Day: March 23, 2024

Hamas claims Israeli hostage dies due to ‘lack of medicine and food’

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JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 23, 2024 21:31   “We announce the death of the Zionist prisoner, ‘Yagev Buchshtav,’ 34 years old, as a result of a lack of medicine and food,” Hamas claimed in a statement published to their telegram channel on Saturday. Yagev Buchshtav, 34, and his wife, Rimon Kirsht Buchstav, 36, who worked […]

Bibi to Blinken: ‘We’ll Go It Alone If Necessary’

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Hana Levi Julian14 Adar II 5784 – March 23, 2024 Photo Credit: GPO / Haim Zach US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 12, 2023     Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US Secretary of the State Antony Blinken in a private meeting on Friday that Israel appreciates […]

Israel clarifies: No breakthrough on prisoner swap

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Israeli delegation agrees to US-proposed compromise on ratio of terrorists to hostages to be released in prisoner swap. Orly HarariMar 23, 2024, 10:34 PM (GMT+2) The Israeli delegation to Qatar has agreed to a compromise proposed by the US regarding the number of terrorists to be released in exchange for each hostage. The teams are […]

Israel still has time to back down from Rafah invasion plans, US says

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The White House has not yet previewed what the administration plans to do should Israel continue with its ground invasion as planned, though it warned that it has “tools” to leverage against Israel. HANNAH SARISOHN MARCH 22, 2024 20:54 Updated: MARCH 23, 2024 07:32 US national security spokesperson John Kirby speaks during a press briefing […]

Turkey’s Erdogan threatens to ‘send Netanyahu to Allah,’ Israel summons envoy

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Earlier this month, Erdogan compared Netanyahu in a speech to some of history’s known dictators, including Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin. JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 23, 2024 04:19 Updated: MARCH 23, 2024 07:21 Foreign Minister Israel Katz summoned the Turkish ambassador after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to “send [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu to Allah” […]

US says it conducted self-defense strikes against Houthi facilities

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Firms have been forced to take longer, more expensive journeys to ship their goods rather than using the Red Sea, in order to avoid attacks by the Houthis. By REUTERS MARCH 23, 2024 07:30 US forces conducted self-defense strikes against three Houthi underground weapons storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, US Central Command (CENTCOM) […]