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Israeli Foreign Minister @gidonsaar responds to claims that Israel is violating ceasefire understandings in Lebanon, and says on the contrary, Israel is enforcing them in response to violations of the agreement by Hezbollah.
This is Jonathan Samerano.
He was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova Music Festival on October 7.
𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧 @𝐔𝐍𝐑𝐖𝐀 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞.
Read that again.
All over the world, women are being persecuted by the same radical, misogynist, violent ideology that seeks to oppress and control women’s bodies, choices, even thoughts. We cannot be silent on the face of Islamist terror. In this photo is a Jewish woman, Naama Levy kidnapped and held captive by Hamas, a Hindu woman kidnapped and held captive by Islamist terrorists, a Yazidi woman taken captive by ISIS, an Iranian teenage girl, Nika Shakarami, who was taken raped and murdered by the Islamic regime in Iran, and a Kurdish woman being kidnapped by Islamists in Syria — all in the past few years. I refuse to be silent in the face of this barbarism and I encourage ALL my followers to do the same. Be their voice — before ours is taken away too. Freedom is worth fighting for.
Our hearts are with the Neutra family this morning, who, after more than a year of a determined, traumatic, and worldwide struggle, received the devastating news confirming the death of their beloved son, Captain Omer Maxim Neutra, who fell on October 7th, and his body abducted by terrorists into Gaza.
Omer was born and raised in the United States and chose to make Aliyah to Israel, and enlist in the IDF to stand in the defense of our people. After a preparatory year with the Garin Tzabar program, he served as a tank platoon commander.
Over the past year, we had the privilege of meeting his parents, Ronen and Orna, and his brother Daniel—a strong family with extraordinary resilience, who have dedicated their lives since October 7th to doing everything in their power to bring Omer home. I extend my warmest embrace to them and to all the families of the hostages enduring this horrific ordeal.
We must fulfill the ultimate imperative: to return Omer, and all our abducted men and women - the living to their families, and the fallen and murdered to be laid to rest.
Following the directive of the political echelon, the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon took effect at 04:00 today, and the IDF has been operating accordingly.
IDF troops are stationed at their positions in southern Lebanon.
Over the past hour, the IDF identified a vehicle with several suspects in a zone prohibited for movement in Lebanese territory. IDF troops fired to prevent them from advancing, and the suspects left the area.
The IAF remains ready to act across Lebanese territory and the IDF Aerial Defense Array is also in a high state of defensive readiness.
There are currently no changes to the Home Front Command guidelines.
The IDF will operate against anyone who attempts to breach the ceasefire agreement and will continue to protect the citizens of Israel.
Threatening Jews with a Final Solution as happened at an anti-Israel protest in Montreal is abhorrent. The Final Solution was the Nazis’ plan to kill Europe’s Jews. It is repugnant to see Nazism celebrated, antisemitism flourish, and calls for the genocide of the Jewish people.
This is the former head of UNRWA.
He told Hamas and Islamic Jihad: "We are one"
He's now the head of the Red Cross.
This isn't an Israeli issue. The world is being failed by corrupt international institutions that aren't fit for purpose.
Hamas raped women.
They butchered women.
Today is the @UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
There are still 13 Israeli women being held by Terrorists in tunnels of Gaza; including Naama Levy.
The UN is silent.
On October 7th, Hamas kidnapped, murdered and sexually assaulted hundreds of Israeli women.
13 Israeli women are still being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, don't look away.
#NoExcuse #BelieveIsraeliWomen
Their fight is our fight.
On International Day for the Elimination of #ViolenceAgainstWomen, we will continue to fight for a world where every woman is safe—including those who suffered on October 7.