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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed JERUSALEM — Israel’s cutoff of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza’s 2 million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive trying to distribute dwindling stocks to the most vulnerable. The aid freeze has imperiled the tenuous progress aid workers say they have made to stave off famine over the past six weeks during Phase 1 of the ceasefire deal Israel and Hamas agreed to in January. After more than 16 months of war, Gaza’s population is entirely dependent on trucked-in food and other aid. Most are displaced from their homes, and…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Around 200 people gathered at the plaza of the Great Synagogue in Rishon Lezion on Wednesday to pay their final respects to Ohad Yahalomi, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 and later returned to Israel after being killed in captivity. His funeral procession will pass through various locations across the country before concluding at the kibbutz, where he will be laid to rest.Yahalomi’s wife and two daughters were also abducted but managed to escape before being taken into Gaza. His son, Eitan, was held hostage for 53 days before being released in…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The Trump administration is threatening to cut tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for Columbia University, making the school the first major target in its effort to root out what it considers antisemitic harassment on college campuses.A comprehensive review of Columbia University’s federal contracts and grants was announced Monday night, shortly after Linda McMahon was confirmed as the secretary of education in a party-line vote.The review, which will be led by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education and the General Services Administration, has already identified $51.4 million in contracts…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The family of hostage Matan Angrest released a photograph showing him in captivity.The photo is the first visual documentation of Angrest and was released on Monday, six months after Hamas published an audio recording of him.“This is the first footage from a video of Matan Angrest, a soldier who was kidnapped from a tank while wounded and unconscious at the Nahal Oz outpost,” his family said. Hostage Matan Angrest (credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)“He had gone out with his team to defend the outpost and the kibbutzim. Matan was abducted in critical condition and…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Former hostage Omer Shem Tov realized he had to connect with his Hamas captors if he was going to survive his time in captivity, his parents told N12 in their first interview since their son’s release.Shem Tov was held in captivity for 505 days since he was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023, and was released a week and a half ago.Shem Tov’s parents, Malki and Shelly, told N12 that his loneliness during his immense period in captivity was what saved him due to trying to identify with the terrorists holding…

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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Good morning. The first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza expired over the weekend – and now, the only thing stopping the resumption of Israel’s assault on the territory is the will of Benjamin Netanyahu. That is the bleak reality for the hostages still alive in Gaza, and the Palestinian civilians there who were subjected to a new aid embargo on Sunday. Last night, the Israeli government was reported to be planning to ratchet the blockade up further – with a programme of measures referred to as the “hell plan”.When the ceasefire was agreed in January,…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed IDF troops killed the head of the Hamas terrorist organization, Isser Sa’adi, in Jenin under Shin Bet direction on Monday night, the military said on Tuesday afternoon.During the operation, Border Police, together with IDF soldiers from the Menashe Brigade, killed two additional terrorists and arrested three wanted individuals. At the start of the mission, IDF soldiers in Eitan armored vehicles entered a neighborhood in Jenin. Acting on Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) intelligence, the troops searched a building where Sa’adi was hiding. February counterterrorism effortsThe IDF also reported on the results of Operation Iron Wall in…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Sofia Bongart loved red roses. She once told her family: “After I die, make me a white grave and bring me a red rose.”She had just completed her military service and was beginning her adult life – a joyful and optimistic young woman. On October 7, she traveled with a close friend to the Nova music festival, where both were murdered.Every week, her father, Vladislav, visited her white grave and placed red roses on it. He carried the pain inside, withdrawing and deteriorating. Ten days ago, he ended his life at 48 years old. Now,…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Failings in the making of a documentary on Gaza are a “dagger to the heart” of the BBC’s claims of trustworthiness and impartiality, the corporation’s chair has said, as he indicated that figures inside the corporation had fallen short in their handling of the film.Samir Shah said he believed “people weren’t doing their job” in relation to the oversight of Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone. The programme was pulled from iPlayer and an internal investigation launched after it emerged that the 13-year-old who narrated the film, Abdullah al-Yazouri, was the son of the deputy minister…