Israel's Foreign Ministry said Monday night that, following the latest statements made by South African officials, the Ambassador of Israel to Pretoria has been recalled to Jerusalem for consultations.
The IDF reported that its 162nd Division overnight completed the encirclement of Jabalia in northeastern Gaza and that the division is prepared to continue the attack. Terrorists were eliminated and terror infrastructure was destroyed.
As part of the IDF's continuing activities in the Gaza Strip, its aircraft attacked about 250 targets of the terrorist organization Hamas over the past 24 hours. Among the targets hit were dozens of terrorists, missile launchers and various terrorist infrastructures.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has claimed that the terror group is nearing an agreement on a "truce" with Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza, Times of Israel reported on Tuesday.
Gazans in Israeli custody confirmed to interrogators that terror groups actively operated in Gaza hospitals and even deeply embedded themselves in the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in videos released by the Israel Defence Forces on Monday.
The secretary-general of ASEAN, Kao Kim Hourn, on Monday stressed that ASEAN is a maritime community and India is a maritime nation, adding that they both are working together in sectors including trade, investment, tourism, defence, and counterterrorism.
Knesset legislation allowing for the death penalty to be applied to terrorists will be put on hold pending the approval of Israel's security cabinet, said coalition chairman MK Ofir Katz on Monday
Since the beginning of the war in Gaza, approximately 1,850 wanted terrorists have been arrested throughout Judea and Samaria, about 1,100 of whom are associated with the terrorist organisation Hamas.
Al-Shifa, the largest hospital in Gaza, has become a flashpoint in Israel's war in the besieged enclave. The Israeli military alleges the facility is being used by Hamas as a shield for its operations and raided the hospital last Wednesday. Hamas and hospital officials have denied Israel's c