To understand the dilemmas and pressures Israel is facing, I spoke with law professor Robert Mnookin, author of the 2010 book, “Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight.”

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Jewish teachings, Benny Gantz made clear, informed his decision to support the Israel-Hamas deal to save hostages held in Gaza.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said during a visit to the Rafah border crossing in Egypt that the current ceasefire in Gaza is not enough and that a permanent ceasefire was needed.

For tiny Bahrain, home to the US Navy Fifth Fleet, close US relations are a vital bulwark against Iran, a vast Muslim Shi'ite nation across the Gulf.

Pollard called the ceasefire and hostage release deal a "monstrous blunder."

Iranian officials have repeatedly threatened to expand the conflict to additional fronts through their proxies in recent weeks.

A political resolution requires a Palestinian state based on the June 4, 1967 borders, with east Jerusalem as its capital, has remained out of reach, Sisi insisted.

The comments, made only shortly after rockets were fired into Israel during the enacted ceasefire agreement, also praised martyrs as "the price of freedom, liberation and independence."