Israel has taken control of the Hamas stronghold in the northern part of Gaza, in the Jabalia camp, while Islamic Jihad showed on video two hostages, an elderly woman and a 13-year-old boy, who will be released ‘for humanitarian reasons’ . The Israeli military will allow four-hour pauses in fighting to allow the safe evacuation of civilians.
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Netanyahu: “We are not trying to govern Gaza or occupy it”
Netanyahu’s plan
In an interview with Fox News, Benjamin Netanyahu explained his plan: “I think it is clear what the future of Gaza will have to be. Hamas will go, we must destroy Hamas, not only for our own good, but for the good of all. “for the good of civilization, for the good of the Palestinians and the Israelis.” According to the Israeli prime minister, Gaza will need to be demilitarized, deradicalized and reconstructed.
Netanyahu: “We are not trying to govern Gaza or occupy it”
“We are not trying to govern Gaza, we are not trying to occupy it, but we are trying to give it, as well as ourselves, a better future.” Benjamin Netanyahu said this in an interview with Fox News. The Israeli prime minister added that military operations in the Strip are going “exceptionally well.”
Number of UNRWA employees killed rises to 99
99 employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the conflict with Israel on October 7. This was made known by UNRWA communications director Juliette Touma in an interview with the BBC. The UN agency “is currently helping more than 700,000 people in 150 of its shelters,” she explained. “We have no supplies, there is no fuel: we need a humanitarian ceasefire to allow us to operate.”
Israel used Arrow 3 air defense for a missile launched from Yemen
“The Israeli Air Force yesterday used the Arrow 3 air defense system to intercept a missile launched in Eilat by the Houthis in Yemen.” The Jerusalem Post reports it.

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Israel: Hezbollah infrastructure attacked in Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson announced this afternoon that fighter jets recently attacked Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon, in response to today’s airstrikes against Israel.
Media: one of the missing from the October 7 massacre was murdered
“The family of Oren Goldin, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak who disappeared after the devastating Hamas attack on October 7, has been informed that he was killed during the attack by the terrorist group that rules Gaza.” The Times of Israel writes, specifying that Goldin was 33 years old and leaves behind his wife and his two-year-old twins.
Biden: “Two humanitarian corridors in Gaza”
“For weeks I have been talking to Israel’s leaders about the importance of humanitarian pauses. And today there will be humanitarian corridors that will allow people to escape the hostile areas of Gaza.” Joe Biden writes this in