5️⃣0️⃣ HOSTAGES 🎗️ – Day 675 still held captive in Gaza, with no visible interventions from the Red Cross or the Palestinian Red Crescent /

• Netanyahu outlines Israeli plan to oust Hamas, establish civil rule in Gaza. The discussions are underway to develop „creative ways“ to free the remaining hostages in Gaza while the military closes in on Hamas. https://lnk.sk/aqs58 
• Qatar and Egypt expect to finish new hostage deal proposal framework next week https://lnk.sk/axks5 
• Families of hostages call for general strike next week over government’s war plan https://lnk.sk/dpjx3 

ISRAEL 🇮🇱 /

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Hamas deceived us; the only way to bring back the hostages is to defeat it (video) https://lnk.sk/kqsuy ; https://lnk.sk/jtxmv 
• Netanyahu says Israel not looking to occupy Gaza but to ‘free it from Hamas’. PM denies seeking to prolong war, says ‘civilian administration’ to govern Gaza, details why 3 most ‘celebrated’ cases of ostensible Israeli-imposed starvation are ‘all fake’ https://lnk.sk/jdiox 
• Head of the opposition Yair Lapid, and head of the Yesh Atid party, slammed Netanyahu saying that the “admission that ‚Hamas led us astray‘ is nothing short of astonishing. That’s exactly your job: to ensure Hamas doesn’t lead you astray,” he posted. https://lnk.sk/gzwip
• odporúčame komentár bezpečnostného analytika Milana Mikuleckého na ČT 24 k rozhodnutiu izraelskej vlády o vstupe IDF do Gaza City. https://lnk.sk/jzanu 

GAZA /

• IDF eliminates Anas Al-Sharif, a Hamas terrorist leader masquerading as an Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza. Intelligence documents confirmed his role in rocket attacks against Israel. https://lnk.sk/rnu89 
• The BBC reports that an entire Hamas cell, posing as an Al Jazeera news crew in Gaza City, was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Among those eliminated was Anas Al-Sharif.
• Climate activist Greta Thunberg says she will be joining another flotilla to Gaza, after she was previously detained and deported from Israel earlier this year. The flotilla group is expected to be made of dozens of boats and attempt to launch on August 31. https://lnk.sk/gkno1 

GERMANY 🇩🇪 / 

• Germany’s halt to arms exports to Israel is response to Gaza expansion plans, chancellor says https://lnk.sk/jouyv 

GREAT BRITAIN 🇬🇧 /

• UK Chief Rabbi Mirvis criticizes the UK government for considering Palestinian state recognition while hostages remain in Hamas captivity, warns it would be a „blow“ to their lives. https://lnk.sk/fquei  

AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 / 

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will officially recognize Palestine as a state at the UN General Assembly in September (video) https://lnk.sk/adp07 

ARGENTINA 🇦🇷 / 

• Thousands in Buenos Aires protest Gaza war, Netanyahu’s planned visit to Argentina https://lnk.sk/chdz2 

Sources: Israel National News – Arutz Sheva, Jerusalem Post, Times of Israel, BBC, Jewish Breaking News, Open Source Intel

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