Hamas leadership announced last week that it will not agree to any ceasefire deal with Israel unless it ends the war inside Gaza and results in the complete withdrawal of IDF troops.
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ISRAEL STRIKE ON IRAN AN ‘OPENING BLOW,’ AND MUST BE FOLLOWED UP BY ADDITIONAL STRIKES: BEN-GVIR
Itamar Ben-Gvir, a politician from the Jewish Power party and Israel’s National Security Minister, said the Saturday attack on Iranian positions was “important as an opening blow,” but must be followed up because of a “historical obligation to remove the Iranian threat to destroy Israel.”
GAZA DEATH TOLL
As Israel increases its attacks on Lebanon, it simultaneously has increased its bombing campaign in Gaza, pushing the death toll up to 42,200, with 98,500 wounded and 11,000 missing. Experts say reconstruction of the enclave could take decades.
BLACKLISTED: PENTAGON, STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT ISRAELI WAR CRIMES IN PRIVATE SINCE START OF WAR
Internal emails among officials inside the Pentagon and U.S. State Department showed concerns about war crimes by the IDF in Gaza in the early stages of the war and that the rising death toll inside the enclave would hurt relations between Washington and other countries in the Middle East.
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, THEY TAKE YOU TO WAR: NETANYAHU RISES IN POLLS AS HE RAMPS UP WAR
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has benefited politically from his recent terror attacks in Lebanon, and polls show that his Likud party is the most popular in the country—after suffering a setback after the Hamas attack last year.
ISRAEL: PREVENTING IRANIAN WEAPONS FROM REACHING HEZBOLLAH A TOP PRIORITY
Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, the head of the Israeli Air Force, met with top officers at an airbase last week and said preventing Iranian weapons from reaching Hezbollah was the top priority as the IDF continues its aerial terror campaign in Lebanon.
NETANYAHU’S BIDEN BOSS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ignored U.S. President Joe Biden and the White House continues to provide Israel with funding and weapons without hesitation.
ISRAEL TALKS TOUGH, WARNS HEZBOLLAH THAT STRIKES WILL INCREASE UNTIL IT ‘UNDERSTANDS’
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said in a video statement on Sunday that Israel’s recent attacks on Lebanon should send a clear message to Hezbollah and that it should expect more strikes as long as residents in northern Israel can’t return to their homes.
HAMAS PROMISES INCREASE IN ‘MARTYRDOM OPERATIONS’ IN OCCUPIED CITIES
Hamas said last week that it plans to carry out a dramatic increase in “martyrdom operations” in the Occupied Territories amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza and Israel’s violent crackdown in the West Bank.
NEW YORK TIMES TRIES TO JUSTIFY ISRAEL’S MASSACRES IN WEST BANK BY BLAMING “MILITANT” PALESTINIANS
The New York Times last week justified Israel’s recent violent crackdown in the West Bank by assigning blame on Palestinians who fight back against IDF troops who protect “settlers” who have made life a living hell in the territory.