5️⃣9️⃣ HOSTAGES 🎗️ Day 516 still in captivity in inhumane conditions in Gaza /
- ‘We are bringing back our hostages from Gaza,’ Donald Trump says in address to Congress; US president briefly mentions issue during lengthy speech and said ‘We’re going to build on Abraham Accords’ https://lnk.sk/mtay
- Hostage Matan Angrest is injured, being held in dark cellar, starved, tortured https://lnk.sk/fbsu
ISRAEL 🇮🇱 /
- Incoming IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir in his first speech says he will lead the military to victory https://lnk.sk/xiq5
- Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has said it “failed in its mission” to prevent Hamas’ October 7 attack by ignoring repeated warning signs. https://lnk.sk/nhpx
- Civilians, police stopped 1st wave of terrorists at Nahal Oz; IDF Arrived at Kibbutz Nahal Oz Nearly Seven Hours After Oct. 7 Attack on the Kibbutz Began https://lnk.sk/fvfg
- The Trump administration pressured Israel to vote against a U.N. resolution on Monday last week affirming Ukraine’s territorial integrity and condemning Russia’s invasion of the country on its three-year anniversary. https://lnk.sk/xyat
- Israel Reveals Eurovision 2025 Song Titled ‘New Day Will Rise,’ to Be Performed by Yuval Raphael https://lnk.sk/axe9
- The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit launched digital platforms in the Turkish language in light of regional developments https://lnk.sk/bvgx
SAMARIA & JUDEA (so-called West Bank) /
- Since the launch of Operation “Iron Wall” in Judea & Samaria, Hamas has officially confirmed the deaths of 14 of its operatives in the region. Earlier today, Israeli forces successfully eliminated Hamas commander Isser Saadi in Jenin.
- During operations in city of Hebron overnight and this morning, the IDF says it demolished the homes of two Palestinian terrorists who murdered seven people and wounded 15 in Tel Aviv in October. https://lnk.sk/hzny
GAZA /
- White House says it welcomes “input” from Arab nations who backed an Egyptian plan to reconstruct the Gaza Strip but stresses: President Trump has been clear that Hamas cannot continue to govern Gaza. https://lnk.sk/bpqa
LEBANON 🇱🇧 /
- The Israeli military said on Tuesday that the naval commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Forces had been killed in an airstrike in southern Lebanon. https://lnk.sk/tahr
- Hezbollah Admits Fall of Assad Regime in Syria a ‘Major Strategic Loss’ for Terror Group https://lnk.sk/evu0
SYRIA 🇸🇾 /
- Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani: “Today, for the first time in Syria’s history, I am attending the executive council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague,” Shaibani said. https://lnk.sk/run8
USA 🇺🇸 /
- ‘We Didn’t Provide Aid to Nazi Germany’: US Sen. Tom Cotton Defends Israel’s Decision to Block Aid Into Gaza https://lnk.sk/knsc
- U.S. President Donald Trump said he wanted to cut the federal funding of colleges that allow what he called „illegal protests“ in a social media post that civil rights groups called an attack on the freedoms of speech and assembly. https://lnk.sk/zdm5
- The City University of New York’s reversed their January 23 resolution calling for divestment from Israel in response to the war against Hamas in Gaza. https://lnk.sk/fkhp
RUSSIA 🇷🇺 /
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has reportedly conveyed to Iran an American offer to reopen talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme https://lnk.sk/fsp9 (KOMENTÁR 👉 prezident Trump po zásadnej zmene politiky voči Ukrajine, vracia Rusko do hry aj na Blízkom východe…)
GREAT BRITAIN 🇬🇧 /
- The BBC reported payments for Hamas documents to the anti-terrorist police. The corporation had a duty to report concerns over a series about life in the war-torn Gaza Strip, lawyers say https://lnk.sk/dqbj
Resources: Times of Israel, Newsrael, CNN, Jewish Insider, Haaretz, Algemeiner, agentúra Xinhua, Israel National News, YnetNews, Kuwait’s Al-Jarida, The Telegraph
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