🇬🇧 Monday 03/02/25 🇮🇱

RETURN AGREEMENT 7️⃣9️⃣ HOSTAGES 🎗️/

Three other hostages/civilians, Keith Siegel (65-year-old Israeli-American citizen), Jarden Bibas (35) and Ofer Kalderon (54-year-old Israeli-French citizen) were released from Hamas captivity on Saturday. https://lnk.sk/sxdv
Newly released Israeli hostages have revealed the brutal conditions they endured in Hamas captivity—severe malnutrition, psychological torment, and forced confinement in cages. Hostages given sedatives after starvation, cages, and wet-cloths-‚showers‘ in Hamas captivity. https://lnk.sk/oryv
Thirty members of the European Parliament have asked the UN to end the operations of UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, which they accused of helping Hamas hide Israeli hostages. https://lnk.sk/ygns
Freed Palestinian prisoner criticizes October 7: ‚The price is too high’. Released after serving 40 years of his sentence as part of the hostage agreement, Mohammed a-Tus questioned Hamas‘ strategy.

ISRAEL 🇮🇱 /

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington to meet president Donald Trump, hoping to ‘redraw’ Middle East. Immediate issue is future of hostage-release ceasefire deal in Gaza war. PM says working closely with US president, ‘we can strengthen security, broaden the circle of peace’ https://lnk.sk/pqgk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, agree to appoint Major General (res.) Eyal Zamir to head the IDF. Zamir will take office next month http://ch7.io/cbICI$Fz
‚Israel shall produce its own armaments,‘ incoming IDF chief of staff says https://lnk.sk/brxc

IRAN 🇮🇷 /

Iran’s Supreme Leader Delusionally Claims ‘Divine Victory’ in Gaza over Israel and the United States, attributing the outcome to divine intervention. https://lnk.sk/dpl9
The Iranian Foreign Minister warned, „An attack on our nuclear facilities by the U.S. or Israel will lead the region to a full-scale war. This would be one of the historic mistakes the U.S. could make.”
Iran has unveiled a vast Underground Missile City near the Persian Gulf, designed for coastal defense. The facility houses hundreds of anti-ship cruise missiles with a range of 1,000 km, posing a significant threat to regional stability and maritime security.

LEBANON 🇱🇧/

The head of Lebanon’s terrorist group Hezbollah said on Sunday that his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, would be laid to rest on Feb. 23, nearly five months after he was killed on Sept. 27 in an Israeli air attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs. https://lnk.sk/qse1

GAZA, JUDEA & SAMARIA (so-called West Bank) /

Arab foreign ministers on Saturday rejected the transfer of Palestinians under any circumstances, presenting a unified stance against US President Donald Trump’s call for Egypt and Jordan to take in residents of the Gaza Strip. https://lnk.sk/admg
Jordan informed Hamas that they must either find a country willing to take in Sbarro bomber Tamimi by the end of the day, or she will be extradited to the United States, where she is wanted by the FBI for the murder of two US civilians in the 2001 Jerusalem pizzeria bombing. https://lnk.sk/zdm9
The IDF reports that it has destroyed 23 structures in Jenin, claiming they were utilized by terror operatives. https://lnk.sk/ddos
The IDF eliminated at least 50 terrorists and arrested over 100 wanted individuals in Tammun (Samaria), as part of Operation Iron Wall, according to a statement on Sunday afternoon. https://lnk.sk/jse6
Republican Senator Tom Cotton has finalized a bill that mandates replacing the term „West Bank“ with „Judea and Samaria“ in all official U.S. government documents. The bill is set to be submitted for a vote.

USA 🇺🇸 /

A new legal battle is unfolding over Qatar’s financial influence on prominent American universities, as watchdog organizations seek transparency about billions in foreign funding flowing into US higher education institutions. https://lnk.sk/uynr

Sources: i24news, Emirati Al Mashhad Media, AFP, Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, Israel Realtime

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