‘Strategic ambush by Hamas’: Israel said discussing open defiance of Gaza roadmap by resuming strikes
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday’s events as they unfold.A Palestinian terrorist who invaded Israel during the October 7, 2023, onslaught was captured by the IDF earlier this week while working as a truck driver who arrived in the Israeli-held portion of the Gaza Strip to collect goods, according to security sources.The member of Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force had requested a permit to deliver private sector goods inside the Strip, and was granted one by the Shin Bet security agency.Upon arriving at the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom Crossing on Wednesday to collect the goods, Israeli troops apprehended him, the sources say.He was then taken to be questioned by the Shin Bet.Defense Minister Israel Katz left a security cabinet meeting yesterday in the middle to attend the wedding of a Likud official’s son, Hebrew media reports, in an apparent case of campaigning for the August 17 primaries, sidelining…
Israel is reportedly refusing to withdraw further from southern Lebanon due to disagreements regarding the inspection mechanism for verifying the removal of Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure. Following three days of US-mediated talks in Rome this week, no consensus was reached on which countries would serve on the verification committee, despite a short list of potential nations being compiled, according to Haaretz.
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