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1️⃣0️⃣8️⃣ HOSTAGES🎗️
- Hamas holds only around 20 Israeli hostages and these are being kept in handcuffs as human shields around Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, intelligence sources say.
- Released hostage Farhan Alkadi says another hostage Zalmanovich was with him, needed medical treatment and died due to not receiving it.
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IRAN 🇮🇷
- The Lebanese channel MTV reports: Iran’s response is imminent and is expected to occur within two or three days.
- The Pentagon has not issued any warning of an imminent Iranian attack against Israel within 24 to 48 hours.
- Iran has further increased its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium in recent months, according to a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) seen by AFP on Thursday.
- One person was killed and ten were injured in an explosion at a Revolutionary Guards facility in Isfahan. The official reason: explosion of a gas balloon.
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JUDEA & SAMARIA (so called. West Bank) counter-terror action
- The IDF’s recent counterterrorism operations highlight the growing threat of terror cells in Palestinian areas, while the surge in Jewish violence presents a challenge for Israeli security forces.
- Three terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire in the village of Zababida near Jenin on Friday morning
- UN Secretary General Guterres: calls for an immediate cessation of Israeli security activity in the West Bank.
- The representative of the Hamas in Lebanon said „The enemy will be surprised by the resistance of the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria.”
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ISRAEL 🇮🇱 LEBANON 🇱🇧 GAZA
- Cabinet approves IDF remaining in Philadelphi Corridor by a majority of eight, with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant objecting and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir abstaining.
- The Hamas Rafah Brigade has collapsed, and about 80% of the tunnels in the Philadelphi border corridor have been destroyed, senior IDF officials said.
- Hamas official Khaled Mashaal called on Wednesday for suicide bombing in Israel and the West Bank while delivering a speech at a conference in Turkey
- WHO Official Says Israeli Military Agrees to Gaza Humanitarian Pauses for Polio Shots on allowing the campaign to vaccinate 600,000 children after Gaza’s first case of polio
- Following the shooting of the UN vehicle: the World Food Organization suspends its activities in Gaza.
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EÚ 🇪🇺 USA 🇺🇸
- The European Union began the process of sanctioning two Israeli extremist ministers on Thursday, but consensus was lacking to implement it
- VP Kamala Harris says she won’t change US policy on arming Israel, stresses need for hostage deal
Sources: Israel Realtime, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel a Ha’aretz
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