The IDF claims that Hamas terrorists brutally murdered Israeli children Ariel and Kfir Bibas during their kidnapping in 2023. Hamas alleges that the children were killed in an Israeli airstrike, but the IDF insists that they were murdered with bare hands. The IDF spokesperson stated that the bodies of the children were returned in a cruel ceremony, but their mother, Shiri, remains missing. Israel is demanding the swift return of Shiri Bibas’s body. The claims have yet to be independently verified.
In response to the explosions on empty Israeli buses in the West Bank, Benjamin Netanyahu has authorized an increase in troop numbers and new operations. The large-scale military operation, which began after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza, has resulted in casualties and displacement of Palestinians. Israel claims the operations are in response to rising militant attacks.
Meanwhile, an 18-year-old ethnic Chechen has been arrested in Berlin for allegedly planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy. In Saudi Arabia, Arab and Gulf leaders discussed an Egyptian proposal that excludes Hamas from governing Gaza. US allies Saudi Arabia and UAE have emphasized the need for a Palestinian state coexisting with Israel. Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi left the meeting after discussing alternatives to the Trump plan for displacement of Palestinians from Gaza. Sinn Féin boycotted a visit to Washington DC in protest of Trump’s stance on Gaza, while Irish premier Micheál Martin emphasized the importance of engaging with the US administration.
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