<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken commented in a joint statement with Prime Minister Netanyahu: "Our first shipment of defense materials is already in Israel - interceptors and ammunition, as well as defense personnel - and more is on the way. There is overwhelming bipartisan support for Israel in Congress, and as the security needs evolve, we will make sure our aid does as well."</p>

Combined Israeli airstrikes hit both Damascus International Airport and Aleppo International Airport, a report said. The attack aimed at the flight paths of the airports. Both were disabled.

<p>Coordinator for the Captives and Missing Brig.-Gen. (Ret.) Gal Hirsch, today (Thursday), met with Deputy US Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Steven Gillen, who came specially to Israel, updated him on the current situation and briefed him on the range of steps and efforts that Israel is taking. The Deputy US Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs underscored the steadfast commitment of the US to the security of Israel and to the return of the captives, and said that he was at the disposal of the State of Israel and would do everything necessary to help it.</p><div class="Image" contenteditable="false"><img src="//a7.org/albums/781x1397/177082.jpg" /><div class="ImageDesc">Gal Hirsch and Steven Gillen<div class="ImageCredit">PMO</div></div></div>

<p>National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced the imposition of new conditions on terrorists in Israeli prisons to “make prisoners’ living space more crowded” so that prisons can absorb more Hamas terrorists captured in the current war.</p><p>Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara approved the new conditions.</p>

I am not Jewish, but I am a civilized person and after last weekend's massacre, I wish to offer an opology from the world. Op-ed.

Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu attends wedding of soldier who reported for duty following launching of Hamas was against Israel.

A short while ago, IDF soldiers identified and killed a terrorist in the area of Kibbutz Kissufim. The soldiers are continuing searches in the area.

<p>Prime Minister Netanyahu commented in a joint statement with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken: 'Hamas has shown itself to be an enemy of civilization. The murder of parents in front of their children and children in front of their parents, the burning of people alive, the beheadings and kidnappings, the molesting, the sickening display of celebration of these horrors, prove that Hamas is ISIS, and as ISIS was crushed, so too will Hamas be crushed."</p>