and Israel

'A comprehensive agreement to return all kidnapped is possible and is the duty of the Israeli government to its citizens who remain in the Hamas tunnels,' the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said

Israel 'will use all tools at our disposal to ensure the return of all hostages, and we will ensure that Hamas is no longer in Gaza after the war,' Energy Minister Eli Cohen said

It is estimated that the number of wounded and disabled veterans will significantly increase due to cases of post-trauma that are yet to be diagnosed

'We are establishing a migration administration... The budget will not be an obstacle'

A source involved in negotiations said progress has been made in the talks to continue the ceasefire into the 2nd stage, with Hamas indicating it is willing to accept another body administering Gaza

Adding that the coming week will make it clearer whether the U.S. envoy's effort will bear fruit

A fragile truce between the sides is hanging in the balance, with Israel and the Palestinian jihadists far apart on whether to continue talks

The weapons and the rocket launchers in the military sites posed an immediate threat, the IDF said, and "constituted a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon"

The Houthis are the last proxy of Iran still launching attacks against Israel since the defeat of Hezbollah in Lebanon and the fall of the Assad regime in Syria

Videos of jihadist atrocities circulating on social media as some Alawites call on Israel to intervene militarily on their behalf

"We are shaken by the video we just saw, in which we see our Matan looking drained and desperate after 518 days in Hamas’s tunnels"