1️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ HOSTAGES 🎗️
- Hamas will not accept the Israeli proposal for ceasefire of 10 to 12 days in the Gaza Strip, in exchange for the release of 5 of the hostages which the Egyptians have been pushing for…
- …there is no change in the position of Hamas: general ceasefire and the withdrawal of the IDF from the Gaza Strip BEFORE the release of any hostages.
- Authorities in Tehran released a blood-splattered mural depicting photos of Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 with the text “no hostage will be released” in Hebrew. https://lnk.sk/cwjk
- Mossad chief David Barnea will travel to Doha on Sunday to try to restart discussions on a deal to release Israeli hostages held in Gaza. https://lnk.sk/gvjs
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IRAN 🇮🇷 ⏳ ISRAEL 🇮🇱
- Israel has been forced to delay a potential retaliatory attack on Iran after details of the planning were leaked from the US https://lnk.sk/mygw
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has asked the Iranian military to prepare response scenarios to a potential Israeli attack, according to a Thursday New York Times report, citing four Iranian officials…
- …Iran’s response scenario could include a potential barrage of up to 1,000 ballistic missiles, further attacks by Iranian proxies, and interference in shipping in the Persian Gulf…
- …they warn Iran will attack if there is significant damage or casualties, but may stay its hand if Israel only targets a limited number of military sites and weapons depots. https://lnk.sk/tve2 ; https://lnk.sk/fdx1
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LEBANON 🇱🇧
- Five Israeli reserve soldiers were killed and four were seriously wounded during fighting in southern Lebanon last night https://lnk.sk/nout
- After clearing Lebanese village, IDF troops say weapons found in nearly every home. ’They were completely ready for another October 7,’ says IDF reservist. ‘We also found Nazi flags and Hitler statues’ (reportage) https://lnk.sk/rhqw
- IDF says troops found some 3,200 explosive devices, 2,500 anti-tank missiles, RPGs in south Lebanon (video in article) https://lnk.sk/tgvy
- Israel strikes Beirut suburbs, members of press team killed in Hasbaya hit; the airstrikes came approximately two hours after IDF Arabic Spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued warnings to residents to evacuate; cameramen for Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV said among those killed in stirke https://lnk.sk/dwfs
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SAMARIA & JUDEA (tzv. Západný breh), GAZA
- IDF says it killed Hamas terorist Abu Itiwi included in a list of UNRWA employees and personnel, who led massacre at Re’im shelter; nearly 30 were in shelter when Hamas terrorists stormed it, hurling in grenades and firing on those inside; sixteen were murdered, four were kidnapped — including Hersh Goldberg-Polin and seven survived; UNRWA confirms Hamas Nukhba force commander killed in IDF strike was their staff member https://lnk.sk/pbs8 ; https://lnk.sk/cpby ; (video) https://x.com/manniefabian/status/1724410813660660175
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USA 🇺🇸 FRANCE🇫🇷
- US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham after call with Netanyahu: agreement to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia could be reached before the end of the year https://lnk.sk/forf
- Macron pledges $108 million at Lebanon aid confab, slams Israel for ‘sowing barbarism’
Source: The New York Times, Israel Realtime, The Times of Israel, Reuters, Britain’s The Times newspaper, The Jerusalem Post and the sources cited in each report
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