Mossad chief urges Gaza deal, says Netanyahu truce conditions could prevent hostage release

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Israelis protest outside the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv calling for a deal to release the captives on July 17, 2024. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Summary

. Israel intensifies central Gaza strikes; 

. KM Gantz to PM Netanyahu: ‘You delayed Rafah offensive’ 

 Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah threatens to attack deeper into Israel if strikes on civilians in Lebanon intensify 

 IDF spokesman tells Al Arabiya: Hamas leaders’ obstinacy is preventing us from reaching an agreement

Israeli Knesset approved  a bill that will extend mandatory military service for Israeli men from 32 to 36 months. The move comes as the Israeli army faces a shortage of troops amid the war in Gaza and escalations on the Lebanese  border

The Knesset also passed a resolution late Wednesday night which expresses the Israeli parliament’s opposition in principle to the “establishment of a Palestinian state west of the Jordan River.”

There were ugly scenes in the Knesset on Wednesday night, after KM  Itamar Ben-Gvir, addressing Arab parliamentarians, said: “Get out, get out. All the terrorists get out.” MKs Ayman Odeh and Youssef Atauna responded by shouting at Ben-Gvir and telling him to leave the plenum. 

Families of the hostages and their supporters demonstrated at over 30 locations across Israel calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to approve a deal to free the captives before he travels to the US next week

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