Saturday, February 1, 2025

Israel At War Mitzei Shabbos Feb 1

 Israel at war day 484

- Hostages Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel, Ofer Calderon freed after 484 days in Hamas captivity. 

- Relatives of the Bibas family on Friday said they face “very complex days” — with Yarden, 35, set to be released by Hamas on Saturday, but his wife Shiri, 34, and their sons Ariel, 5, and Kfir, 2, still held hostage in Gaza.

-Yarden Bibas reportedly says Hamas taunted him about Shiri and kids; he’s clinging to hope
Keith Siegel, Ofer Calderon also said mistreated

-Netanyahu said to decide not to send team to Qatar until his Trump meeting, putting truce at risk

-Netanyahu, Witkoff agree to meet in DC on Monday to launch talks on truce’s 2nd phase

- Hostage deal with Hamas raises 'suspicions,' says former Israeli Navy official
hope there is nothing in this agreement that allows Hamas to remain in power. Their sudden generosity over

-So far, 17 live hostages have been released back to Israel in the current deal. 
79 hostages remain in Gaza
20 are expected to return in Phase I 
24 live hostages will remain in Gaza after Phase I 
35 dead hostages will remain in Gaza after Phase I

- NYT reported today that the Trump administration is looking into lifting the restriction imposed by Biden and Blinken on a shipment of 24,000 rifles ordered by Israel for national guard and community defense units.

1 comment:

  1. The remaining hostages will probably be murdered by Hamas operatives / guards who oppose these types of hostage release without Israel (c"v) ceasing fire permanently (of course, they won't cease fire.

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