The Israeli army has never experienced such prolonged fighting in a dense urban area and therefore cannot yet declare control of the northern Gaza Strip, but real change in the nature of the fighting will be not be brought upon by Hamas, but by increasing U.S. pressure

Families of hostages demand 'immediate clarification' over war cabinet decision to suspend Mossad chief's planned trip to Qatar to restart talks ■ Israeli believed to have been kidnapped, found to be murdered on Oct. 7 ■ Tanzanian national also found to have been killed ■ U.S. believes stopping war at this stage 'does not serve long-term security interest of everyone in the region' ■ At least 1,200 civilians and soldiers killed in Israel since Oct. 7; over 138 hostages still held in Gaza ■ Hamas-run health ministry says 18,608 killed, 50,594 wounded in Gaza

The resignation of the National Security Ministry's previous director-general following his refusal to cater to the far-right minister's whims still echoes through the corridors of the Jerusalem building. 'The ministry is in complete chaos. Nothing is done for relevant considerations, everything is campaign and media,' says a senior source

Masha Gessen was criticized for statements that appeared in an article in the U.S. magazine The New Yorker, in which she is said to have compared the situation in Gaza with the Jewish ghettos in occupied Europe during World War II

The prime minister did not elaborate on the calculation behind his claim, but further examination shows that such data can be manipulated, and requires context. Above all, Netanyahu bears at least part of the responsibility here too

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef wrote a letter to the IDF Chief Rabbi, saying that the images of soldiers desecrating holy sites 'cause damage to the people of Israel, and its image in the world,' and said that soldiers should be explained that 'feelings of members of other religions should not be harmed'

There is 'not a shred of evidence' that Samantha Woll, 40, who was found dead outside her home in Detroit, was killed as a result of antisemitism or any hate crime, said prosecutor Kym Worthy