The U.S. government confirmed the death of 26-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi but did not say whether she had been shot by Israeli troops.
War in Israel
The two sides have been negotiating for months over a deal to pause fighting in Gaza and get Hamas to release more hostages it’s holding in the Palestinian territory.
Orna and Ronen Neutra advocate for the immediate release of all people taken hostage in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel.
U.N. agencies now hope to expand the campaign to the harder-hit north and south of the territory.
The almost 11-month-old war has ignited hostilities on other Middle East fronts and become a divisive issue in the U.S. ahead of November’s elections.
The Justice Department announced criminal charges against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior terrorists in connection with the Oct. 7 rampage in Israel.
The incident threatens to become one of the worst yet in the Iranian-backed terrorists’ campaign that has disrupted the $1 trillion in goods that pass through the Red Sea each year.
Dozens of protesters with noisemakers and megaphones — some with their backpacks — picketed against the war in Gaza on 116th St. and Broadway.
National security spokesman John Kirby said the “executions” of six hostages, including one American, by Hamas terrorists, “underscores the sense of urgency” in the talks.
The vigil, organized by Jewish Nevada and the Israeli American Council, was held at a community center in Summerlin.
Israel said early it had recovered the bodies of six hostages captured during Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack that ignited the Gaza war.
The mass outpouring appeared to be the largest such demonstration in 11 months of war and protesters said it felt like a possible turning point.
The attack comes after the Houthis repeatedly assaulted and then boarded a Greek-flagged oil tanker in the nearby Red Sea.
A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus has begun, the Health Ministry said Saturday.
Throughout Adam Berdichevsky’s match on Friday, a group of around 30 survivors from the Nir Yitzhak community held up Israeli flags, some with messages in Hebrew.