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Centrist member of Israel’s war cabinet Benny Gantz issues ultimatum to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu On Saturday, he said he would leave the government if it did not soon develop a plan for the future of the war in Gaza. While Gantz’s departure will not topple the country’s emergency wartime government, it will further put pressure on the fragile coalition that has provided Mr Netanyahu’s far-right government with international legitimacy and It will make the Prime Minister more dependent on his leadership. A tough partner. Read the full story here.
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Khalil al-Daqran, a spokesman for Al-Aqsa Hospital in Nuserat, central Gaza, said the hospital received on Sunday the bodies of 30 people killed in Israeli night bombings. Asked about the attack in Nuserat, the Israeli military said it was taking “feasible precautions to mitigate civilian harm.”
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An estimated 800,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah since Israel launched its military offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, said Filippo Lazzarini, general commissioner of UNRWA, the United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees. Many of the relocatees have been displaced multiple times since the war began. Before Israel launched its offensive on May 6, more than 1 million Gazans had taken refuge in Rafah. On Saturday, the Israeli military said its forces were advancing on the city’s eastern suburbs.
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Israeli troops said Saturday they had recovered The body of Ron Binyamin, 53, an Israeli man held hostage in Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack. On the morning of the attack, Mr. Benyamin – a husband and father of two daughters – set out for Gaza. Cycling with friends near Be’eri, a small kibbutz near the Gaza border. Israeli military spokesman Maj. Gen. Daniel Hagari said Hamas militants killed Binyamin and brought his body back to Gaza, where his remains were recovered Thursday night along with those of the Israelis. shipped back to Gaza. Itzhak Grunt, Shani Locke and Amit Bouskila.
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Hostages and Missing Families Forum, A group representing relatives of those captured in the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel said a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday night attracted 100,000 people. The ambassadors to Israel from the United States, Britain, Germany and Austria all spoke and pledged to continue working to reach a deal to bring the hostages home.
