Lapid, Golan urge end to Gaza war, hostage deal as IDF toll mounts

By Sam Sokol 8 July 2025, 9:20 am

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Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid calls to end the war in Gaza in the wake of the IDF’s announcement that five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 were wounded by a roadside bomb in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun on Sunday night.

“For the sake of the fighters, for their families, for the kidnapped, for the State of Israel: This war must end,” Lapid declares.

The Democrats chairman Yair Golan issues a similar appeal, posting on X that Israel “must urgently implement a comprehensive hostage deal, bring our brothers home, and end the war.”