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Israeli Official to i24NEWS: ‘We’re Expecting Response from Sinwar Within 48 hours’
Yahya Sinwar, head of the Palestinian terror group Hamas in Gaza, in Gaza City on April 14, 2023. Photo: Yousef Masoud / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect
i24 News – The Israeli delegation is expecting Hamas Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar to give a response to its latest offer regarding the hostage-ceasefire deal within the next 48 hours, an Israeli source told i24NEWS.
“Israel has shown a willingness to make very large concessions regarding the return of Gazans to the northern Gaza Strip,” said the source.
In case of another negative answer from Hamas, Israel is expected to choose a “phased and controlled” action in order to deal with the remaining Hamas battalions in Rafah, stressed the source. “The intense war in Gaza is nearing its end, Israel is raising its eyes to the northern front.”
Israel intensifies strikes on Rafah ahead of threatened invasion
‘There won’t be a heavy bombing campaign ahead of the ground forces to clear the area to reduce the number of potential casualties. We’ll be looking at limited firepower,’ explains Brig. Gen. (res) Relik Shafir pic.twitter.com/Q8wugzNJIG
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) April 26, 2024
The development comes amid increased international pressure to increase humanitarian aid flow to the Strip as well as toughening stance of the hostages’ families.
In addition to the war in Gaza, Israel is dealing with the threat in the north. Earlier on Saturday, a senior IDF official said that a broad and significant confrontation with Lebanon-based Hezbollah is inevitable.
On top of that, the decision-making process is influenced by the potential arrest warrant that the International Criminal Court in The Hague is expected to issue against Israel’s Prime Minsiter Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, the source confirmed.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will arrive in Saudi capital of Riyadh on Sunday, where he will meet with regional leaders, seeking to advance the deal as well as discussing the vision for the post-war Gaza Strip.
Earlier on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson presented the progress of the sea pier construction works and organization of the humanitarian aid to Gaza in response to international pressure.
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Rights Group Files Lawsuit to Block Trump Deportations of Anti-Israel Protesters
Marco Rubio speaks after he is sworn in as Secretary of State by US Vice President JD Vance at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, Jan. 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) filed a lawsuit challenging as unconstitutional the Trump administration’s actions to deport international students and scholars who protest or express support for Palestinian rights.
The lawsuit, filed on Saturday in the US District Court for the Northern District of New York, seeks a nationwide temporary restraining order to block enforcement of two executive orders signed by US President Donald Trump in the first month of his term.
The lawsuit comes after the detention of a Columbia University student, Mahmoud Khalil, a 30-year-old permanent US resident of Palestinian descent, whose arrest sparked protests this month.
Justice Department lawyers have argued that the US government is seeking Khalil’s removal because Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reasonable grounds to believe his activities or presence in the country could have “serious adverse foreign policy consequences.” Rubio on Friday said the United States will likely revoke visas of more students in the coming days.
Trump vowed to deport activists who took part in protests on US college campuses against Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza following the October 2023 attack by the Palestinian terrorists.
The ADC lawsuit was filed on behalf of two graduate students and a professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, who say their activism and support of the Palestinian people “has put them at serious risk of political persecution.”
“This lawsuit is a necessary step to preserve our most fundamental constitutional protections. The First Amendment guarantees the freedom of speech and expression to all persons within the United States, without exception,” said Abed Ayoub, national executive director of the ADC.
Chris Godshall-Bennett, the group’s legal director, said the litigation seeks immediate and long-term relief “to protect international students from any unconstitutional overreach that stifles free expression and deters them from fully engaging in academic and public discourse.”
The lawsuit centers on three Cornell University plaintiffs: a British-Gambian national and PhD student with a student visa; a US citizen PhD student working on plant science; and a US citizen novelist, poet, and professor in the Department of Literatures in English.
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Netanyahu Informs Shin Bet Chief to Vote on His Dismissal Next Week
Israel’s Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar speaks at Reichman University in Herzliya on Sunday, September 11, 2022. Photo: Screenshot
i24 News – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Ronen Bar, the head of the Shin Bet security agency, that he will bring a vote before his government to dismiss him next week.
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Houthis Claim to Attack US Aircraft Carrier, Retaliating for Strikes
Newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march during a parade in Sanaa, Yemen, Dec. 2, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
i24 News – The Houthis claimed on Sunday that they targeted the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and other vessels in the northern Red Sea with 18 ballistic and cruise missiles and a drone. Military spokesperson Yahya Saree said that the US-led attacks against the Houthis on Saturday comprised of more than 47 airstrikes on seven governorates, with the death toll expected to rise.
“The Yemeni Armed Forces will not hesitate to target all American warships in the Red Sea and in the Arabian Sea in retaliation to the aggression against our country,” Saree said, vowing the Houthis “will continue to impose a naval blockade on the Israeli enemy and ban its ships in the declared zone of operations until aid and basic needs are delivered to the Gaza Strip.”
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