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HOSTAGES🎗️
- Hamas and Islamic Jihad met in Qatar, and announce – the ceasefire talks have collapsed: „Any negotiation should include a complete withdrawal of the IDF from the Strip.”
- US President Biden spoke with Netanyahu last night urging him to be more flexible on Philadelphi border corridor in order to reach a deal.
- According to an Egyptian Source to Ynet; the New Political Leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar has asked for Guarantees during Ceasefire Negotiations with Israel, that he will not be Targeted for Assassination.
- The Lebanese al-Akhbar newspaper reports about one of the proposals discussed: to bring UN observers to the Philadelphi and Netzarim corridors during the first stage of the deal.
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ISRAEL 🇮🇱 LEBANON 🇱🇧 GAZA, JUDEA & SAMARIA (so called West bank)
- Israel struck in Sidon in southern Lebanon the terrorist Khalil Al-Maqdah, involved in terrorist activities in Judea and Samaria.
- IDF launches ‘extensive’ strikes against Hezbollah in 10 areas of southern Lebanon, following day of more than 100 rockets raining on Israel, wounding 1 and causing heavy damage
- Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, former head of the Military Intelligence, said Wednesday in his resignation speech, that he was responsible for not providing a warning ahead of October 7 terror onslaught.
- Security forces arrest four suspects including three adults and one minor, who are suspected of being involved in several attacks against Palestinians, including the attacks last Thursday in village Jit
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IRAN 🇮🇷
- Iran’s mission to the UN: „The timing, conditions, and manner of Iran’s response will be meticulously orchestrated to ensure that it occurs at a moment of maximum surprise“.
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USA 🇺🇸
- The parents of the kidnapped Hersh Goldberg-Polin has spoken at the Democratic convention in Chicago, chanting ‘Bring them home,’ tens of thousands applaud Goldberg-Polins’
- „After 50 years fighting antisemitism in America, I could not have imagined a time Jews would have to meet in secret locations in Chicago at Democratic Party National Convention,” Holocaust survivor and former Antidefamation League director Abraham Foxman said.
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CANADA 🇨🇦
- More than 100 synagogues, Jewish organizations, and doctors in multiple cities across Canada were on high alert after they received the same threatening email Wednesday.
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
- Israel’s national carrier El Al will offer a set price for flights to four international destinations. Flights to Cyprus will be on sale for $199, to Athens for $299, to Vienna and Dubai for $349.
Sources: Israel Realtime, The Jerusalem Post, Haáretz, Israel National News, 1 Jewish Breaking News © ICEJ Slovakia; peter.svec@icej.sk