l On April 30, The Times of Israel reported that the IDF’s “98th and 162nd divisions have been carrying out intensive preparations in recent days for future offensives in the Gaza Strip, including the looming Rafah operation.” The IDF said, “the division commanders have completed the approval of plans for the next missions, and are now continuing to increase readiness.” l On April 30, Prime Minist. [...] » The report alleged that as part of the initiative, the Mawasi safe zone itself will be enlarged to extend eastward to the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis and northward toward the area of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. [...] » According to the report, “the change was prompted partly by the fact that Israel now believes that some of the 40 have died in captivity, according to one of the [Israeli] officials.” l On April 26, an unnamed Israeli official said to Israeli media that hostage negotiations are “very good, focused, held in good spirits and progressed in all parameters,” and the official said to Israel’s Ynet New. [...] and International Response l On May 1, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog said, “our enemies and other elements are trying to undermine the entire process by using international legal forums that were established in order to have a world order that pursues peace, and pursues the values and norms that we all believe in in the modern world,” “especially the efforts done at the International Criminal Co. [...] Foreign Minister David Cameron stated that “all the pressure in the world and all the eyes in the world should be on [Hamas] today saying ‘take that deal’, accept the generosity of the offer of a ceasefire that has been negotiated with Israel.” He added that for a “political horizon for a two-state solution,” the “people responsible for October 7, the Hamas leadership, would have to leave Gaza and.
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