The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that Donald Trump championed has mostly held, but progress has slowed recently.
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The vote was a crucial next step for the fragile ceasefire and efforts to outline Gaza’s future following two years of war between Israel and Hamas.
The remains of four hostages are still in Gaza after Palestinian militants released the remains of another on Sunday.
With Monday’s return, the bodies of 270 Palestinians have been handed back since the start of the ceasefire.
Since the ceasefire in Gaza took effect on Oct. 10, Palestinian militants had released the remains of 17 hostages, with 11 remaining in Gaza.
Had President Donald Trump not been re-elected, terrorist entities would try to “wipe out” the State of Israel, Sen. Rick Scott told a packed crowd in Las Vegas.
Officials appealed for the graduates to be celebrated without disruptions at schools where major protests occurred in recent weeks.
Israel’s military said Saturday that eight soldiers were killed in southern Gaza in the deadliest attack on Israeli forces in months.
“It is every single day, every single watch, and some of our ships have been out here for seven-plus months doing that,” said Capt. David Wroe, the commodore overseeing the guided missile destroyers.
The $230 million project has been beset by security, logistical and other problems since aid first rolled ashore May 17.
The student services building was deemed a crime scene by authorities and multiple windows were defaced with messages in red paint.
The attack happened in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. It said the vessel caught fire in the attack.
Earlier Thursday, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan pushed back against assertions that Israel isn’t fully committed to the cease-fire plan.
Mikhail Kozlov worried his son would be unrecognizable as a result of being held in Gaza by Hamas for eight months following the Oct. 7 terrorist attack.
New York Mayor Eric Adams shared photos of a brick home splashed with red paint and called the vandals’ actions “overt, unacceptable antisemitism.”
The demonstrators repeatedly tried to set up tents, canopies and barriers as they moved to various locations, disrupting nearby final exams.
The U.N. World Food Program said the U.N. will conduct a security review to assess the safety of its staff in handling aid deliveries from the pier in Gaza.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s latest visit to the region is focused on rallying support for the cease-fire proposal, and boosting the entry of humanitarian aid.
The U.N. Security Council approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
The U.N. World Food Program has “paused” distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, due to safety concerns.
The secretary of state met Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his latest trip to the Middle East.