FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
TEL AVIV – She was the first to appear in a video released by the kidnappers and could be among the last hostages released. The French-Israeli Mia Schem was kidnapped at the rave festival in the Negev desert, 360 young people were massacred by terrorists, the images of her dance were superimposed on those of her prisoner within a few days, the bandage on her injured arm covered her Tattoos. Amit Soussana also returns home with her at sunset, taken away from Kfar Aza. The family had to wait almost a month for confirmation of their capture, by then they could have been missing or lost forever.
In the seventh exchange – Israel released 30 Palestinian prisoners, women and minors – the Hamas paramilitaries changed the path to freedom. The two women were entrusted to the Red Cross in Gaza City, the other six were taken to the Rafah border crossing into Egypt: the Israeli Arab Aisha Alziadana, 16 years old, and her brother Bilal, who lived in Rahat, a city with a majority Bedouin population. life ; Ilana Gritzewsky, Shani Goren, Sapir Cohen.
The mediators from Qatar, which has supported Hamas in recent years, are trying to extend the ceasefire, but the terms of the agreement should be changed, writes the Haaretz newspaper, because the Israelis are convinced that the fundamentalists will no longer have children and If women are imprisoned, the modalities would have to be discussed again. The jihadists claim to have proposed the return of three bodies, which they claim are those of Shiri Bibas and her two children, aged 10 months and 4 years. They release a cruel psychological warfare video of her husband Yarden crying in despair after his prison guards told him his family had been killed “in a bombing.” He appeals to Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to receive the bodies. Army spokespersons reiterate that “the deaths have not been confirmed.” Or and Yagil Yajov, two teenage brothers who were released five days ago, said they were “branded on the leg with the hot exhaust of a motorcycle” to make themselves identifiable in case they escaped.
The prime minister met Antony Blinken hours after the attack in Jerusalem that killed three Israelis, including a 24-year-old pregnant woman. The terrorists were two brothers who lived in East Jerusalem. They got out of the car and fired at passers-by with a machine gun and a pistol at the bus stop. They were killed by a soldier. To the American Secretary of State, who calls on him to “take all possible measures to avoid civilian casualties and curb settler violence,” Netanyahu replies: “The war will continue until we eliminate Hamas, Hamas itself, which is trying “To kill us everywhere.” “The organization claimed responsibility for the attack on Jerusalem. Itamar Ben-Gvir, the extremist minister of national security, denounced this as a violation of the ceasefire.
The 363 square kilometer bombings – reveals the Israeli digital magazine Local Call – were the most violent of the 17 clashes with Hamas because the General Staff “authorized the expansion of targets” and used artificial intelligence to define the targets in real time, including “Hamas skyscrapers” that have dominated the area since 2007, when they wrested control from President Abu Mazen. Who should have that control is divided between the Americans and Netanyahu, who proclaimed at a meeting with the Likud base: “Only I can prevent it from reverting to the Palestinian Authority,” as Joe Biden and Blinken are urging instead. To end the war – writes the Wall Street Journal – there would be the “Beirut 1982” hypothesis, the expulsion of thousands of fundamentalist militiamen, as happened with Yasser Arafat and his men, who went into exile in Tunis.
A month after the phone call, the details of what Pope Francis said to Isaac Herzog are emerging: “Do not respond to terror with terror.” The Israeli president responded: “The country is working to protect its people.”