Israel News Sunday November 2

Day 758

- Remains of 5 deceased hostages Asaf Hamami, Omer Neutra and Oz Daniel returned to Israel  there are 8 hostages left.

- Trump: We received the body of the IDF soldier, Israeli-American Omer Nautra. I spoke with his parents

- Trump: Hamas could be taken out immediately if they don't behave. They know that. If they don't behave, they're going to be taken out immediately."

- Trump on PM Netanyahu: "He's a very talented guy. He's a guy that's never been pushed before... I don't think they treat him very well... I pushed him. I didn't like certain things that he did, and you saw what I did about that."

- The Red Cross has handed over the coffins of three deceased hostages to an IDF and ISA unit within the Gaza Strip. They are currently being transported to Israeli territory ahead of the identification process.

- Update Police say that ex-military advocate general Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi is alive and well, after she was missing since this morning.

- IDF Major General Tomer-Yerushalmi left a letter, and her vehicle was found abandoned on the beach. The police fear for her life. She was about to be arrested for lying to the Supreme Court and covering up an investigation into leaks from her office.

- Israel is preparing for the possibility that Hamas may return the bodies of hostages tonight, after reports that Hamas located the bodies of three hostages in eastern Khan Younis

- The IDF attacked and eliminated four terrorists from the Radwan force in the Hezbollah terrorist organization - the person responsible for logistical support of the Radwan force in Hezbollah in southern Lebanon was eliminated

The partial remains of three bodies that Hamas handed over to Israel on Friday night via the Red Cross were assessed by Israeli authorities as not belonging to any hostages.

- Netanyahu says that there are two remaining Hamas pockets of Hamas in Israeli-controlled territory in Gaza, one in Rafah and one in Khan Younis. “They will be eliminated,” he promises.

- Netanyahu says that Hezbollah is looking to rearm.. We will not allow Lebanon to become a renewed front against us, and we will act as necessary.”

- Netanyahu The Houthis are a very significant threat. We will take whatever necessary steps to remove it.

- Senior Israeli official to Al-Arabiya: "There are serious assessments that Hezbollah has begun to restore its capabilities and has succeeded in smuggling hundreds of short-range rockets from Syria. We conveyed a message that we might attack the Dahieh again - if Hezbollah is not disarmed."

-The President of Iran: We are rebuilding our nuclear facilities - to be stronger. The knowledge is with our scientists; Russian structures will not be a problem. The expansion of the nuclear industry is intended to serve our people and improve national welfare, not to produce weapons

- United States Central Command posted a video of what it said was “suspected Hamas operatives looting an aid truck traveling as part of a humanitarian convoy delivering needed assistance from international partners to Gazans in northern Khan Yunis” 

One of the five soldiers indicted for abusing a Palestinian security detainee at the Sde Teiman military detention center accuses the military justice system of carrying out an unfair “drumhead court martial” against him and his fellow defendants..

- Netanyahu says prison abuse leak caused ‘enormous reputational damage to Israel,’ calls for inquiry

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the leak of footage showing ostensible abuse of a Palestinian prisoner at Sde Teiman “caused enormous reputational damage to Israel, to the IDF, and to our soldiers.”

“It is perhaps the most serious public-relations attack Israel has experienced since its founding I cannot recall one so concentrated and intense,“This requires an independent and impartial inquiry, and I expect that such an investigation will indeed take place.”

Military Advocate Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned from her post on Thursday after admitting that she had leaked a video that purportedly shows several Israeli soldiers severely beating and injuring a Palestinian terrorist at the Sde Teiman military detention facility in 2024.