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A new hostage deal outline, and continued pressurization

IDF Artillery in 2014. Wikipedia, IDF

On Friday, Mossad chief Dedi Barnea left for Doha, Qatar’s capital, where he is expected to meet with Qatar’s prime minister and CIA chief. Barnea is expected to present a new plan to promote a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, which could also lead to a long-term ceasefire and good grounds for Hezbollah to pursue an end to the northern front. The new outline takes into account the significant changes that have taken place since the last time discussions between Israel and the middlemen took place, about months – including the death of Yahya Sinwar, the finding of the bodies of the six hostages, and the Israeli successes against Hezbollah. What remains to be seen is how these changes affected Hamas’s position.

Meanwhile, the fighting on the various fronts continues in full force, when during the holiday yesterday (which marked the date of one year of the outbreak of the war), no less than 6 IDF divisions recorded successful encounters and assassinations of terrorists: Division 146 in the west of the border with Lebanon, and the 98 and 91 divisions in the east of the border; as well as 162 in Jabaliya, 252 on the Netzarim axis, and 143 in Rafah. According to the IDF Spokesperson, in a targeted bombing yesterday, the commander of the Ituran sector in Hezbollah, which is parallel to the battalion commander, was killed. In addition, the names of five soldiers from the 2nd Brigade (operating under the 146th Division) were published, who were killed in an encounter with Hezbollah the day before yesterday: Mordechai Amoyal, Shlomo Neiman, Shmuel Harari, Shmuel Ben-Natan, and Guy Ben-Harush. So far, about 30 soldiers have been killed in Operation Northern Arrows.

Yesterday at 6:29, the 9260th artillery battalion, which is affiliated with the 143th Brigade, fired at several targets in the Gaza Strip, marking the opening hour of the war with the murderous Hamas attack a year ago. The battalion is located a few hundred meters from the Reim, where the Nova festival took place a year ago. The commander gave a few words to his soldiers before opening fire: “We are here now a year later, together with the entire Israel Defense Forces, with our only job being the defeat of the enemy. Israel is alive! You will not defeat us! On targets… Fire!”

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