Israel at war day 183
- Another 4 soldiers killed in Gaza bringing total deaths to 260 since the ground operation began in Gaza
Ido Baruch,21 from Tel MundAmitai Even Shoshan,20, from Azriel
Reef Harush,20, from Kibbutz Ramat David
Ilai Zair,20, from Keidar
The four were killed after gunmen who came out of a tunnel in a destroyed building opened fire at troops carrying out a patrol along the IDF’s logistics route in Khan Younis, according to an initial military probe. The operatives apparently managed to flee back into the tunnel.
- Nancy Pelosi joined a group of Democratic lawmakers on Friday calling for President Joe Biden to halt weapons sales to Israel.
- The IDF said on Saturday its special forces had recovered the body of a hostage killed while being held captive in Gaza.Elad Katzir, a 47-year-old farmer from Kibbutz Nir Oz, was murdered by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ,) the army, and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) said in a joint statement, citing credible intelligence sources.
- Hezbollah took responsibility for downing the IDF drone earlier in the night.
The IDF struck sites near Janta in the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon early Sunday morning, just hours after an IDF drone was downed by a surface-to-air missile in Lebanon, according to Lebanese reports.
US President Joe Biden’s demand this week that Israel improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza and support a ceasefire drew sharp attacks both from frustrated political allies who said the US president did not go far enough and opponents who said he went too far. On Thursday in a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden threatened to condition US support for Israel’s offensive in Gaza against Hamas on its taking concrete steps to protect aid workers and civilians.
While many Democrats criticized Biden for not going far enough, some Republicans, who have generally been more supportive of military aid for Israel, lashed out at Biden for his change in tactic.
Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas accused Biden of making the shift to aid his reelection chances. “To help his polls in Michigan, Joe Biden just strengthened Hamas’s negotiating position. He effectively encouraged Hamas to hold out and not release the hostages. Shameful,” Cotton said on X on Friday.
The Republican-led House Rules Committee announced on Friday that it would consider a resolution that “opposes efforts to place one-sided pressure on Israel with respect to Gaza, including calls for an immediate ceasefire,” citing Biden’s statement and his administration’s decision not to use its UN Security Council veto to block a resolution calling for a ceasefire.
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