Meanwhile on the International front....

Israelis carry arms in public – in pictures

 

Mideast Crisis: More Than a Fifth of Hostages in Gaza Are Dead, Israel Finds

More than a fifth of the remaining hostages being held in Gaza are dead, according to an internal assessment conducted by the Israeli military.

Israeli intelligence officers have concluded that at least 32 of the remaining 136 hostages captured by Hamas and its allies on Oct. 7 have died since the start of the war, according to a confidential assessment that was reviewed by The New York Times. The families of the 32 hostages whose deaths are confirmed have been informed, according to four military officials who spoke anonymously in order to discuss a sensitive matter.

The four officials said that officers were also assessing unconfirmed intelligence that indicated that at least 20 other hostages may have also been killed.

The figure of 32 is higher than any previous number the Israeli authorities have publicly disclosed of hostages who are dead. In an answer to a request for comment, the Israeli military said that most of the dead were killed on Oct. 7.

The news is likely to worsen a furor in Israel, where a debate over the government’s course of action in Gaza regarding the hostages has become divisive.

 

I call that an average Tuesday at Walmart and Lowe's.

 

This has always been true. I'm sure the numbers are higher now, but you could have made that photoshoot any time in the last 50 years.

 

And now, we find out.

 

He says he really hates it!

 

Probably going to take about 50 more of these to really erode the proxies' command and control.

Their communication often isn't much more advanced than "2 tin cans and a string" so they're maddeningly difficult to pinpoint. But "ve haf vays."

 

Evacuate to where?

Israel seeks to evacuate Palestinians jammed into a southern Gaza city ahead of an expected invasion

 

Egypt

 

Egypt has made it quite clear they won't take them.

 

Arab countries just upholding their tradition of treating Palestinians like third-class citizens.