Why would Hamas possibly give up the remaining hostages or show any flexibility in negotiations if it will receive official recognition from major Western powers without having to do anything? Opinion.

<p>Senior Israeli officials say it is time to move toward a new framework that includes the release of all hostages and the disarmament of Hamas. They emphasize that continued intransigence by the terror organization necessitates a broader and more decisive approach to resolving the conflict and securing Israel’s strategic objectives in Gaza.</p>

From sunset until the time of the departure of Shabbat is a time shared by Shabbat and the fast. Before sunset one stops eating and drinking.

UK sees unprecedented voter turnout as five slates secure representation under newly revised mandate allocation and surplus vote redistribution rules.

<p>The family of the hostage Rom Braslavski, who appeared in a video published by the Islamic Jihad terror organization this evening, stated: “We are deeply shaken. People talk a lot about what is happening in Gaza, about hunger, and I want to ask everyone who spoke about hunger: Did you see our Rom? He is not receiving food, he is not receiving medicine. He has simply been forgotten there. Six minutes of video - that is all it took for Rom to break on camera. But Rom has been there for 664 days," his family stated.</p><p>According to the family, "They managed to break Rom. Even the strongest person has a breaking point. Rom is an example of all the hostages. They must all be brought home now.</p><p>"We are demanding an immediate meeting with security officials. We are demanding a meeting with the political and military leadership - from the head of Military Intelligence to the Minister of Defense to the Prime Minister. We don’t understand what they are doing all day in the Knesset committees - talking? debating? Rom has been there for almost two years, and no one has even called to update us."</p><p>They added: "We ask that Ambassador Witkoff see this video. And we make an urgent plea to President Trump: Bring our son home.”</p>

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As part of Operation Gideon’s Chariots, IDF destroys terror tunnel with weapons and living quarters just 5 km from Ashkelon–Sderot line.

<p>Today (Thursday), in accordance with the directives from the political echelon and as part of the cooperation between Israel, the UAE, Jordan and Egypt, the IDF, led by COGAT, is continuing the series of actions aimed at improving the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip.</p><p>Over the past few hours, 43 aid packages, containing food for the residents of both the southern and northern Gaza Strip, were airdropped.</p>