Israel says it received Hamas’s response to hostage deal offer, is studying its contents
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they unfold.
Iranian ballistic missiles struck five IDF bases during the 12-day war with Israel, The Telegraph reports, citing satellite data shared by Oregon State University.
According to the UK report, the bases include the Tel Nof airbase, the Glilot intelligence base, and the Zipporit armor and weapons production base.
Details on strikes on IDF bases are under military censorship in Israel.
“What we can say is that all relevant units maintained functional continuity throughout the operation,” the IDF tells The Telegraph.
Analysis by the outlet indicates that Iran’s success in getting its missiles through Israeli defenses grew to an apex of 16% by the 7th day of the war, then declined thereafter.
The Prime Minister’s Office confirms in a statement that an Israeli negotiating team will head to Qatar on Sunday for hostage talks.
“The changes that Hamas is seeking to make to the Qatari proposal were delivered to us last night and are not acceptable to Israel,” says the PMO.
According to a source involved in the mediation efforts, Hamas wants three core changes. It wants the agreement to say that talks on a permanent ceasefire will continue until an agreement is reached; that aid will fully resume through mechanisms backed by the United Nations and other international aid organizations; and that the IDF withdraw to positions it maintained before the collapse of the previous ceasefire in March.
A few dozen protesters gather at the entrance to Jerusalem to demand that the government conscript ultra-Orthodox men into the IDF, amid increased calls to pass a law drafting Haredim.
The demonstrators, mostly Orthodox women, are protesting on the edge of a Haredi neighborhood while holding signs that read: “One who believes does not draft-dodge” and similar slogans.
“These young women that are here, their husbands are all on reserve duty,” says protest organizer Esthie Voltz to The Times of Israel.
She adds that her son-in-law — who is 45 with four children — was fired from his job after spending 13 months in the reserves.
Organizer Tehila Elitzur, speaking to the crowd, attests to mounting frustration amid the general public due to the........
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