Israel At War Thurs January 23

 Israel at war day 475

- Mother of Hostage Agam Berger who is expected to be released on shabbos from Gaza said she will not be mechalel shabbos in order to see her daughter and will wait until shabbos is over per her discussions with rabbis. She asked the Israeli media to refrain from desecrating shabbos with reporting on the release and not to take any pictures or videos until after shabbos.

- Trump warns that there will be consequences if the ceasefire in Gaza does not hold

- Hezbollah threatens: "Israel must withdraw completely from Lebanon since the 60-day ceasefire period will end Sunday. Any violation of the agreement will not be accepted."

- Israel threatens: If Arbel Yehud is not released on Shabbat - the IDF will not withdraw from the Netzarim axis 

- Hamas is expected to hand over to Israel this coming Shabbos a numerical figure of the living and dead hostages rather than a complete list of names detailing the condition of each hostage.

- Israel said to request 30 more days to complete IDF withdrawal from Lebanon

- Jenin, IDF kills 2 gunmen who shot 3 Israelis dead in terror attack this month. Over 12 terrorists killed so far in Jenin operation 

- The New York Times reports Senior Israeli officials: We may resume the war after the release of the remaining 30 hostages out of 100 in Gaza

- Hamas is expected to give an answer on the fate of the Bibas family tomorrow.

-Top officials from the US, Israel, and Egypt were reportedly already moving on the second stage of the Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal on Wednesday, some two weeks ahead of the scheduled date for the discussions to begin.

- Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. According to the US State Department, the purpose of the conversation was to make it clear that support for Israel is Trump's top priority

- Hamas is making big comeback in Gaza during ceasefire, expert warns(Jpost)

- Israel's political and security cabinet will convene tonight for a discussion ahead of the deadline set for completing the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon, which includes a full withdrawal of IDF forces from Lebanon in parallel with Hezbollah's withdrawal from the north of the Litani. The ministers will be required to decide how to act in the face of Hezbollah's violations and how to maintain the ceasefire agreement.

- Sky News in Arabic: “Iranian diplomats are using foreign airline planes to transfer money to the terrorist organization Hezbollah - this follows Israel's supervision of Iranian airlines. Hezbollah desperately needs Iranian money, especially in light of the cutoff of funding through Syria.