5️⃣0️⃣ HOSTAGES 🎗️ – Day 651 still held captive in Gaza, with no interventions from the Red Cross or the Palestinian Red Crescent /

• US Envoy Adam Boehler urges Hamas to accept Israel’s latest hostage deal, warning it’s the best offer they’ll get and hinting at Israeli military action if talks fail. https://lnk.sk/bgczy 
• Former hostage Keith Siegel describes seeing female captive tortured with sharp rod, calls for comprehensive deal to bring all remaining hostages home. https://sdu.sk/KRSj 
• Hamas believes it has found a pressure point in Israeli society and is working to exploit it to squeeze as many concessions as possible in negotiations for a ceasefire. https://lnk.sk/efmuz 

SYRIA 🇸🇾 /

• Tom Barrack, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria, has confirmed that a ceasefire between Israel and Syria officially began at 5 p.m. Damascus time
• Over the past 72 hours, ALL ARAB NEWS has been hearing from trusted sources in multiple Arab countries that a gruesome and horrific slaughter is underway in Syria.
• More than 1,000 Syrian minorities — mainly Druze and Christians — have been murdered by Syrian military forces and ISIS terrorists.
• Evangelical pastor and his family massacred in Syria — more than 1,000 Druze and Christians also murdered — where is the global outcry? https://lnk.sk/bcxak 
• Israel reportedly delivers medical aid to Syria’s Sweida as ceasefire appears to stick https://lnk.sk/rsw02 

GAZA /

• Gazans cheer while safely receiving humanitarian aid, disputing massacre claims. “Not a single bullet was fired,” Adraee wrote, “The civilians began welcoming and cheering for our soldiers, as if they saw in them life after darkness.” video: https://lnk.sk/bisru ; https://lnk.sk/fisua 
• Zamir said proposing IDF tighten grip on Gaza as alternative to ‘humanitarian city’ https://lnk.sk/bfad2
• Yasser Abu Shabab, who leads an anti-Hamas Gazan militia, has in recent months emerged as a powerful player in the coastal enclave. https://lnk.sk/kckoq 
• Hamas officials say at least 73 Gazans killed, most near aid site; IDF: Toll exaggerated https://lnk.sk/rzyi6
• MK Benny Gantz defends Israel’s humanitarian efforts in Gaza, accuses UNRWA of spreading falsehoods and aiding Hamas influence over aid distribution. https://lnk.sk/adtxh 
• ‚Hamas claims it has identified Gaza residents cooperating with Israel and warns they will face execution if they do not repent. https://lnk.sk/kdmo9 

ISRAEL 🇮🇱 /

• Netanyahu falls ill overnight, diagnosed with intestinal infection https://lnk.sk/ity19 

IRAN 🇮🇷 /

• Citizens of Iran were urged to stop using household tap water due to repeated disruptions in supply. Country is experiencing hottest week of the year with 50°C (122°F). https://sdu.sk/30XC 
• Iran and Russia to launch a joint three-day naval drill in the Caspian Sea, involving their naval forces, the IRGC, and police units. https://lnk.sk/em267 
• Iran, Britain, France and Germany will hold nuclear talks in Istanbul on Friday, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said early on Monday https://lnk.sk/hah26 

JUDEA A SAMÁRIA /

• US Amb. Huckabee denounces ‘sacrilege’ of alleged church arson on visit to Palestinian Christian village Taybeh https://lnk.sk/rvzx6 
• MK Ariel Kallner (Likud) about sovereignty in Judea and Samaria: „Our enemies want to uproot us – we will talk sovereignty.“ https://lnk.sk/bujrs 

Sources: Israel Hayom, Arutz Sheva-Israel National News, CNN, Haaretz, All Israel news, Times of Israel, Jewish Breaking News
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