At least 10 people have been injured after a car rammed into Karkur Junction, a bus stop in Israel, according to Israeli police.
The military investigation looked at 77 battles and key decisions made in the hours leading up to the assault.
An investigation by Israel's military has determined that Hamas was able to carry out the deadliest attack in Israeli history on Oct. 7, 2023, because the much more powerful Israeli army misjudged the militant group’s intentions and underestimated its capabilities.
Israel will not withdraw from the Philadelphi corridor -- the border separating Egypt and Gaza -- as stipulated by the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel.
Israel's refusal to withdraw from a narrow strip of desert on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt, as called for in the ceasefire with Hamas, could further threaten the fragile truce. An Israeli official said Thursday that Israeli forces would remain in the so-called Philadelphi corridor to prevent weapons smuggling.
At around the same time as the bodies of the hostages were handed over, a Red Cross convoy carrying dozens of released Palestinian prisoners left Israel's Ofer prison.
Released Palestinian prisoners were met with cheers in the occupied West Bank, marking the final exchange of the first phase of a fragile truce between Israel and Hamas. Buses carrying Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons also arrived in Gaza’s Khan Younis days after Israel had originally refused to release them.
The findings, released Thursday, could pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to launch a widely demanded broader inquiry to examine the political decision-making that preceded the attack. Many Israelis believe the failures of Oct.
The military was supposed to begin withdrawing from that region in early March if the current ceasefire, which expires Saturday, were extended.
A group of anti-Israel protesters took over a Barnard College building and assaulted an employee demanding the reinstatement of two students who were expelled from Columbia University.
Trump’s proposal to develop the war-devastated Gaza Strip into a Riviera replete with luxury casinos and resorts has been heavily criticized in the Middle East.