1️⃣0️⃣8️⃣ HOSTAGES 🎗️
• The Israeli army and the Shin Bet on Tuesday freed from Rafah Israeli-Bedouin hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi, who had been held by Hamas since October 7. https://lnk.sk/ygt4
• US says talks still moving ahead but ‘up to those in the room’ when deal is reached.
HIZBALLÁH (LIBANON 🇱🇧) ⏳ IZRAEL 🇮🇱
• US Did Not Help Israel Shoot Down Incoming Rockets, Drones From Hezbollah, Pentagon Says.
• 90% of the launches carried out by Hezbollah Sunday were launched from the heart of a civilian population, near civilian facilities – mosques, schools, UN compounds, and more.
• Evacuees from the north are VERY angry that IDF only performed a major strike against Hezbollah once Tel Aviv was threatened. In a sarcastic response, a number of towns have replaced their town signs with “Tel Aviv”.
• Halevi: IDF working to return displaced northern residents ‘as quickly as possible’.
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IRÁN 🇮🇷
• Iran’s Top Diplomat Vows ‘Definitive, Calculated’ Response to Killing of Hamas Chief Haniyeh.
• Iran’s Khamenei backs resumption of nuclear talks with ‘enemy’ US
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IZRAEL 🇮🇱 LEBANON 🇱🇧 GAZA, JUDEA & SAMARIA (tzv. Západný breh)
• IDF drone strikes a terror operations center in Tulkarm area 5 terrorists eliminated, at least 1 (another report says 3) released in the last hostage deal.
• Multiple semi-official statements that the IDF has started a major multi-week counter-terror operation throughout Judea-Samaria.
• Notice from Israeli health professionals – the polio vaccine sent to Gaza by the UN WHO is an experimental live attenuated vaccine that has the possibility of spawning actual polio cases – which can then spread.
• Former hostage reveals Hamas terrorists tried to push her to convert to Islam, extorted her family. Former hostage Moran Stella revealed that during her captivity, her kidnappers demanded a ransom from her father and psychologically tortured her family.
• Cabinet ministers warn Ben Gvir endangering Israel with ‘reckless’ Temple Mount moves.
• PA health ministry: 1 killed, 3 injured after settlers opened fire in village near Bethlehem.
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USA 🇺🇸
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of US Staff says risk of broader war ‘somewhat’ abated after Israel-Hezbollah clash.
• Omar, Ocasio-Cortez Swipe at Biden Admin Over Israel Support, Demand Arms Embargo to Stop ‘Genocide’.
• Anti-Israel activists vandalize Cornell University on first day of class
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FRANCE🇫🇷
• Antisemitic Incidents in France Up 200% This Year, Interior Minister Warns After Attempted Synagogue Arson.
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GERMANY🇩🇪
• Germany Returns Painting Stolen for Hitler’s Museum to Heirs of Jewish Owner.
Sources: Israel Realtime, The Jerusalem Post, Ha’aretz a The Times of Israel
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