🇬🇧 Monday 04/08/2025 🇮🇱

5️⃣0️⃣ HOSTAGES 🎗️ – Day 668 still held captive in Gaza, with no interventions from the Red Cross or the Palestinian Red Crescent /

‚Increase pressure, now is not the time to give in to Hamas‘. Tzvika Mor, whose son is held captive in Gaza, urges the Israel to decisively defeat Hamas and take full control of Gaza, ‚victory, not surrender, is the only way to secure the release of hostages.‘ https://lnk.sk/rshs7
Father of hostage Rom Braslavski: ‚He’s dying in front of my eyes‘. Ofir Braslavski urges Israeli leaders to pursue a deal over military action and criticizes the international silence and lack of updates from officials https://lnk.sk/ailaw

ISRAEL 🇮🇱 /

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced that he will travel to New York Tuesday to attend a UN Security Council meeting on the hostage situation https://lnk.sk/dicj6
Sa’ar rebuked Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and international community, accusing the terrorist groups of using the starvation and torture of Israeli hostages as part of a „deliberate and well-planned sadistic propaganda campaign.“ https://lnk.sk/bgvu3
Minister Ben-Gvir joined by thousands for prayer at Temple Mount. Associates of Ben-Gvir hailed the moment as “a monumental change that hasn’t happened in a thousand years,” adding that his policy is to ensure freedom of worship for Jews https://lnk.sk/opbfs
In a seismic moment for Israel’s system of government, the cabinet has voted unanimously to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, in bid to oust one of its most potent critics handling corruption case of Netanyahu and probing his advisers’ alleged Qatar links https://lnk.sk/bmior
The pleasant weather of recent days is expected to give way to a severe and prolonged heatwave starting this Friday, with Israel bracing for what could be one of the most intense and enduring bouts of extreme heat in nearly 100 years. https://lnk.sk/lrs26
Israeli company MultiKol developed a unique biometric voice recognition technology; in a special interview, the CEO and the chairman explain why demand is increasing in the deepfake era https://lnk.sk/ghxy7

GAZA /

According to Arab sources, since the end of the last ceasefire, Hamas has had difficulty making independent decisions. Sources in the organization admitted that the assassinations of officials like Haniyeh and Sinwar left a leadership vacuum that has not been filled. https://lnk.sk/fgmay
Israel is engaged in talks with the US, while Prime Minister Netanyahu is pushing for a military resolution combined with humanitarian aid. Egypt and Qatar have informed that the Hamas has not shifted its position and continues to reject the demands put forward. https://lnk.sk/enl67
More than a dozen former senior Israeli security officials issued a joint video message with a call to end the war in Gaza: Israel has racked up more losses than victories and that the fighting has dragged on for political reasons rather than strategic military need. https://lnk.sk/acfy2
Palestinian terrorists release footage of themselves launching mortars from inside humanitarian tents in Gaza, then feign outrage when Israel responds, demanding to know why the international community isn’t condemning strikes on “civilian” tents. https://sdu.sk/qrkHu
Footage of ‚bustling‘ Gaza markets counter Hamas starvation claims. While asserting “aid is flowing in, by land and by air every day,” COGAT asserted that “Hamas is pushing a fake famine narrative” while stealing the aid and selling it at a large mark-up.

JUDEA A SAMARIA (so-called West Bank) /

The Lod District Court today (Monday) acquitted David Hasdai, one of the defendants accused of assaulting four women and a toddler from the Bedouin community at the Givat Ronen outpost in the Samaria region. https://lnk.sk/uou68

USA 🇺🇸 /

More than a dozen House Democrats have signed a letter urging the Trump administration to recognize a Palestinian state, with at least one of the signed Democrats planning to introduce a pro-statehood resolution. https://lnk.sk/cxhy3
Trump admin. to withhold disaster funding for states, cities who boycott Israel https://lnk.sk/eqrg6

LITHUANIA 🇱🇹 /

Herzog: Hostages are victims of crimes against humanity. President Herzog urges global action from Vilnius, exposing dire hostage conditions in Gaza and accusing the UN of failing to deliver Israeli-supplied aid. https://lnk.sk/mqwar

YEMEN 🇾🇪 /

85,000 dead children: Yemen’s crisis far worse than Gaza — yet overlooked by the world. Iran-backed Houthis use hunger as a weapon, blocking aid and deepening suffering for 20 million, while the world’s attention remains focused elsewhere https://lnk.sk/etcp6

GREAT BRITAIN 🇬🇧 /

British pop star Jessie J calls to ‘end the suffering,‘ shares photo of hostage Evyatar David https://lnk.sk/ngsx7

GERMANY 🇩🇪 /

Hanover and Düsseldorf have said in recent days that they would accept children from the Gaza Strip and Israel who are particularly vulnerable or traumatized https://lnk.sk/inrz1

POLAND 🇵🇱 /

Israeli delegation to Nazi death camp forced to remove national flags. IDF officer says delegation stopped at entrance to Auschwitz-Birkenau when Polish police demanded they remove Israeli flags, sparking outrage; ‚It was humiliating‘ https://lnk.sk/cqrt9

Sources: Israel National News – Arutz Sheva, Israel Hayom, Axios, Jerusalem Post, Times of Israel, i24News, Ynet News, Open Source Intel

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