After being rescued from eight-month-long captivity, Noa remains by her mother's side in her final days; special ops team member says her first question to them was if her mother was still alive

The decision is signed off by the Defense Minister who says it is to provide basic humanitarian needs of displaced civilians in the Strip draws criticism from far-right Bezalel Smotrich who says it is madness and accuses Netanyahu of rehabilitating Gaza 

 Shlomo Mansour, 86, abducted from Kibbutz Kissufim during the October 7 massacre while his wife escapes; Their daughter, chose not to tell her children about the abduction until her her child was hurt when her grandpa failed to attend her birthday 

While Hamas' control over Gaza slowly slipping, local clans fit to replace terror group hold back from seeking Israel out of fear of retribution