Israel At War Thurs July 3

 Israel at war day 636

- Hamas responds affirmarive to Quatar ceasefire deal

- Iran won't retaliate against U.S. — but will keep enriching uranium, top official says

- Edan Alexander's words after meeting with President Trump: "I came to thank those who signed a measure that saved my life, and I was very excited to be in the White House, where my parents were many times during the struggle for my release, and this time with them. I told the most powerful man in the world what I went through and what my friends there are going through, and I asked him to continue to do everything he can."

- President Donald Trump welcomes Edan Alexander, from Tenfly, NJ the American citizen held hostage by Hamas for 584 days, to the White House. He told President Trump that the moment Hamas learned he had won the election, they began to treat him better.

- According to sources, Israel was recently informed that the next round of nuclear talks would be held in Oslo, Norway's capital. Israel has presented its red lines, including the monitoring of nuclear sites and the prevention of enrichment.

- New York Times:  The proposed hostage deal includes the release of 10 live hostages and the return of 18 bodies in five stages during a 60-day ceasefire, in exchange for the release of terrorists. Hamas would be required not to hold filmed “release ceremonies” for the hostages as it has done in the past.

-The IDF has detained 400 terrorists from six separate terror cells in the past month during military operations in the West Bank.

- The families of Gaza hostages Bar Abraham Kupershtein and Maxim Herkin on Thursday released a short clip from the first sign of life they received in a Hamas propaganda video three months ago."We are dying here with a pulse, we don't feel human,"  "We are again 30 meters underground." They said.

About a month later, an additional sign of life was published by Hamas, showing Herkin alone. The families initially refused to allow the publication of the videos. Still, they were released by the forum on Thursday, “To sound the cry of the hostage families in the face of the possibility of a partial deal involving cruel selections, separating one blood from another. All 50 hostages and the hostage are humanitarian cases—some of them in life-threatening situations, and others at risk of being lost forever."

- For the first time since October 7, Netanyahu visited Kibbutz Nir Oz, a quarter of whose residents were murdered or kidnapped during the massacre.

- PM Netanyahu: “I visited Mossad headquarters last night, along with Mossad Director Dedi Barnea and the organization's senior forum. I thanked them from the bottom of my heart for their tremendous contribution to Operation "Am Kalavi," and to the security of the State of Israel over the years. The Mossad is a supreme force of the State of Israel, operating quietly, but powerfully. In the latest operation, under the leadership of Dedi Barnea, the Mossad demonstrated an uncompromising commitment to eliminating the Iranian threat and precisely striking the leaders of knowledge.

- The Saudi Al-Hadath channel reports from its "unknown sources" that about ten thousand Hezbollah terrorists have been completely deactivated since October 7.

The sources stated that more than four thousand Hezbollah members were killed in the recent war, including military commanders and operatives, in addition to senior political figures. The sources added that the estimated number of Hezbollah operatives today is 60,000. According to them, 2,000 Hezbollah operatives left the organization following the elimination of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah.