Urgent | Massive Israeli forces move towards Lebanon after a large number of soldiers fell victim to a Hamas ambush

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On Monday, during his visit to Washington, the Israeli Defense Minister promised to work to return the hostages held in Gaza, and urged close cooperation with the United States in light of tense relations. Defense Minister Yoav Galant met with CIA Director Bill Burns, the main American official in negotiations to release the hostages. "I would like to stress that Israel's primary obligation is to return the hostages, without exception, to their families and homes," Gallant said before beginning his meetings. "We will continue to make every effort to return them," he added.

Gallant held talks with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in a meeting that lasted about two hours. During the meeting, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, during his meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, on Monday, stressed the need to take more measures to protect humanitarian workers in the Gaza Strip, according to what a US State Department spokesman said in a statement. Gallant did not make any comments upon leaving the meeting with Blinken, as dozens of demonstrators in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs chanted slogans describing him as a “war criminal.”

On May 31, President Joe Biden presented a plan for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of part of the hostages, before talks on ending the war that broke out following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. In response to the proposal, Hamas defined its demands.

Washington says it is working to bridge the gaps between the two parties. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu caused a new episode of tension in recent days with the Biden administration, which he accused of delaying the delivery of arms and ammunition shipments. Gallant took a different tack, saying, “The alliance between Israel and the United States, which Washington has led for many years, is very important.” He said that along with the Israeli army, "our relations with the United States are the most important element of our future from a security perspective."

As for Biden, who faced criticism from part of his electoral base because of his support for Israel, he stopped a shipment that included heavy bombs weighing 2,000 pounds (more than 900 kilograms). Netanyahu, who has close ties to Biden's opponents in the Republican Party, said in a cabinet meeting on Sunday that there has been a "significant decrease in the supply" of American weapons for about four months. In response to a question about the Israeli Prime Minister's recent comment, Foreign Ministry spokesman Matthew Miller said, "I do not understand what this comment means at all."

Miller added in a statement to reporters, "We have temporarily suspended one shipment of heavy ammunition. This shipment is still pending." Gallant indicated that he would also discuss the next phase of the war after Netanyahu said that the "violent" battles against Hamas fighters were "about to end," especially in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, but the war would continue. Miller said the United States will pressure Israel to work on long-term arrangements after the fighting ends. He added, "We do not want to witness in Rafah what we witnessed in Gaza City and what we witnessed in Khan Yunis, which is the end of major combat operations and then the beginning of Hamas re-establishing its control."

On the other hand, Israeli army media warned of the danger of Egypt and Saudi Arabia obtaining nuclear weapons in the future. A report by the military magazine “Israel Defense”, issued by the Israeli army, stated under the title: “If the Iranians have nuclear weapons, Turkey will do so as well, and after that Egypt and Saudi Arabia will come.” Nuclear weapons will be available in the region if they obtain them. Iran and Turkey.

Meanwhile, Gideon Frank, former head of the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission, warned during the 21st Herzliya Conference of the Institute of Politics and Strategy at Reichman University of the nuclear arms race in the region. On the second day of the Herzliya Conference of the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) at Reichmann University on Israel’s strategic power, the Iranian nuclear race was discussed, and Shai Har Zvi, head of the International and Middle East Department at the Institute for Policy and Strategy at Reichmann University, warned of Iran’s nuclear program.

Brigadier General (res.) Ephraim Sina said during his speech at the conference: “Will we remember where we are today? The symbols of Zionism are deserted, and the people are not in the settlements of the north and south. This is the success of Iran’s strategy. This is a victory in their imagination. The regime in Tehran is committed to its strategic goals and does not lose sight of them.” "On his mind, even for a moment, as he seeks to achieve regional hegemony and ultimately become a global power."

He continued: “Israel has been facing a threat in its regional hegemony for thirty years. Iran strongly supports the proxies it has established in the region, and once they cross this threshold, the brain drain from Israel will increase,” wondering: “How many parents will ask their children who study abroad to return.” To their homeland?" He replied: "Parents will not agree to the return of their children from abroad again, and even very few investors have already begun to stand on their feet and will not invest in Israel without brains and without investments. Therefore, Israel is on its way to becoming a country of Third World countries".

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