In the cover image, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not too smiling after the removal of his prostate for a benign tumor, and the innocent children of Gaza who play smiling deep in their hearts despite the mutilation of their legs (video below)

Since the conflict in Gaza began on October 7, on average more than 10 children a day have lost a limb. Furthermore, due to the paralysis of the health system caused by the conflict, many of the amputations have been performed without any anesthesia. Save the Children reported this in January 2024, then they even lost count of those killed…

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Final hurdles said cleared for hostage-ceasefire deal, cabinet set to meet to approve

The Israeli security cabinet was set to approve the deal this morning, but the meeting was delayed after the Prime Minister’s Office accused Hamas of reneging on parts of the agreement.

«The meeting will reportedly be held tomorrow morning, though it has not yet been confirmed» Times of Israel reports.

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli vows to resign from the government if Israel withdraws from the Philadelphi Corridor along the border between Gaza and Egypt before the war goals are achieved, as sources were quoted as saying the final issues in a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas had been resolved.

A senior diplomatic official confirmed earlier today that Israel had not agreed to gradually pull out of the Philadelphi Corridor from the start of the ceasefire and that IDF troops would remain in the area “throughout the entire first stage, all 42 days.”

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Israel was still holding off on Thursday afternoon from officially declaring that a ceasefire-hostage release deal announced a day earlier by mediators had been reached with Hamas, insisting that details remained to be finalized and that Hamas was throwing last-minute wrenches into the negotiations.

Mossad chief David Barnea, the head of Israel’s negotiating team who was dispatched to Doha on Saturday night, was still in the Qatari capital as of Thursday afternoon, according to an official familiar with the talks.

An Israeli official not from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office suggests that the premier is making announcements about breakdowns in negotiations and holding off on announcing the agreement his negotiating team signed off on yesterday while he works to keep his coalition intact.

“The Israeli cabinet will not convene [to approve the deal] until the mediators notify Israel that Hamas has accepted all elements of the agreement,” Netanyahu stressed in a previous statement.

Israeli forces have launched a new wave of deadly airstrikes across Gaza Strip

In a blatant violation of the ceasefire, the Israeli occupation forces have launched a new wave of deadly airstrikes across the besieged Gaza Strip, killing and injuring dozens of Palestinians.

Israel intensified its airstrikes across Gaza shortly after the ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced, Reuters reported, citing the civil emergency service and residents in the enclave.

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, there have been 81 deaths in the last 24 hours.


«The carnage continued throughout the night, with Israeli warplanes striking homes in the Shujaiya neighborhood and the vicinity of the Patient Friends Association Hospital. Two young girls were killed in these attacks. Rescue teams later recovered five bodies and over 10 injured individuals from the rubble of a bombed house in al-Rimal» Al Manar Lebanese newspaper has written..

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Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partner National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has threatened to bolt the government if the deal announced yesterday is approved, while Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, leader of religious Zionism party, is said to be weighing a similar move.

Right-wing protesters demonstrated Wednesday night and Thursday against a deal for a truce in the Gaza war that would see the release of at least some of the Israeli hostages held by terror groups in the Palestinian enclave, warning that the terms of the agreement may endanger national security by releasing many convicted Palestinian terrorists while leaving some hostages in captivity and Hamas intact.

The Israeli official acknowledges to The Times of Israel that details are still being finalized in negotiations but insists that the disagreements are relatively minor and will be solved in the coming hours.

The US is aware of last-minute issues closing the final details of a ceasefire-hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas that was announced yesterday, according to White House national security spokesperson John Kirby, who nevertheless expresses confidence that the agreement will begin to be implemented on Sunday.

Hamas has rejected claims by Netanyahu that it is creating a last-minute “crisis”

The Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement this morning accusing Hamas of backing out of some agreements and creating a “crisis” in finalizing the deal.

“Hamas is reneging on agreement and creating a last-minute crisis that prevents an agreement from being reached. Hamas is abandoning the clear agreements reached with the mediators and with Israel in an attempt to exert pressure at the last minute,” the statement said.

Palestinian armed group Hamas has rejected claims by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that it is creating a last-minute “crisis” in finalizing the deal to release the hostages held in Gaza.

On Wednesday, US President-elect Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had struck an agreement securing the release of the remaining hostages. According to multiple media outlets, the agreement approved in Qatar involves a 42-day truce and an exchange of prisoners, including all Israelis taken captive in the October 7, 2023 Hamas incursion into the country.

“Hamas is committed to the ceasefire agreement, which was announced by the mediators,”Izzat al-Risheq, a senior member of the group’s political bureau, said in a post on Telegram on Thursday.

Hostage families: “Only Netanyahu responsible if the agreement collapses”

The families of the hostages at the Haim Forum, referring to the announcement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office that “Hamas is retracting its agreements”, stated that “neither Hamas nor Ben Gvir, but Benjamin Netanyahu, will be responsible for any further obstruction to the return of the hostages”.

According to the families, “the agreement must be started immediately in all its phases”.

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum calls on the public to gather at Tel Aviv’s so-called Hostages Square, as the nation waits for confirmation from Israel on a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas that was announced yesterday.

“These are critical and moving hours for us and for the entire nation of Israel,” the forum says in a statement.

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