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Dear A.,
The bodies of two more murdered hostages were returned to Israel last night, leaving 19 still in Hamas captivity.
The bodies belonged to Inbar Hayman, 27, and Sgt. Maj. Muhammad Al-Atrash, 39.
Inbar was the last female hostage held in Gaza; she was murdered at the Nova festival on October 7 and her body was taken into Gaza.
Sgt. Maj. Al-Atrash, an Israeli-Bedouin and father of 13, was a tracker in the IDF’s Northern Gaza Brigade. He was killed in combat on the morning of October 7 and his body kidnapped into Gaza.
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May their memories be a blessing.
Hamas is now claiming that it has returned all the bodies it can, but Israel has given the U.S. new intelligence refuting Hamas' claim.
"We don't see Hamas making maximum effort regarding the bodies. We know they can do more & we don't think anybody should give them any discounts," an Israeli official
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Under the terms of the peace agreement, Hamas is required to return all the hostages, including the bodies of all the murdered hostages.
"The Hamas terrorist organization is required to uphold its commitments to the mediators and return them as part of the implementation of the agreement. We will not compromise on this and will spare no effort until we return all of the fallen hostages, every last one of them," the Prime Minister's Office
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IDF soldiers at the ceremony for receiving the first four murdered hostages.
Meanwhile, President Trump
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reportedly said that if Hamas fails to uphold its side of the agreement, he will back further Israeli operations to enforce it: "Israel will return to those streets as soon as I say the word. If Israel could go in and knock the crap [out] of them, they’d do that."
And following continued reports out of Gaza that Hamas is carrying out executions of civilians, Trump
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said , "If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them."
The United States must continue to stand with Israel and increase the pressure on Hamas and its sponsors in Qatar, Turkey and Iran to fully comply with the ceasefire agreement.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
One year since Sinwar killed
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Exactly one year ago today, Hamas terrorist mastermind Yahya Sinwar was killed by IDF troops in Gaza.
Israeli-American defense collaboration wins $1 billion U.S. Army contract
An Israeli defense firm secured a nearly $1 billion contract with the United States Army, working with a U.S. contractor to produce loitering munitions.
The Army is working to rapidly expand its deployment of unmanned systems. Israel, with its innovative high-tech economy and vast battlefield experience, is an invaluable partner to the United States.
Now, cutting-edge Israeli technology will again be deployed to help keep our troops safe and defend our homeland.
"We listen to where the customer wants us to go and partner to make our supply chain more robust … our system is composed of American technology and an American supply chain," a vice president at the Israeli firm
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The U.S.-Israel partnership helps keep America safe and strong while creating American jobs.
Anti-Israel DSA condemns peace in Gaza, backs "resistance"
The anti-Israel Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) party released a
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statement Monday condemning the Gaza ceasefire agreement that saw all the living Israeli hostages reunited with their families.
The statement
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said that the ceasefire agreement "does not wash the hands of the ruling class that… continued to fuel and arm genocide while stoking regional war."
The DSA went on to call Israel "fascist," and called for Israel to be "held accountable for their decades long list of war crimes and imperial aggression."
"Our role is to end U.S. complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid at every level—in our communities, our government, our workplaces… we commit to further strengthening the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions [movement]… while working in coalition to effectively isolate Israel economically, culturally, and academically."
DSA member Zohran Mamdani's win in the New York City mayoral primary race has emboldened anti-Israel extremists across the country to run for Congress, determined to destroy America’s support for our democratic ally Israel.
Together, we must ensure pro-Israel leaders have the resources needed to defeat these detractors and keep the U.S.-Israel partnership strong.
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Robert Satloff: "Truth is Hard to Get in Gaza"
Robert Statloff, Executive Director of the Washington Institute,
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warns in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that, "With a Gaza cease-fire, calls are growing to open the war-battered area to international media, and a flood of reporters can be expected soon. But the arrival of more journalists doesn’t necessarily mean the public will be better informed…"
"Why? Because although Israel may be the dominant military power, even a beleaguered and diminished Hamas has been able to control the media environment."
"It is well known that bias is a serious problem in Gaza war reporting. This ranges from disturbing accusations that some local Palestinian journalists who work for Arab media such as Al Jazeera were secretly Hamas operatives, Hamas sympathizers or on the Hamas payroll to charges of bias against reporters, editors and photographers at some of America’s leading news organizations."
"But bias isn’t the only problem. Merely reporting from Hamas-controlled Gaza requires facing Hamas threats, intimidation and extortion..."
"This isn’t a call to maintain the ban on foreign journalists, who deserve a chance to do their job. But it is a warning to consumers of news: When all those reporters start filing copy from Rafah or doing stand-ups from Khan Yunis, pay attention to whether we are getting a slanted piece of the Gaza story or the whole picture."
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Read his full op-ed here.
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The mission of AIPAC is to encourage and persuade the U.S. government to enact specific policies that create a strong, enduring and mutually beneficial relationship with our ally Israel.
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