Israel News for 2-7-2024
News Update
Israeli airstrikes hit Iranian backed militia around Homs, Syria. Airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon continue.
Hamas presented a counterproposal to the hostage release agreement that would include a ceasefire followed by a complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza within 4 months, as well as the release of 1,500 terrorists from Israeli prisons. Israel will not agree to these demands. Whether the negotiations will continue will be seen. For more, click here.
IDF forces continue to kill terrorists and destroy Hamas infrastructure in Khan Yunis. Troops are beginning to operate in Rafah. The Hamas leadership is reportedly running scared, moving from one hideout to the next, along with hostages.
IDF soldiers killed in Gaza:
Maj. David Shakuri, 30, the deputy commander of the Combat Engineering Corps’ 601st Battalion, from Rehovot.
Staff Sgt. (Res.) Hanan Drori, 26, a soldier in the 551st Reserve Paratroopers Brigade Chief’s Forward Command Team, from Jerusalem.
For a complete list of the soldiers killed in the ground offensive, click here.
Recently elected Argentinian President Javier Milei visited Israel yesterday and announced that he would move his country’s embassy to Jerusalem.
The Saudi foreign ministry said in a statement that Saudi Arabia would not normalize relations with Israel until there was an independent Palestinian state.
