October 7th six months ago that hamas fighters stormed into towns and that they then took more than 250 hostages and killed more than 1000 people. The attack sparked whats become the deadliest and most destructive israel gaza war, killing over Thirty Thousand palestinians according to the Hamas Run Health Ministry. The un says it gaza is now on the brink of famine. Here in israel, the hostages are described as an open wound. There are there a re protests there are protests across tel aviv demanding that the government does more to bring hostages home. Their anger was intensified by news that our body was recovered in another military operation. Elad katzir was taken on october and seventh, along with his mother and father. His father was murdered that day, and his mother was released that was released in november as part of a temporary ceasefire deal. Pressure is mounting on negotiators to try and achieve a more lasting ceasefire. Indirect talks between israel and hamas have resumed in
Allison Kaplan Sommer is a journalist at israeli newspaper, haaretz, and host of the haaretz podcast. I asked her about the pressure on the Israeli Government to rescue hostages held in gaza the israelis are not eager to see the war over without any guarantee that this is going to create a sense of security on its that this is going to create a sense of security on its southern and northern borders. There is definitely increasing pressure led by Hostage Families for them to reach a deal which returns to israel. ~. , reach a deal which returns to israel. ~. , israel. What has been said . There has been a israel. What has been said . There has been a lot israel. What has been said . There has been a lot of israel. What has been said . There has been a lot of pressure israel. What has been said . There has been a lot of pressure by israel. What has been said . There| has been a lot of pressure by allies when it comes to the amount of civilian deaths, as well as the deaths of eight workers
From within his own party to pause arms sales to israel. Nearly forty Congressional Democrats have signed a Letter Calling for no further weapons to be sent until a full investigation is completed into mondays air strike on an aid convoy in gaza. It says the strike on the trucks along with the ever worsening humanitarian crisis in gaza makes It Unjustifiable to approve further weapons deliveries. The politicians who have signed the letter include one of mr biden s key allies the former speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. This letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigation into that israeli strike on aid workers. On friday, the idf published the findings of an investigation into the deadly attack. Britain has echoed calls by the Charity World central kitchen for an independent review. Of those seven aid workers killed, three were british nationals. The British Foreign secretary, lord cameron, said london would carefully revi
The politicians who have signed the letter include one of mr biden s key allies the former speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. Now this letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigation into the israeli drone strike that killed seven aid workers. Thats after the idf published its first account of mondays deadly attack. Britain has echoed calls by the Charity World central kitchen for an independent review into the strike on its convoy of vehicles. Of those seven aid workers killed three were british nationals. The British Foreign secretary, lord cameron, said london would carefully review the initial report by the israeli military. He welcomed the suspension of two senior israeli officers as a first step, but said israel must publish its findings in full. And within the past couple of hours, australias foreign minister, penny wong, said the Australian Government expects full accountability over the deaths. This has been a dead
The lessons of the Korean War should not be forgotten. It is a graphic demonstration of the ruthlessness with which US imperialism will pursue its economic and strategic interests with complete disregard for human life and suffering.