Netanyahu meets the dad and mom of the final hostage nonetheless in Gaza in Florida. Tonight he sees Trump | EUROtoday

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Immediately after touchdown within the United States, in view of the assembly with Donald Trump, Benyamin Netanyahu and his spouse Sara met Tali and Itzik Gvili in Florida, the dad and mom of the final hostage nonetheless in Gaza, Sergeant Major Ran Gvili. The mom had traveled on the prime minister’s flight. This was introduced by the Prime Minister’s workplace. “During the emotional meeting, the prime minister’s wife offered her support to Ran’s parents and Netanyahu said that everything possible was being done to give their heroic son a Jewish burial,” the assertion added.

Three months in the past Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed Donald Trump as “the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House”, however this friendship, and the ability of persuasion of the Israeli prime minister, will probably be put to the take a look at through the assembly in Mar a Lago with the American president, with whom he has lately recorded variations on virtually each scorching subject of the Middle Eastern file. The journey to Florida provides Netanyahu an important alternative to persuade Trump to take a more durable stance on Gaza and to ask Hamas to disarm earlier than additional withdrawal of Israeli troops as a part of the second a part of Trump’s 20-point peace plan, Israeli sources instructed the Washington Post. Not solely that, the Israeli prime minister will attempt to get the inexperienced mild for one more assault towards Iran’s ballistic missile program, presumably as a part of a joint operation with the US, though the American president forcefully known as for an finish to the 12-day warfare in June, declaring Tehran’s nuclear program “completely obliterated” by US bombing.

IDF opens investigations into operations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran

Meanwhile, the Israeli armed forces will launch a sequence of investigations into navy operations within the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Iran after October 7, in line with experiences within the Israeli press. The investigations ordered by the IDF common workers will deal with some questions of a strategic nature, similar to why no plan has been ready for a whole conquest of the Gaza Strip; whether or not beginning operations within the northern a part of the Coastal Territory was the proper resolution, the results of the presence of hostages on operations. Other investigations will as an alternative consider operations on the northern entrance, in Lebanon towards the Shiite militias of Hezbollah, in Syria and Iran; the outcomes are anticipated to be launched by the tip of 2026.

The Somaliland case

Hundreds of Somali residents took to the streets final night time within the capital Mogadishu to protest towards what they outlined as “aggression by Israel”, following the declarations of the Tel Aviv authorities that it intends to acknowledge the Somaliland as an impartial state. The assertion has sparked sturdy opposition from Somalia’s federal authorities and a few sectors of the general public, who view the transfer as a violation of Somalia’s sovereignty. As reported by the nationwide company Sonna, the Somali authorities has all the time maintained that Somaliland, to the north of the area, is an integral a part of the nation and has rejected any unilateral recognition by overseas states. Several African Union international locations additionally distanced themselves from Tel Aviv’s statements and expressed solidarity with Somalia.

Reaction Iran and China

“Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is senseless and part of a broader agenda to divide and destabilize the Horn of Africa and undermine regional unity and stability.” This was acknowledged by the spokesperson of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baghaei. According to the Mehr company, Baghaei urged the worldwide neighborhood “to recognize the reality of Israel’s divisive action, which aims to make the region more defenseless against the regime’s aggression.” The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced Friday that Tel Aviv has formally acknowledged Somaliland as an “independent and sovereign state” and signed an settlement to ascertain diplomatic relations.