Israel-Hamas War Day 257: What is happening in Gaza, Israel's North?

US military shoots down Houthi aerial weapons • IDF eliminates half of Hamas terrorists in Rafah

IDF forces night operation in the West Bank, April 9, 2024.
IDF forces night operation in the West Bank, April 9, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Netanyahu: US promised to lift hold on ammunition, weapons

ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, YONAH JEREMY BOB
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 (L-R): US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
(L-R): US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Canada lists Iran's IRGC as a terrorist group

ByREUTERS
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 ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY Guard Corps Commander-in-Cheif Major General Hossein Salami speaks at an anti-Israel protest in Tehran on Saturday. The IRGC trained Hezbollah to use human shields, say the writers.
ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY Guard Corps Commander-in-Cheif Major General Hossein Salami speaks at an anti-Israel protest in Tehran on Saturday. The IRGC trained Hezbollah to use human shields, say the writers.
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IDF troops find 'Mein Kampf' copy in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip - report

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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 A copy of Mein Kampf in Arabic found in a children's bedroom in Gaza used by Hamas for military purposes.
A copy of Mein Kampf in Arabic found in a children's bedroom in Gaza used by Hamas for military purposes.
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IDF chief spokesman: No return to North for evacuees before Sept. 1

ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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 IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari seen in the Northern Command, November 28, 2023
IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari seen in the Northern Command, November 28, 2023
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'Normalizing taking hostages and rape': Hostage family members slam UNHRC sexual violence report

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 Meirav Leshem Gonen, mother of 23-year-old hostage Romi Gonen, spoke at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday.
Meirav Leshem Gonen, mother of 23-year-old hostage Romi Gonen, spoke at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday.
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Former hostage Ada Sagi to BBC: I understand Hamas doesn't want peace

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Ada Sagi
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Israel may have violated laws of war in Gaza campaign, UN rights office says

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 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk holds a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela January 28, 2023.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk holds a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela January 28, 2023.
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Hezbollah announces death of one operative in Yaron - report

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Egypt agrees to Arab security force in Gaza after Israel war - report

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 Bahrain's King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi walk to the conference hall to attend the 33rd Arab Summit, in Sakhir Palace, Sakhir, Bahrain, May 16, 2024.
Bahrain's King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi walk to the conference hall to attend the 33rd Arab Summit, in Sakhir Palace, Sakhir, Bahrain, May 16, 2024.
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In Rafah, 'there is almost no home without a tunnel,' says Nahal Brigade Commander

ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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 IDF troops operate in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. June 17, 2024.
IDF troops operate in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. June 17, 2024.
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Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know

• Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza

• Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 in the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities

• 120 hostages remain in Gaza

• 43 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says