<p>The family of the hostage Rom Braslavski, who appeared in a video published by the Islamic Jihad terror organization this evening, stated: “We are deeply shaken. People talk a lot about what is happening in Gaza, about hunger, and I want to ask everyone who spoke about hunger: Did you see our Rom? He is not receiving food, he is not receiving medicine. He has simply been forgotten there. Six minutes of video - that is all it took for Rom to break on camera. But Rom has been there for 664 days," his family stated.</p><p>According to the family, "They managed to break Rom. Even the strongest person has a breaking point. Rom is an example of all the hostages. They must all be brought home now.</p><p>"We are demanding an immediate meeting with security officials. We are demanding a meeting with the political and military leadership - from the head of Military Intelligence to the Minister of Defense to the Prime Minister. We don’t understand what they are doing all day in the Knesset committees - talking? debating? Rom has been there for almost two years, and no one has even called to update us."</p><p>They added: "We ask that Ambassador Witkoff see this video. And we make an urgent plea to President Trump: Bring our son home.”</p>

Why would Hamas possibly give up the remaining hostages or show any flexibility in negotiations if it will receive official recognition from major Western powers without having to do anything? Opinion.

29 haredi soldiers complete training to be integrated into the Ground Technology Brigade

The Nine Days, and Tisha B'Av in particular, are days in which we can reflect on our connection with the other citizens of Israel and Jews around the world.

<p>Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar commended US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the State Department for what he calls their "moral clarity" in sanctioning officials of the Palestinian Authority and members of the PLO.</p><p>"The PA must be held accountable for its ongoing policy of 'Pay-for-Slay' for terrorists and their families and incitement against Israel in its schools, textbooks, mosques, and media," Sa'ar stated.</p><p>"This important action by President Trump and his administration also exposes the moral distortion of certain countries that ran to recognise a virtual Palestinian state while turning a blind eye to its support for terror and incitement," he added.</p>

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As part of Operation Gideon’s Chariots, IDF destroys terror tunnel with weapons and living quarters just 5 km from Ashkelon–Sderot line.

<p>Today (Thursday), in accordance with the directives from the political echelon and as part of the cooperation between Israel, the UAE, Jordan and Egypt, the IDF, led by COGAT, is continuing the series of actions aimed at improving the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip.</p><p>Over the past few hours, 43 aid packages, containing food for the residents of both the southern and northern Gaza Strip, were airdropped.</p>