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Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.
Israel carried out an airdrop of humanitarian aid into Gaza early Sunday, its first since the start of the ongoing war against Hamas, and pledged to halt fighting in certain parts of the Strip in 10-hour stints and create safe passages for the United Nations to distribute goods to the Palestinian population. We learn what has been airdropped so far, what’s on the horizon and how much aid awaits distribution along the border.
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Fabian reports back on his trip with the IDF to Gaza City late last week. We learn that the troops are largely “fighting infrastructure” — tunnels and booby-trapped buildings — and that the Hamas battalion is largely defeated. Fabian wonders if this approach will indeed lead to the release of the Israeli hostages.
Law enforcement on Saturday arrested a man suspected of carrying out a car-ramming attack in central Israel last week that wounded eight IDF soldiers. Police said the suspect, named earlier as Arkan Khaled, a 27-year-old Israeli resident of Taybeh, was caught while hiding at a construction site in the town of Kfar Yona close to the Beit Lid junction where the attack occurred.
Israeli forces took over a pro-Palestinian activists’ boat, Handala, that was attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip on Saturday night, and towed it to the Ashdod Port. Handala was carrying 19 activists and two Al Jazeera journalists, and is operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which also dispatched the previous would-be blockade-busting boat, Madleen.
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For further reading:
Two IDF soldiers killed when armored vehicle hit by explosive in Khan Younis
IDF reservist succumbs to wounds sustained last week in roadside explosion in Gaza
IDF airdrops aid into Gaza for 1st time, vows to implement ‘pauses’ for UN deliveries
Back in Gaza City again, IDF finds itself fighting ‘infrastructure,’ not terrorists
Suspect in Thursday car-ramming caught at central Israel construction site
IDF takes over pro-Palestinian activist boat attempting to break Gaza blockade
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