Israel at war day 550
- Trump: We have direct talks with Iran. There's a big meeting on Saturday. We'll see how it goes.
- Trump: I don't understand why Israel would ever give up Gaza. I know he didn't do it; he would never do it (pointing to Bibi)
- For the second time in three days, A Yemeni drone en route to Israel was intercepted outside the country's borders.
- Trump: The hostages told me there wasn't a single person in Gaza who showed them affection or gave them an extra slice of bread. The level of hatred is unbelievable. I have never seen something like that
- Trump: There are young people in captivity there. Israeli parents who tell me their son is dead but ask me to do them the greatest favor if their son comes back. They talk about them as if they are alive. It's probably a matter of religion or faith. A lot of them are dead and we will bring them too. There are people there who are living in hell right now
- Trump asked about his election promise to end the war in Gaza: I would like the war to end, and I assume it will end at some point. Now, we have a problem with the hostages, and we are trying to get them out
-Trump: I think Gaza is excellent real estate. And we would be happy to be involved in it, to have a part that the US could manage and control, because right now all I hear from there is killing and Hamas.
- According to sources in Iran: The first round of talks will be indirect; if they progress positively, the talks will become direct
- Israel has received Egypt's new proposal, which involves the release of 8 hostages in exchange for a ceasefire lasting 40 to 70 days in which the hostages will be released in stages, one hostage per day for about a week - until all the agreed-upon hostages are released.
- Lebanon: : A vehicle was attacked from the air in the village of Beit Lif in the south of the country.
- Tucker Carlson Whatever you think of tariffs, it’s clear that now is the worst possible time for the United States to participate in a military strike on Iran. We can’t afford it. Thousands of Americans would die. We’d lose the war that follows. Nothing would be more destructive to our country. And yet we’re closer than ever, thanks to unrelenting pressure from neocons. This is suicidal. Anyone advocating for conflict with Iran is not an ally of the United States, but an enemy.
- Netanyahu on the report that the IDF is preparing to resume humanitarian aid to Gaza: The report is incorrect. According to the directives of the political echelon, the IDF will continue to exert increasing pressure on Hams to return our hostages and achieve all the goals of the war within the framework of international law.
port he was injured and in stable condition.
- Reports in Gaza that the famous "journalist" Hassan Atslih, who documented the break-in on October 7th, was injured in an IDF strike in stable condition, earl;ier reports said he was eliminated
