In order to achieve peaceful coexistence, years of re education are necessary, prior to forming a two state solution for two peoples.
It can be done with the “right“ leadership. Personally, I’d like to have Yair Golan, as Prime Minister!
Current news from Haaretz.
The IDF said it struck across Gaza after armed militants attacked Israeli forces in the southern part of the Strip, and that two soldiers were killed in the attack. Hamas said it is committed to the cease-fire with Israel and that it has no contact with militants located in the area where the clashes took place. U.S. President Trump said that if Hamas does not disarm, “we’ll have to do it for them.” The U.S. said it received “credible reports” that Hamas plans to attack Gazans in the Strip, and that the U.S. will act “to preserve the integrity of the cease-fire” if necessary. Israel identified two bodies returned from Gaza overnight as slain hostages Ronen Engel and Sonthaya Oakkharasri. Hamas said it would return one more hostage’s body “if ground conditions permit” Get full access to Haaretz now – just $1 for the first month. Save 28% off a yearly subscriptionSubscribe now
- The IDF announced that two soldiers were killed in the attack: Major Yaniv Kula, 26 and and Staff Sgt. Itay Yavetz, 21.
- Arab media reported airstrikes in southern Gaza’s Rafah, in Jabalya, Nuseirat and Deir al-Balah. Gazan medics said 13 Palestinians were killed, mostly in central Gaza. According to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, 68,159 people have been killed in the Strip since the beginning of the war on October 7, 2023. The ministry added that Israel has handed over the bodies of 15 Palestiniansvia the International Red Cross on Sunday, and that a total of 150 bodies were handed over by Israel since the start of the cease-fire. According to the ministry, some of the bodies showed signs of being beaten.
- Later on Sunday, the IDF issued an “urgent warning” to Gazans not to cross the “yellow line” – the temporary border line behind which the IDF has deployed following the cease-fire agreement. A senior military official told Haaretz that Hamas has breached the agreement several times by attacking Israel beyond the “yellow line.”
- Hamas responded by sayingit is committed to the cease-fire, and that it has “no connection” to the attack on Israeli forces, which was in an area “under Israeli control, and we cannot communicate with any of our fighters there.” Senior Hamas official Izzat al-Risheq said that Israel “continues to violate the agreement,” and that PM Netanyahu is being pressured by his “extremist terrorist coalition.”
- Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz said he and Netanyahu “instructed the IDF to act forcefully against Hamas’ terror targets in Gaza” following the clashes, adding that “if the message is not understood, the intensity of the reactions will increase.” Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called on Israel to renew the war “in full force.”
- Egypt will host an international conference to discuss Gaza’s rehabilitation in November, President al-Sissi said, adding that he has tasked Egypt’s PM with collecting donations from citizens to finance the reconstruction.
“Qatar, the country that served Hamas before and after October 7 as a source of funding and propaganda, and Turkey of the Muslim Brotherhood, are now in charge of “the day after” in Gaza, instead of Saudi Arabia and the UAE. This situation is a real security threat to Israel. And it isn’t a technical error, it’s a result of a continuation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy of dereliction of duty. It’s a very serious diplomatic failure on his part, which isn’t the result of an oversight, but of a deliberate and conscious policy” – Yair Golan