Israel News Sunday Oct 26

Day 751

- The IDF eliminated in Lebanon, a total of four terrorists in the last 24 hours, and seven in total since Friday

- Israel approved a Hamas representative to enter the yellow line together with the Red Cross to assist in locating bodies of hostages.

- Trump: We have a very strong PEACE in the Middle East, and I believe it has a good chance of being EVERLASTING. Hamas is going to have to start returning the bodies of the deceased hostages, including two Americans, quickly, or the other Countries involved in this GREAT PEACE will take action. Some of the bodies are hard to reach, but others they can return now and, for some reason, they are not. Perhaps it has to do with their disarming, but when I said, “Both sides would be treated fairly,” that only applies if they comply with their obligations. Let’s see what they do over the next 48 hours. I am watching this very closely.

- Qatar would contribute troops to Gaza peacekeeping force, Trump says sitting next to emir.

-Deputy chief of Hamas's political bureau, "We will enter new areas in Gaza on Sunday to search for bodies,"  Al Jazeera.

-Egyptian teams enter Gaza to help locate remains of slain hostages, there are 13 bodies remaining. The Egyptian team has entered Gaza with several engineering vehicles (bulldozers) and several Egyptian team members - with the aim of trying to locate hostages. 

- A senior IDF official to Channel 14 regarding the claim that the IDF is "subordinate" to the Americans in everything related to activity in Gaza: "This is not true. It is clear that the situation is sensitive and that they are interested in advancing. But we are not subordinate to them in any way. There is coordination and cooperation, but they do not have a veto, and we have no obligation to report or request approval."

- Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz: 60% of Hamas terror tunnels still exist.

"The disarmament of Gaza through the destruction of Hamas's terror tunn⁸els, alongside the disarmament of Hamas itself, is, in my view, the most important strategic goal for achieving victory in Gaza.

The most urgent moral mission is, of course, to bring all the fallen hostages home, and we will do everything to fulfill this sacred and important mission.

The overarching strategic mission to realize the great victory achieved by the heroic IDF fighters against Hamas terrorists in Gaza is the disarmament of Gaza through the complete destruction of the terror tunnels, 60% of which still exist, alongside the disarmament of Hamas.