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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Hamas has recruited between 10,000 and 15,000 members since the start of its war with Israel, according to two congressional sources briefed on US intelligence, suggesting the Iran-backed terrorists could remain a persistent threat to Israel.The intelligence indicates a similar number of Hamas terrorists have been killed during that period, the sources said. The latest official US estimates have not been previously reported.Hamas and Israel began a ceasefire on Sunday after 15 months of a conflict that has devastated the Gaza Strip and inflamed the Middle East. The sources briefed on the intelligence, which was…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThe blog is being paused for the moment. We will resume with further developments later today.ShareAfter the hostage swap, Israel is expected to begin pulling back from the Netzarim corridor — an east-west road dividing Gaza in two — and allowing displaced Palestinians in the south to return to their former homes in the north for the first time since the beginning of the war.The war has killed over 47,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials, who do not say how many were militants. They…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The US State Department has issued a halt to all existing foreign assistance and paused new aid, according to an internal memo sent to officials and US embassies abroad.The leaked notice follows President Trump’s executive order issued on Monday for a 90-day pause in foreign development assistance pending a review of efficiencies and consistency with his foreign policy.The United States is the world’s biggest international aid donor spending $68bn in 2023 according to government figures. The State Department notice appears to affect everything from development assistance to military aid.It makes exceptions only for emergency food aid…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed CNN  —  Israel is preparing to receive on Saturday four female soldiers held hostage by Hamas. The militant group said Friday that it intends to release Karina Ariev, 20, Daniella Gilboa, 20, Naama Levy, 20, and Liri Albag, 19. Israeli officials have told the families of the four women that they intend to move forward with the release – despite the fact that Israel had previously expected Arbel Yehud, a female civilian hostage still held in Gaza, to be included in Saturday’s release. Israel had demanded that Hamas release Yehud, a 29-year-old who was taken hostage…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich resigned temporarily from the government on Friday in order for Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kreuzer to leave the Knesset. Smotrich is set to return to his role as Finance Minister on Monday following a vote in the Knesset plenum. Smotrich resigned in order to become an MK again under the Norwegian Law, which currently enables between three to five ministers or deputy ministers per party to resign their positions as Knesset members in order to focus fully on their roles as ministers. Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism had a technical bloc during the…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The UN has expressed concern that the ceasefire in Gaza could be endangered by Israel’s assault on the West Bank city of Jenin, which has involved what the UN human rights spokesperson labelled “unnecessary or disproportionate use of force”.Thameen al-Kheetan, of the UN human rights office, called Israeli tactics in Jenin “deadly operations”, after Israel targeted a refugee camp in the centre of the city and besieged a nearby hospital.“We are deeply concerned by the use of unlawful lethal force in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank,” he said on Friday, criticising “methods and means developed…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Gaza’s Hamas-run municipal governments have published their first official reconstruction plan for the Gaza Strip, in the latest sign that the group intends to be a leading actor in the rebuilding of the territory.In recent days, Hamas has re-emerged as the area’s main governing authority, deploying security forces across the Gaza Strip, despite suffering severe military losses during its 15-month war with Israel. Image: Hamas policemen in Gaza City following the ceasefire. Pic: Reuters The 200-page document, titled “Gaza Phoenix” and shared with Sky News by an official in Gaza City’s Hamas-led local government, is the…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Hamas has released the names of four female soldiers expected to be freed on Saturday as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel.Hostages Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, all aged 20, and 19-year-old Liri Albag, who were all serving with the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), are set to return from the war-ravaged coastal territory to Israel in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.The four Israeli troops were taken captive from the Nahal Oz base in southern Israel on 7 October 2023 when Hamas carried out its cross-border attack.The hostages are expected to be freed as part…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Hamas is expected to hand over to Israel the names of four hostages to be released on Saturday under the Gaza ceasefire deal.It is thought they will be soldiers and civilians, all female.They will be freed in exchange for 180 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.It will be the second exchange since the ceasefire came into effect last Sunday. Three hostages and 90 prisoners were released in the first swap.The ceasefire halted the war which began when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023. About 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken back to Gaza as hostages.More…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Israel is seeking the backing of the Trump administration to delay its military withdrawal from southern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire agreement stipulating all Israeli troops should leave by Sunday.The request for a 30-day extension follows claims that Israel would like to keep up to five outposts in southern Lebanon.Under the agreed ceasefire, which brought an end to the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israeli forces are supposed to have completed their withdrawal within 60 days, or by a 26 January deadline.Reports in Israel, however, suggest Trump is reluctant to approve the delay.Confirming Israel’s attempts to extend…