Israel At War Tuesday July 22

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- Israeli political source: Prime Minister Netanyahu held a situation assessment this evening with the negotiation team staying in Doha. 

- The gaps in the negotiations on the perimeter issue: Israel demands at least 1,200 meters deep into the perimeter, and Hams demands 800 meters—no more. It seems to be a solvable dispute. The Israeli proposal for the number of terrorists to be released: 125 lifetime prisoners and over 1,100 detainees imprisoned after October 7

-A sign of progress in the hostage negotiations. A US State Department spokeswoman, SOS Rubio, updated me that Witkoff is heading to the Middle East.

- The IDF presents real data in response to Hams’ campaign of “Gaza is starving.” :

 In the last two months, nearly 4,500 humanitarian aid trucks have been delivering aid to the Gaza Strip. 50% of the trucks delivered aid to the distribution centers of the American organization GHF, and 50% to the "complementary response" - meaning trucks intended to reach the warehouses of the UN and international organizations but are looted by the population in Gaza. The IDF claims: Hamas does not loot the trucks - instead, the Gaza crowd, the population. In the last month, 71 trucks have delivered aid daily to the Gaza Strip through the crossings.

- President Trump has recently said in private talks that the US has decided to stop trying to persuade Iran to hold talks about its nuclear program. "If they want - let them come. We will not try to persuade or beg," the American president said in several recent conversations, according to 2 sources who spoke with i24NEWS.

- Columbia University suspends, expels dozens of students for anti-Israel protests

-Amid claims by Hamas of unprecedented starvation in the Gaza Strip in recent days, a senior Israeli security official says that the military has not identified famine, but stresses that actions need to be taken to "stabilize the humanitarian situation."

-A director of Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said Tuesday that 20 people in Gaza died from starvation in the previous 48 hours, in what he described as an “unprecedented” toll.

- Palestinian sources claimed to Al-Arabiya: the mediators are pushing to achieve a ceasefire agreement in Gaza in the coming days - but there is no progress in Doha regarding the maps and the Israeli withdrawal. Hamas insists on the entry of humanitarian aid through UN institutions.

-A IDF reserve soldier was killed during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday from a explosive device in a collapsed building in Rafah 

Vladimir Loza, 36, from Ashkelon. His baby face was known to every Israeli. In 2007, he was a Huggies baby in their commercial.

- Cabinet member Smotrich calls on PM Netanyahu to set an ultimatum for the "never-ending" negotiations with Hamas: accept the conditions within 24 hours or Israel will declare that the door is closed to a partial deal.

- The Trump administration pulls US out of UNESCO, citing its inclusion of 'State of Palestine' and support for 'woke' causes.

- IDF Chief of Staff: “The campaign in the Gaza Strip is one of the most complex that the IDF has experienced. We will continue to weaken and remove strategic capabilities from Syria and Hezbollah and maintain our freedom of action. The campaign against Iran is not over."

- Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claims he discussed the possibility of annexing parts of the Gaza Strip with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, while speaking at a Knesset conference called “The Gaza Riviera – from vision to reality.”

- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that the “horror” facing Palestinians in Gaza is unprecedented in recent years. “We need look no further than the horror show in Gaza  with a level of death and destruction without parallel in recent times,” he says in a speech to the UN Security Council.

- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says that the images of civilians being killed in Gaza during humanitarian aid distribution are “unbearable” and reiterates the European Union’s call for the safe and swift flow of humanitarian aid and respect for international law.

- Ambassador Huckabee: “Investigation reveals no damage to ancient church in Taybeh & investigation of origin of fire continues. I have NOT attributed the cause of fire to any person or group as we don't know for sure.  The press has.  I have said that regardless, it was crime & deserves consequences.”