Israel Defense Forces announced on Saturday that Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa — one of the Hamas terrorists who helped to plan the October 7 massacre and train those who carried it out — had been &#8220;eliminated.&#8221;
&#8220;ELIMINATED: eliminated Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa — one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing. Issa led Hamas’ force build-up, training, and planned the October 7 massacre,&#8221; read the X post announcing the news. &#8220;As Head of Combat Support, he advanced aerial &amp; naval attacks against Israelis. The IDF &amp; ISA will continue to locate and eliminate all terrorists involved in the October 7 massacre.&#8221;
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🔴 ELIMINATED: eliminated Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa—one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing.
Issa led Hamas’ force build-up, training, and planned the October 7 massacre. As Head of Combat Support, he advanced aerial &amp; naval attacks against Israelis.
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The post included a photo of Issa and several key details about who he was and what he did for the terrorist organization that was based in Gaza.
According to the post, he &#8220;was a key source of knowledge and one of the last remaining senior Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip,&#8221; and he had &#8220;played a significant role in the planning and execution of the October 7th massacre.&#8221;
The IDF also noted that Issa &#8220;was one of the founders of the Hamas military wing&#8221; and had been instrumental in building up the forces in Gaza, where he also &#8220;served as the Head of the Training Headquarters&#8221; and was working to help rebuild operational capabilities that had been compromised by the ongoing war.
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A longer statement from the IDF read, in part, &#8220;Yesterday (Friday), in a joint activity, the IDF and ISA struck and eliminated the terrorist Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa in the area of Sabra in Gaza City. Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa was a senior figure in Hamas’ military wing and was considered one of the founders of the terrorist organization. His current role was Head of Combat Support Headquarters in Hamas’ military wing.&#8221;
&#8220;Throughout the war, and over the past few days, Issa served as Head of the Combat Support Headquarters, and advanced aerial and naval terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip,&#8221; the statement continued.
&#8220;The IDF and ISA will continue to operate to locate and eliminate all terrorists from the different terrorist organizations who took part in the brutal October 7th massacre,&#8221; the IDF concluded.

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Hamas is surveilling and preparing to attack American contractors working for the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to a source familiar with the group’s operations.
A senior Trump administration official confirmed that threats from Hamas against the contractors are a growing concern.
“While the GHF has so far provided upwards of 40 million meals, Hamas is threatening violence — this time to humanitarian workers, which includes Americans, at the GHF sites themselves,” the official told The Daily Wire.
Concerns about a potential Hamas attack come after Hamas assassinated around a dozen Palestinian GHF workers earlier this month while they were taking a bus to aid distribution sites ahead of their first day of work. Seriously injured survivors were reportedly denied treatment at Nasser Hospital, according to GHF.
The senior official warned that Hamas should “be careful not to miscalculate.”
“This administration remains laser focused on Gaza despite other events in the region,” the senior official added.
GHF has been tasked with implementing President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-humanitarian-aid-delivered-gaza?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=15&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Sends+Aid+To+Gaza.+Israel+Will+Not+Distribute+It." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump’s Gaza aid initiative</a>, designed to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches Gazan civilians while preventing Hamas from seizing supplies — a problem that has persisted since the war began following the group’s October 7, 2023 massacre. Since it began operating on May 26, GHF has delivered more than 43 million meals at its four distribution sites.
The sites, which have workers present around the clock, are staffed by Gazans distributing aid, along with American contractors who handle security. While the Israel Defense Forces are not directly involved in the operations, they remain stationed within half a mile to respond quickly in the event of an attack or security threat.
According to the sources, several suspicious men have routinely visited GHF’s distribution sites without taking food, and instead appear to be monitoring GHF workers and their security systems. The sources believe that the military-aged men are part of Hamas and enter the sites to “size up” GHF’s security, weapons, and fighting positions.
Hamas has recently issued threats against American contractors indirectly, using intermediaries including some of the Gazan workers. Sources say there is growing concern that Hamas could employ suicide bombing tactics to target both Gazans collecting food and the American contractors on site. Individuals entering the aid distribution centers are not subject to security screenings due to food urgency levels, and often come within meters of the American personnel.
The American security contractors do not have the authority to detain the suspicious men for questioning and do not share information with the IDF about the suspected Hamas members.
Hamas has routinely, publicly and privately threatened humanitarian workers at the site and people seeking aid, calling them “collaborators” coordinating in “the enemy’s schemes.”
“All collaborators, thieves, and criminal armed gangs are legitimate targets for the resistance units and security,” Hamas said in a joint statement with other Palestinian factions, according to<a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2025/06/12/hamas-kills-at-least-8-aid-workers-ghf-reports-source-claims-hamas-trying-to-disrupt-aid-distribution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> the Foundation for Defense of Democracies</a>.
“Hamas views GHF as a threat to its control,” a source familiar with GHF’s operations said. “GHF’s secure delivery model prevents Hamas from diverting, taxing, or controlling aid. By delivering food directly to civilians without interference, GHF undermines Hamas’s grip over the population and its ability to weaponize aid for political leverage.”
According to the GHF, many Gazans who received aid during the organization’s first days in operation said it was the first time they had ever received humanitarian assistance for free — despite the large number of aid trucks entering the region during the conflict. Hamas has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-gunmen-target-palestinian-civilians-from-the-top-of-aid-trucks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">been documented</a> seizing supplies from those convoys.
To date, the GHF says it has not encountered any major security incidents, and Hamas has not directly challenged the organization at its distribution sites. But sources say the threat to the American contractors remains serious.
The contractors, employed by UG Solutions, are armed, well-prepared, and highly-experienced, as most are former U.S. Special Forces personnel.
Hamas has also attempted to delegitimize the GHF during its final month of operations by using threats to discourage local partnerships and intimidating Gazans to keep them from collecting aid. Some non-profit organizations that had expressed interest in supporting the GHF have backed away due to the threats or chosen to keep their involvement undisclosed for safety reasons.
Following the execution of the Gazan workers, some remaining staff chose to leave the GHF out of fear for their own safety or that of their families. Others have continued working but remain extremely cautious, taking extra security precautions and avoiding Hamas-controlled areas whenever possible.
Additionally, the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry has worked to undermine the organization by vaguely referencing “aid distribution sites” in reports about violence occurring near United Nations facilities, creating confusion and suspicion about the safety of GHF sites.

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On Sunday, Israel Defense Forces announced they had recovered the bodies of three Israeli hostages murdered by Hamas who had been held since October 7, 2023.
“The bodies of SSGT Shay Levinson, Yonatan Samerano and Ofra Keidar, who were held hostage for 625 days in Gaza, have been recovered in a joint IDF and ISA military operation,” the IDF announced.
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Bodies of 3 Deceased Hostages Recovered
The bodies of SSGT Shay Levinson, Yonatan Samerano and Ofra Keidar, who were held hostage for 625 days in Gaza, have been recovered in a joint IDF and ISA military operation.
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Keidar, 71, from Kibbutz Be’eri, was mother of three and the wife of Shmuel Keidar, who was murdered by Hamas in their home, Israel National News <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410445">reported</a>. “Yonatan Samerano was brutally murdered and abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023, by Hamas terrorists, including a UNRWA employee, after fleeing the Nova music festival. Yonatan was 21 years old at the time of his death.”
Levinson, 19, was a tank commander in the “Oz” Battalion and was captured fighting Hamas terrorists on October 7.
 “Yesterday was Yonati’s Hebrew birthday,” Samerano’s father Kobi stated. “On his 23rd birthday, on the very day he was born, our Yonati was rescued in a heroic operation by the brave soldiers of the IDF and the Shin Bet. From the first moment, I believed with all my heart that our army would bring back my son. I never stopped believing, and that’s exactly what happened.&#8221;
“Our hearts are with the Keidar, Samerano, and Levinson families today,” the Hostages Families Forum stated. “Alongside the grief and pain, their return provides some comfort to the families who have waited in agony, uncertainty, and doubt for 625 days. We wish to express our deep gratitude to the IDF and security forces who acted with dedication and courage. The return of all the hostages is an essential condition for the process of national healing and recovery.”
&#8220;Particularly against the backdrop of current military developments and the significant achievements in Iran, we want to emphasize that bringing back the remaining 50 hostages is the key to achieving complete Israeli victory. There is a historic window of opportunity—the significant regional achievements enable Israel to end the war from a position of clear strength. The return of all hostages through a comprehensive deal—this is in Israel&#8217;s interest, this is the next stage, and this is the victory of this war. There will be no victory until the last hostage returns,” the forum added.

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This Sunday marks my second Father’s Day without my son, Bar. It feels unthinkable to even write that sentence. And yet, it is true.
Over 617 agonizing days and sleepless nights have passed since I last held my son, heard his voice, or felt the warmth of his presence. Bar Kuperstein was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, at the Nova Music Festival, and has been held captive in Gaza ever since, under brutal, inhumane conditions. He is one of 55 hostages still held by Hamas.
This Father’s Day, like the last, arrives with a crushing weight. There is no hug. No smile. No message, no call, no card. Only aching emptiness and the harrowing silence of uncertainty, absence, and despair.
Bar is 23 years old. He is my firstborn, the eldest of five siblings. He is not just my son, he is my heart, my compass, my light. A gentle giant with a kind soul. On that horrific morning of October 7, while rockets flew and bullets tore through the sky at the Nova Music Festival, Bar did not flee. He stayed behind to help. He tended the wounded, calmed the frightened, and helped others escape. He insisted on staying with the injured, even as the gunfire drew closer.
He had a chance to run, but he didn’t take it. That’s who Bar is — brave, selfless, and good to his core.
<div id="attachment_913445" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-913445" class="size-large wp-image-913445" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/MixCollage-29-Apr-2025-10-42-AM-2184-1024x576.jpg" alt="Credit: Kupershtein family. Bar Kupershtein." width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/MixCollage-29-Apr-2025-10-42-AM-2184-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/MixCollage-29-Apr-2025-10-42-AM-2184-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/MixCollage-29-Apr-2025-10-42-AM-2184-768x432.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/MixCollage-29-Apr-2025-10-42-AM-2184-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/MixCollage-29-Apr-2025-10-42-AM-2184-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Credit: Kupershtein family.</div>
Bar has always been strong. In 2019, I was severely injured in a car accident while rushing to resuscitate a four-year-old girl as a volunteer medic. I lost my ability to walk and speak. Bar immediately stepped into the space where I could no longer stand and became our family’s rock. At just 18, he helped raise his siblings, supported our home, and brought light into our lives despite the darkness.
But even a young man like Bar cannot survive forever in the darkness of underground tunnels, without food, water, or minimal humanitarian conditions.
Several months ago, we saw a Hamas propaganda video in which Bar appeared silent, frightened, thin and hollow-eyed. My son, the love of my life, buried alive. A survivor who continues to suffer.
Since Bar’s abduction, I’ve made it my mission to be his voice. I’ve spent the past year relearning how to speak — not for myself, but for Bar. Last month, I sat in my wheelchair at the Gaza border, near Kibbutz Nir Oz, and shouted through tears: “Bar! I am speaking again! You can come back!”
To all the fathers celebrating this weekend: I hope you hold your children tight. I hope you tell them how much they mean to you. Because there are fathers like me who can only dream of that embrace.
To the international community, I say this: The lives of our children cannot be negotiable. Their freedom cannot be delayed. We need the world’s moral courage now — to stand with the families of hostages and demand their safe return. Indifference is a form of complicity.
And especially to you, President Trump: you too are a father. You know what it means to protect your children, to love them beyond words. I plead with your heart: Please, help us end this nightmare. We believe you have the power. Help put an end to this war and the suffering on both sides. Use your influence, your strength, your voice — to bring back my son Bar, and the 54 other hostages still held in Gaza.
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No family should endure this. No child should be left to languish in darkness while the world moves on.
If Bar is freed, I will rise from this wheelchair. I will stand with every ounce of strength left in me and walk to him. I will wrap my arms around him and say, “Welcome home, son. You were never forgotten.”
Please bring back the happy in my Father’s Day. Bring back the sunshine of my life.
Bring Bar home. BRING HIM HOME NOW.
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Tal Kupershtein is the father of Bar Kuperstein, who is held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Israel’s recent strikes on Iranian terrorist infrastructure have predictably reignited debates about the legality of preemptive self-defense under international law. Let’s dispense with the posturing: these strikes were not only lawful, they were necessary, and there is nothing controversial about what happened — legally, morally, or strategically.
The concept of preemptive self-defense has long occupied a contested space in legal scholarship. Article 51 of the UN Charter affirms that:
<blockquote>Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs&#8230;</blockquote>
Critics argue that this language imposes a strict temporal requirement: self-defense can only begin after an armed attack has already occurred. But this interpretation has always been tenuous — and increasingly divorced from operational realities. The law is not meant to incentivize victimhood, which is why many scholars, more rooted in reality, point out that waiting for a missile to land before acting is not international law — it’s international suicide.
That debate, however, is irrelevant here. Because Israel’s right to self-defense is not merely being invoked preemptively.
For decades Iran has openly vowed to destroy the State of Israel, and they have taken many steps to assure the world that they actually mean it. Since October 7, Iran and its proxy forces — Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and militias in Syria and Iraq — have launched thousands of missiles and rockets at Israeli population centers. Each launch was not merely a political provocation, but a war crime: a direct attack on civilians. Under any reading of Article 51, these constitute armed attacks in the strictest legal sense.
And that brings us to the next question: Once the right to self-defense has been triggered, what exactly are its limits?
Customary international law, particularly as articulated in the Caroline doctrine, imposes two key conditions: necessity and proportionality. As Professor Amos Shapira has explained, the central issue is “the dimensions of the risk created by the adversary and the means reasonably necessary to repel, or remove, that risk.” Likewise, Hans Kelsen rightly warned that a right to self-defense that does not allow for the neutralization of the underlying threat is no right at all.
Israel’s response to persistent attacks falls squarely within this framework. The threat is not hypothetical. It is ongoing, declared, and demonstrated. Iran has openly vowed to destroy the State of Israel. Its proxies act constantly to make good on that promise. In recent days Iran has enriched enough uranium to build 15 nuclear bombs. The existential threat is, as the law requires, “instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation.”
In that context, Israel’s latest actions were proportionate and disciplined. Legally, Israel would have been justified in going much further. But it chose targeted, calibrated strikes instead — demonstrating not only military precision, but also strategic restraint.
Some commentators will nonetheless characterize these operations as escalatory or destabilizing. But that critique inverts the causality. The destabilization began with Iranian aggression. Israel’s actions are a stabilizing response — aimed at restoring deterrence and preventing further loss of life.
History has made one lesson painfully clear: peace is not the product of goodwill gestures or international declarations. It is secured by credible deterrence. The idea of peace through strength — long dismissed by the willfully naive — has never been more relevant. Israel’s recent actions embody this principle. When faced with an implacable adversary whose stated goal is your annihilation, strength is not a provocation; it’s a prerequisite for survival. And demonstrating that strength, responsibly and with restraint, is not just a legal right — it is a moral obligation to one’s citizens and allies.
To be clear, deterrence only works if it is believable. That is why the Israeli response was not just defensive—it was declarative. It sent a message not only to Tehran, but to every state and non-state actor watching: We are not passive targets. We will not wait quietly for missiles to rain down or for uranium to be weaponized. We will act, decisively and proportionately, to protect our people. That is how peace is preserved — not by appeasement, but by the unmistakable resolve to uphold red lines and enforce consequences.
There are only two sides in this war: Those who want to kill millions of innocent people, and those who do not. Each person must choose who they want to stand with. But regardless, the international legal system recognizes the right of states to defend themselves. That right is not a theoretical construct, nor is it a suicide pact. It exists for precisely moments like this one.
If the international community is genuinely committed to law and order, then Israel’s actions should not just be understood. They should be affirmed. In addition, Iranian leaders and regime-aligned institutions have repeatedly issued statements calling for the destruction or downfall of both America and Europe. If anything, the world should say thank you.
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John Spencer is chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute (MWI) at West Point and host of the &#8221;Urban Warfare Project Podcast.&#8221; He is the co-author of &#8221;Understanding Urban Warfare.” 
Mark Goldfeder is Director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center and a law professor at Touro University.
Arsen Ostrovsky is a human rights attorney who serves as CEO of The International Legal Forum and senior fellow at the Misgav Institute for National Security.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

United Nations Security Council Meets To Discuss Israel’s Strikes On Iran

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Hamas attacked a bus on Wednesday night, killing at least eight Gazans working for the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — and injuring several others.
A bus carrying two dozen members of GHF was en route to one of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-torches-bidens-gaza-pier-as-trumps-aid-mission-feeds-a-million-gazans">aid distribution centers</a> west of Khan Yunis when the attack occurred, <a href="https://x.com/KassyAkiva/status/1932941422036201908">according to the group</a>. There is a fear that other workers may have been taken hostage, in the assault which the group is calling “an attack on humanity.”
GHF confirmed to The Daily Wire that none of the American contractors were present on the bus during the attack.
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“We condemn this heinous and deliberate attack in the strongest possible terms,” GHF said in a statement. “These were aid workers. Humanitarians. Fathers, brothers, sons, and friends, who were risking their lives every day to help others. 
The attack comes after days of Hamas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israeli-military-gaza-aid-group-debunk-hamas-claims-of-palestinians-killed-in-strike-at-aid-center">threatening the group’s</a> aid workers and civilians accepting aid. 
“The GHF holds Hamas fully responsible for taking the lives of our dedicated workers who have been distributing humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people at the foundation’s sites in central and southern Gaza.”
GHF called on the international community to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-to-show-greta-thunberg-graphic-footage-of-hamas-october-7-massacre?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Israel+To+Show+Greta+Thunberg+Graphic+Footage+Of+Hamas%E2%80%99+October+7+Massacre">condemn Hamas</a> for the “unprovoked attack” against their workers “simply trying to feed the Palestinian people.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-u-s-backed-gaza-aid-centers-see-chaos-thank-you-america-cheers-and-500k-meals-on-day-one?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=WATCH%3A+U.S.-Backed+Gaza+Aid+Centers+See+Chaos%2C+%E2%80%98Thank+You+America%E2%80%99+Cheers%2C+And+500K+Meals+On+Day+One">WATCH: U.S.-BACKED GAZA AID CENTERS SEE CHAOS, ‘THANK YOU AMERICA’ CHEERS, AND 500K MEALS ON DAY ONE</a>
Earlier on Wednesday, GHF announced that it had its largest daily food delivery total since it began operating about two weeks ago. 
“Today, our team delivered 2.5 million meals to the Palestinian people, our single largest daily food delivery total to date,” interim executive director John Acree said. “My hope is that we will maintain our momentum and continue to provide additional food aid to Gazans. Our operations are improving and I’m encouraged by our ability to provide a significant amount of aid on a daily basis.  It proves that our system is working.”
To date, GHF says it has distributed approximately 16,041,982 meals via about  271,200 boxes.
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GHF has been tasked with implementing President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-humanitarian-aid-delivered-gaza?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=15&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Sends+Aid+To+Gaza.+Israel+Will+Not+Distribute+It.">Donald Trump’s aid initiative</a>, designed to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches Gazan civilians while preventing Hamas from seizing supplies — a problem that has persisted since the war began following the group’s October 7, 2023, massacre.
GHF plans to continue scaling up its operations and hopes to collaborate with traditional aid organizations, including United Nations-affiliated groups, by offering its delivery infrastructure to help ensure aid is distributed safely and protected from misuse or theft.
GHF has also faced attacks for the security contractors helping with the aid, who are American military veterans affiliated with Safe Reach Solutions and UG Solutions. Both companies helped Egyptians with supervising the checking of vehicles passing through southern to northern Gaza in January when the ceasefire went into effect, <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-854611">The Jerusalem Post reported.</a>
GHF is operating as an apolitical group in Gaza that works with the IDF and Israeli government for security and logistical purposes to help it distribute the aid.
“GHF is in communication with Israeli officials solely for the purposes of deconfliction and to ensure aid can be delivered safely,” according to a GHF statement. “IDF will not have a presence within the immediate vicinity of the distribution sites.”

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The Israel Defense Forces announced Wednesday that it recovered the bodies of two more Israeli hostages from Gaza.
The IDF announced that it recovered the body of 59-year-old Yair Yaakov from the Khan Yunis area of the Gaza Strip. The other hostage’s name has not yet been released.
Yaakov is believed to have been abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, by Islamic Jihad <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm263j1g2rmo">terrorists</a> and taken to Gaza, where his body has remained for over 600 days. In February 2024, the kibbutz announced that Yaakov had been murdered in captivity.
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His partner, Meirav Tal, and his children, Or and Yagil Yaakov—who were 12 and 16 at the time—were also taken, but were released in the November 2023 hostage agreement.
Three <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idf-recovers-bodies-of-two-american-hostages-in-gaza?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=9&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=IDF+Recovers+Bodies+Of+Two+American+Hostages+In+Gaza">other bodies of hostages</a> were recovered in the past seven days, including Israeli-American couple Judith Weinstein-Haggai and Gadi Haggai, as well as Thai national Nattapong Pinta. The recoveries come as Israel and Hamas continue to negotiate a ceasefire, with Hamas using hostage bodies as a bargaining chip.
The body of the father of three was recovered by the IDF troops of the Southern Command and underwent an identification procedure by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in cooperation with the Israel Police, according to the IDF.
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“Together with all citizens of Israel, my wife and I convey our heartfelt condolences to the families that have lost what is dearest to them,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. “I thank the fighters and commanders for another successful operation in the sacred mission to return our hostages.”
The return of the two bodies brings the total number of hostages remaining in Gaza to 53.
“We will neither rest nor be silent until we return home all of our hostages – the living and the deceased,” Netanyahu added. 
About a quarter of Kibbutz Nir Oz’s 400 residents were murdered or taken hostage by terrorists on October 7.
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Yagil mourned his father <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DKxVrbDojwt/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading">on Instagram</a> on Wednesday.
 “I’m sad to say this – I’m already waiting for your funeral. I knew this day would come,” the teenager wrote. “Thank you to the IDF and <a href="https://www.jpost.com/tags/shin-bet">Shin Bet</a> forces for the rescue. I hope we get the rest in a deal that won’t put soldiers at risk.”
Yaakov’s daughter, Shir, 22, was reportedly saved by terrorists failing to break into her apartment in the kibbutz six times, <a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-857411#google_vignette">reported The Jerusalem Post</a>.
Yaakov was described as a &#8220;humble, simple man, who loved his family and music” and worked in both agriculture and a Kibbutz Alumim garage, by Kibbutz Nir Oz.
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&#8220;This is a much-needed closure, so that we can begin to look forward,&#8221; the Yaakov family said in a statement, reported The Jerusalem Post. &#8220;We thank from the bottom of our hearts the security forces and the brave soldiers who took part in the complex rescue operation. However, we reiterate our position &#8211; the lives of soldiers should not be at stake. The hostages must be returned in a deal that prevents further danger to the soldiers or the captives.&#8221;

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IDF Recovers Bodies Of Two More Hostages In Gaza: ‘I’m Already Waiting For Your Funeral.’

President Donald Trump offered advice to Swedish activist Greta Thunberg on Monday, after she was detained by the Israel Defense Forces for attempting to sail to Gaza with the “Freedom Flotilla.”
“Well she’s a strange person,” Trump said at a White House event. “She’s a young, angry person. I don’t know if it&#8217;s real anger, it’s hard to believe actually, but I saw what happened. She’s certainly different, anger management. I think she has to go to an anger management class. That’s my primary recommendation for her.”
The Israeli Navy’s Shayetet 13 commando unit and the Snapir harbor border security unit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-thunbergs-flotilla-circled-by-israeli-forces-en-route-to-gaza?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=IDF+Intercepts+Greta+Thunberg%E2%80%99s+Freedom+Flotilla%3A+%E2%80%98The+Show+Is+Over%E2%80%99">intercepted the</a> “Freedom Flotilla” Sunday night and offered the 12 left-wing activists aboard the “Madleen” one final warning to turn back. When they refused, the IDF forces boarded the vessel around 3:00 a.m., and provided the group sandwiches and water before towing the vessel to Ashdod.
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President Donald Trump says Greta Thunberg needs anger management classes.
&quot;She&#39;s a young angry person, I don&#39;t know if its real anger, it&#39;s hard to believe actually.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/3yZ32q4s6W">pic.twitter.com/3yZ32q4s6W</a>
&mdash; Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) <a href="https://twitter.com/KassyAkiva/status/1932181352633569760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Israel Foreign Ministry shared a photo of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idf-says-prepared-deal-with-greta-thunbergs-flotilla-en-route-gaza?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=IDF+Says+It%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Prepared%E2%80%99+To+Deal+With+Greta+Thunberg%E2%80%99s+Flotilla+En+Route+To+Gaza">Thunberg</a> smiling when being handed the sandwich and water, with the caption, “Greta Thunberg is currently on her way to Israel, safe and in good spirits.”
Following Thunberg’s arrest, a <a href="https://x.com/HenMazzig/status/1931883778244292843">prerecorded video message</a> of her was released, where she said she was “kidnapped” by the IDF.
“If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters,” she said. “I urge all of my friends, family and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to release me and the others as soon as possible.”
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When asked if her claim that she was “kidnapped by Israel” is accurate, Trump responded, “I think Israel has enough problems without kidnapping Greta Thunberg.”
“Is that what she said, she was kidnapped by Israel?” Trump asked, shaking his head.
Greta and her comrades docked at the Israeli port of Ashdod on Monday and underwent medical examinations to ensure that they are in good health, according to the ministry, which posted a photo of Thunberg on shore in front of Israeli flags.
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The ‘Selfie Yacht’ docked at Ashdod Port a short while ago. The passengers are currently undergoing medical examinations to ensure they are in good health. <a href="https://t.co/dGOhPxQnYI">pic.twitter.com/dGOhPxQnYI</a>
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The group is expected to be held in a detention facility in Ramle before being deported from the Jewish state.
In a press briefing Monday, Israeli government spokesman David Mencer said Thunberg gave “a new definition to the word chutzpah.”
“In more than 20 months, Greta has not found one single moment to call for the release of our hostages, not one single moment, and she has the chutzpah to say that she has been kidnapped,” Mencer said. “Greta will be returned back to her home country very, very shortly with the firm message that [this] isn’t a music festival, it’s a warzone.”
Israel’s Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, said he instructed the IDF to show <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-to-show-greta-thunberg-graphic-footage-of-hamas-october-7-massacre?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Israel+To+Show+Greta+Thunberg+Graphic+Footage+Of+Hamas%E2%80%99+October+7+Massacre">graphic footage</a> of Hamas’ October 7 massacre to the group upon their arrival to Israel.
“It is appropriate that the antisemitic Greta and her fellow Hamas supporters see exactly who the Hamas terrorist organization they came to support and for whom they work is, what atrocities they committed against women, the elderly, and children, and against whom Israel is fighting to defend itself,” <a href="https://x.com/Israel_katz/status/1931928974889795600">Katz said</a>.
While much of the 40+ minute footage has been circulated online, the compilation does not blur the faces of dead or alive adults, and includes some videos that have not been released publicly. In total, the video shows over 120 bodies, including children, videos of beheadings, houses and people set on fire, unarmed people shot at point-blank range, and more.
The group, which has been mocked as the “selfie flotilla,” or sailing on a “selfie yacht,” was using the voyage as a publicity stunt in its attempt to break the Israeli blockade and bring humanitarian supplies to Gaza.
The ministry pointed out that the 59-foot boat included less than a single truckload of aid, while more than 1,200 aid trucks have entered Gaza over the last two weeks. The Trump administration-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation successfully delivered more than 8 million meals to Gazans since its operation began less than a month ago, according to the organization.
Mencer called Thunberg’s stunt “Instagram activism,” adding, “And to poor Greta, we say who is really funding Gaza, who is really feeding Gaza, and who is funding their own ego?”
<div id="attachment_931267" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-931267" class="size-large wp-image-931267" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Gs9_WWsXAAAAKwH-1024x576.jpeg" alt="Greta Thunberg" width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Gs9_WWsXAAAAKwH-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Gs9_WWsXAAAAKwH-300x169.jpeg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Gs9_WWsXAAAAKwH-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Gs9_WWsXAAAAKwH.jpeg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />The DF forces provided Thunberg and her fellow passengers sandwiches and water before towing the vessel to Ashdod. (Photo: Israel Foreign Ministry)</div>
“This was a PR stunt sailing under the flag of moral vanity,” Mencer said. “We won’t allow a dangerous precedent to dock at our shores. Letting this selfie yacht dock in Gaza would open the floodgates for Iran-backed terror, for extremists worldwide and for every pseudo activist chasing headlines.”
The Israeli government plans to transfer the “tiny” amount of aid aboard the boat to Gaza through “real humanitarian channels,” according to the ministry.
The flotilla passengers are primarily left-wing activists, including Thiago Ávila of Brazil, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-thunbergs-brazilian-flotilla-buddy-attended-funeral-hezbollah-leader-hassan-nasrallah?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Greta+Thunberg%E2%80%99s+Brazilian+Flotilla+Buddy+Attended+Funeral+Of+Hezbollah+Leader+Hassan+Nasrallah">who has a long record</a> of anti-Israel radicalism—including attending the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, calling <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idf-recovers-bodies-of-two-american-hostages-in-gaza">the hostages</a> in Gaza “prisoners,” meeting with terrorists, and stating that he “despises” both the United States and Israel.
European Parliament member, Rima Hassan, is also detained.
An earlier version of this article mistakenly claimed that Liam Cunningham was aboard the Madleen. It has been confirmed that he was not onboard the vessel after it departed.

Greta and Trump

Donald Trump Has A Recommendation For Greta Thunberg After Her ‘Selfie Flotilla’

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg and fellow passengers who were detained by the Israel Defense Forces when trying to sail a boat to Gaza will be shown the graphic footage of Hamas&#8217; October 7 massacre.
Israel’s Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, said he instructed the IDF to show the footage to Thunberg and the other 11 left-wing activists upon their arrival at the Port of Ashdod.
“It is appropriate that the antisemitic Greta and her fellow Hamas supporters see exactly who the Hamas terrorist organization they came to support and for whom they work is, what atrocities they committed against women, the elderly, and children, and against whom Israel is fighting to defend itself,” <a href="https://x.com/Israel_katz/status/1931928974889795600" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katz said</a>.
While much of the 40+ minute footage has been circulated online, the compilation does not blur the faces of dead or alive adults, and includes some videos that have not been released publicly. In total, the video shows over 120 bodies, including children, videos of beheadings, houses and people set on fire, unarmed people shot at point-blank range, and more.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-couldnt-breathe-watch-arabs-react-after-screening-footage-of-hamas-slaughtering-civilians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘I COULDN’T BREATHE’: WATCH ARABS REACT AFTER SCREENING FOOTAGE OF HAMAS SLAUGHTERING CIVILIANS</a>
The Israeli Navy’s Shayetet 13 commando unit and the Snapir harbor border security unit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-thunbergs-flotilla-circled-by-israeli-forces-en-route-to-gaza?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=IDF+Intercepts+Greta+Thunberg%E2%80%99s+Freedom+Flotilla%3A+%E2%80%98The+Show+Is+Over%E2%80%99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">intercepted the</a> “Freedom Flotilla&#8221; Sunday night and offered the group aboard the “Madleen” one final warning to turn back. When they refused, the IDF forces boarded the vessel around 3:00 a.m., and provided the group sandwiches and water before towing the vessel to Ashdod.
<div id="attachment_931267" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-931267" class="size-large wp-image-931267" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Gs9_WWsXAAAAKwH-1024x576.jpeg" alt="Greta Thunberg" width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Gs9_WWsXAAAAKwH-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Gs9_WWsXAAAAKwH-300x169.jpeg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Gs9_WWsXAAAAKwH-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Gs9_WWsXAAAAKwH.jpeg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />The DF forces provided Thunberg and her fellow passengers sandwiches and water before towing the vessel to Ashdod. (Photo: Israel Foreign Ministry)</div>
The Israel Foreign Ministry shared a photo of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idf-says-prepared-deal-with-greta-thunbergs-flotilla-en-route-gaza?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=IDF+Says+It%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Prepared%E2%80%99+To+Deal+With+Greta+Thunberg%E2%80%99s+Flotilla+En+Route+To+Gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thunberg</a> smiling when being handed the sandwich and water, with the caption “Greta Thunberg is currently on her way to Israel, safe and in good spirits.”
Following Thunberg’s arrest, a <a href="https://x.com/HenMazzig/status/1931883778244292843" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prerecorded video message</a> of her was released, where she said she was “kidnapped” by the IDF.
“If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters,” she said. “I urge all of my friends, family and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to release me and the others as soon as possible.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idf-recovers-bodies-of-two-american-hostages-in-gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IDF RECOVERS BODIES OF TWO AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN GAZA</a>
In a press briefing Monday, Israeli government spokesman David Mencer said Thunberg gave “a new definition to the word chutzpah.”
“In more than 20 months, Greta has not found one single moment to call for the release of our hostages, not one single moment, and she has the chutzpah to say that she has been kidnapped,” Mencer said. “Greta will be returned back to her home country very very shortly with the firm message that isn’t a music festival, it&#8217;s a warzone.”
The group, which has been mocked as the “selfie flotilla,” or sailing on a “selfie yacht” is using the voyage as a publicity stunt in its attempt to break the Israeli blockade and bring humanitarian supplies to Gaza.
The ministry pointed out that the 59-foot boat included less than a single truckload of aid, while more than 1,200 aid trucks have entered Gaza over the last two weeks. The Trump administration-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation successfully delivered more than 8 million meals to Gazans since its operation began less than a month ago, according to the organization.
Mencer called Thunberg’s stunt “Instagram activism,” adding, “And to poor Greta, we say who is really funding Gaza, who is really feeding Gaza and who is funding their own ego?”
“This was a PR stunt sailing under the flag of moral vanity,” Mencer said. “We won’t allow a dangerous precedent to dock at our shores. We won’t allow a dangerous precedent to dock at our shores. Letting this selfie yacht dock in Gaza would open the floodgates for Iran-backed terror, for extremists worldwide and for every pseudo activist chasing headlines.”
The Israeli government plans to transfer the “tiny” amount of aid aboard the boat to Gaza through “real humanitarian channels,” according to the ministry.
The flotilla passengers are primarily left-wing activists, including Thiago Ávila of Brazil <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-thunbergs-brazilian-flotilla-buddy-attended-funeral-hezbollah-leader-hassan-nasrallah?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Greta+Thunberg%E2%80%99s+Brazilian+Flotilla+Buddy+Attended+Funeral+Of+Hezbollah+Leader+Hassan+Nasrallah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who has a long record</a> of anti-Israel radicalism—including attending the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, calling <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idf-recovers-bodies-of-two-american-hostages-in-gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the hostages</a> in Gaza “prisoners,” meeting with terrorists, and stating that he “despises” both the United States and Israel.
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In February, Ávila widely shared his attendance at Nasrallah’s funeral, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGY-cEKM2KB/?igsh=MXY0d2J1c2xybHVkNg==" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posting</a> interviews where he said Nasrallah “shines” as a figure who was “thinking about liberation of the entire world.” In <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGYug3_tqVV/?igsh=MWt3MDJ4bDMwZDk2dw==" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another video</a>, he called Nasrallah a “martyr” who inspires people “all over the world.”
In the days after Hamas’ massacre, rape, and kidnapping of Israeli civilians, <a href="https://archive.is/HHzyf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ávila criticized</a> UN Secretary General António Guterres for calling for the immediate release of the hostages, calling them instead “prisoners” and advocating for them to be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners.
French member of the European Parliament, Rima Hassan, was also detained.
An earlier version of this article mistakenly claimed that Liam Cunningham was aboard the Madleen. It has been confirmed that he was not onboard the vessel after it departed.

October 7 Greta Thunberg

Israel To Show Greta Thunberg Graphic Footage Of Hamas’ October 7 Massacre

Thiago Ávila, a Brazilian activist sailing to Gaza alongside Greta Thunberg on the “Freedom Flotilla,” has a long record of anti-Israel radicalism—including attending the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Ávila is currently on board the Madleen, a 59-foot boat carrying Thunberg and other activists that is approaching Israeli waters in an attempt to sail to Gaza. The group, which has been mocked as the “selfie flotilla,” is using the voyage as a publicity stunt. Ávila has been seen in numerous videos filmed on the boat <a href="https://x.com/sahatenglish/status/1930244104782299326">singing</a> and spreading anti-Israel rhetoric.
The vessel is set to arrive on June 7 or 8, though it is unlikely that the Israel Defense Forces will allow the boat anywhere near Gaza. French member of the European Parliament, Rima Hassan, is also onboard.
<div id="attachment_930607" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-930607" class="size-large wp-image-930607" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218116784-864x576.jpg" alt="GRETA THUNBERG and Thiago Ávila" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218116784-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218116784-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218116784-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218116784.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Greta Thunberg with part of the crew of the ship Madleen, shortly before departure for Gaza, during the press conference in San Giovanni Li Cuti on June 01, 2025 in Catania, Italy. (Photo by Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images)</div>
Regarding the blockade, the IDF told The Daily Wire that it is “prepared for a wide range of scenarios which it will act upon in accordance with the directives of the political echelon.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idf-says-prepared-deal-with-greta-thunbergs-flotilla-en-route-gaza?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=IDF+Says+It%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Prepared%E2%80%99+To+Deal+With+Greta+Thunberg%E2%80%99s+Flotilla+En+Route+To+Gaza">IDF SAYS IT’S ‘PREPARED’ TO DEAL WITH GRETA THUNBERG’S FLOTILLA EN ROUTE TO GAZA</a>
This voyage is not Ávila’s first: he was also aboard a larger vessel that was attacked and disabled before arriving in Malta to pick up Thunberg last month. It was later reportedly towed to Libya. The group accuses the IDF of the attack, though the IDF has not taken responsibility.
Ávila, who has half a million followers on Instagram, has a long history of radical activism. He has called the hostages in Gaza “prisoners,” met with terrorists, idolized Nasrallah at his funeral, and said that he “despises” both the United States and Israel.
<div id="attachment_930631" style="width: 334px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-930631" class="size-large wp-image-930631" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzcXwAArKx4-324x576.jpeg" alt="Thiago Ávila" width="324" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzcXwAArKx4-324x576.jpeg 324w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzcXwAArKx4-169x300.jpeg 169w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzcXwAArKx4-768x1366.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzcXwAArKx4-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzcXwAArKx4.jpeg 946w" sizes="(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px" />Ávila posted a photo of himself meeting with Leila Khaled—a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who hijacked a civilian airliner in 1969. (Photo: Screenshot/X)</div>
Ávila has highlighted his interactions with terrorists, including posting a photo of himself meeting with Leila Khaled—a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who hijacked a civilian airliner in 1969. Jerusalem Post reporter <a href="https://x.com/StarrJpost/status/1893864011248124250/photo/1">Michael Starr shared</a> a screenshot from Ávila’s Instagram story of the meeting where he said she is one of the people he “most admire[s] in the entire world.”
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In February, Ávila <a href="https://archive.is/p8Trd">responded to a post</a> about his meeting with Khaled, saying he does not support terrorists—but added, “I actually despise Israel and the United States,” implying he views them as such.
In February, Ávila widely shared his attendance at Nasrallah’s funeral, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGY-cEKM2KB/?igsh=MXY0d2J1c2xybHVkNg==">posting</a> interviews where he said Nasrallah “shines” as a figure who was “thinking about liberation of the entire world.” In <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGYug3_tqVV/?igsh=MWt3MDJ4bDMwZDk2dw==">another video</a>, he called Nasrallah a &#8220;martyr&#8221; who inspires people “all over the world.”
<div id="attachment_930623" style="width: 331px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-930623" class="size-large wp-image-930623" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-3.30.54%E2%80%AFPM-321x576.jpg" alt="Thiago Ávila" width="321" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-3.30.54%E2%80%AFPM-321x576.jpg 321w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-3.30.54%E2%80%AFPM-167x300.jpg 167w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-3.30.54%E2%80%AFPM-768x1377.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-3.30.54%E2%80%AFPM-857x1536.jpg 857w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-3.30.54%E2%80%AFPM.jpg 1054w" sizes="(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px" />Thiago Ávila posted a video of himself at the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (Photo: screenshot/Instagram)</div>
“Not many people can say that they defeated the greatest evil forces of their generation not only once, but many times like Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah,” Ávila said in the interview, adding that Lebanon “will never be defeated by the Zionists.”
In <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGdirQjRePp/?igsh=ZjR0MGtscWt1MWFl">a third video</a>, Ávila showed himself wearing a keffiyeh among the masses at the funeral, including approaching Nasrallah’s coffin.
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Starr’s post also included a screenshot of Ávila, revealing that he first met Nasrallah when he was 19 years old, adding that he was “so inspired” by watching the terrorist leader speak.
<div id="attachment_930635" style="width: 341px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-930635" class="size-large wp-image-930635" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzdWoAAcGSR-331x576.jpeg" alt="Thiago Ávila" width="331" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzdWoAAcGSR-331x576.jpeg 331w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzdWoAAcGSR-173x300.jpeg 173w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzdWoAAcGSR-768x1335.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzdWoAAcGSR-884x1536.jpeg 884w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzdWoAAcGSR.jpeg 1170w" sizes="(max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px" />Ávila, revealed that he first met Nasrallah when he was 19 years old, adding that he was “so inspired” by watching the terrorist leader speak.</div>
“Wherever there is injustice and colonization, there will be people willing to fight for liberation,” Ávila wrote. “And today, the Lebanese resistance shows that it’s very much alive, reorganizing and inspired to follow the footsteps of its leader. I was very honored and very humbled to be here on this historical moment and to meet such inspiring people.”
In the days after Hamas’ massacre, rape, and kidnapping of Israeli civilians, <a href="https://archive.is/HHzyf">Ávila criticized</a> UN Secretary General António Guterres for calling for the immediate release of the hostages, calling them instead “prisoners” and advocating for them to be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners.
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In a second tweet, Ávila <a href="https://archive.is/DX8ns">accused Israel</a> of committing a “crime against humanity” in its response to Hamas just four days after the massacre.
Ávila did not respond to a request for comment.
An earlier version of this article mistakenly claimed that Liam Cunningham was aboard the Madleen. It has been confirmed that he was not onboard the vessel after it departed.

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A pro-Israel conference hosted by Christians was forced to cancel at the last minute after credible terror threats were directed towards the venue in Texas.
The Israel Summit, organized by the pro-Israel nonprofit HaYovel and The Israel Guys podcast, was expected to draw more than 1,000 attendees from June 9 to 11. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Dallas, but organizers switched venues due to “heightened threat levels and an overwhelming security burden estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.&#8221;
The new venue outside Dallas initially agreed to host the event and implement necessary security protocols, but backed out after facing direct and indirect threats from American pro-Hamas and jihadist groups that called for targeting the private conference, according to organizers, who were reportedly working with the sheriff’s department, Texas state Rangers, and the FBI.
Now, the summit&#8217;s organizers are questioning whether it&#8217;s even possible to safely host pro-Israel events in the United States.
“This isn’t just about our event being shut down — it’s part of an alarming trend that’s escalating,” <a href="https://theisraelguys.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel Guys</a> host Joshua Waller told The Daily Wire. “The threats against our Summit were direct, coordinated, and credible. When over 1,000 people can’t safely gather in Texas to stand with Israel, something is deeply wrong.&#8221;
Waller cited the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-condemn-evil-murder-of-israeli-embassy-staffers-antisemitic-terrorism?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=9&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=House+Republicans+Condemn+%E2%80%98Evil%E2%80%99+Murder+Of+Israeli+Embassy+Staffers%3A+%E2%80%98Antisemitic+Terrorism%E2%80%99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent murder</a> of two Israeli embassy staffers, Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, who were attacked while leaving a pro-Israel event in Washington, D.C., as well as a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/terror-in-colorado-pro-israel-demonstrators-attacked-in-firebombing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">firebomb attack</a> in Boulder, Colorado, where a man threw Molotov cocktails at participants in a walk raising awareness for the 56 hostages still held in Gaza, injuring 15 people.
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“This should be a wake-up call for every American who still believes in truth, freedom, and the biblical mandate to stand with and support Israel,” Waller added.
Scheduled speakers included former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Israeli Knesset members, former members of Congress, media figures, rabbis, and survivors of the October 7 Hamas massacre. Some speakers only learned the event had been canceled after landing in the United States from Israel.
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The event was planned to be “a bold and timely declaration of solidarity with Israel.”
Canceling &#8220;was not a decision made lightly,&#8221; the organizers said. “While the desire to stand with Israel was overwhelming, so were the threats. Every option was explored — yet ultimately, no safe path forward remained, a reality organizers never imagined possible in the United States.”
Last year, personal finance expert Dave Ramsey rescued The Israel Summit from cancellation after a Nashville hotel backed out from hosting because of alleged threats by anti-Israel activists. Ramsey hosted the event at the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions and helped the conference have a larger attendance.
“Dave Ramsey reached out and said, ‘You’re going to have it at my place and we’re going to take this event to a whole new level and make it 10x what it was before,’” Waller told The Daily Wire at the time. “All of the details have come together, and the event is skyrocketing in numbers.”
Despite the issues with last year’s conference, the Israel Summit organizers said they were caught off guard but hope to reschedule in the future.
“We are not backing down,” they said. “Plans are already underway to take the Summit to a new level — bigger and bolder than ever.&#8221;
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The Israel Summit bills itself as the first gathering of pro-Israel supporters who “unconditionally support Israel’s right to be sovereign in the entirety of the land of Israel, including Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and the Gaza Strip.”
HaYovel, which Waller&#8217;s family started over 20 years ago, brings Christians to volunteer at farms in Judea and Samaria. The group <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-american-cowboys-who-rushed-to-israel-to-fill-in-for-farmers-called-up-to-fight-hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went viral</a> after Hamas’s brutal October 7 attack for bringing a group of American cowboys to help Israelis in need of labor as foreign agricultural workers fled and men were called up to fight in the war.
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Christian Pro-Israel Conference Cancels After ‘Overwhelming’ Number Of Credible Terror Threats

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Scott Hayes, 48, will likely avoid trial after shooting an anti-Israel man who tackled him last September during a protest in Newton, Massachusetts.
Hayes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/veteran-charged-after-shooting-anti-israel-man-who-tackled-him-during-protest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was charged</a> with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and released on a $5,000 bail last year after he shot Caleb Gannon, a man wearing a pro-Palestinian pin, who allegedly charged through traffic and attacked Hayes. Hayes pleaded not guilty and said shooting Gannon in the stomach was an act of self-defense.
A judge ordered that Hayes will not go to trial for the charges of assault and battery if he completes a probationary period that was agreed upon by Hayes’s lawyer and the district attorney’s office.
The conditions of the probationary period will remain in effect until September 13 — the day after the anniversary of the incident — and require Hayes to stay out of Newton, except for attending religious services, medical appointments, or passing through the city while traveling elsewhere. He is also prohibited from contacting Gannon, must complete an online course on civil discourse, and will have his license to carry a firearm suspended until that date.
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Another condition requires Hayes to seek and apply for employment, including at least three job searches a week. After the incident, the Iraq War veteran <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disabled-veteran-loses-job-after-shooting-anti-israel-attacker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lost his job</a> conducting natural gas leak detection, surveys, and inspections for a company contracted by National Grid, one of Massachusetts&#8217; largest utility providers.
If Hayes violates the conditions, he will go to trial.
In March, Hayes said the office of Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/da-backs-away-from-deal-to-keep-scott-hayes-from-going-to-trial-for-shooting-anti-israel-attacker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backed out</a> of finalizing a disposition to resolve the case outside of court after both sides disagreed on the terms of the pretrial probation. The main point of contention was whether Hayes should be barred from entering Newton — a city he has been free to visit since October, when a judge lifted his ankle monitor requirement and restrictions on entering the suburb where Gannon lives.
“Today’s agreement was the second best option,” Hayes told The Daily Wire. “The first would have been a full dismissal of the charges immediately but the DA played politics with my case instead of following the law. The Commonwealth brought a very weak case to the table that in most states wouldn’t have made it this far along the process.”
Hayes said that Ryan’s case relied on two of his social media posts from 6 months before the incident.
“I know what I did on 9/12/24 was right,” Hayes said. “I have no regrets for my actions that day as it saved my friends’ lives. My attacker was actively trying to take my firearm from me and I am sure he would have committed murder if he had succeeded.”
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Ryan’s office said the resolution is the “result of hundreds of hours of in-depth review and analysis by our legal and law enforcement experts.”
“It is the appropriate outcome given the facts of this particular case and the state of the evidence,” the office added.
In a video obtained by The Daily Wire, Gannon is seen yelling at the pro-Israel protesters Hayes was with at a busy Newton intersection and accusing them of “supporting genocide.” He then began to charge across the street until Hayes stepped onto the street with his hand on his waistband, where his lawfully possessed firearm was secured in a holster under his shirt, according to a motion filed by Hayes’ attorney.
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BREAKING: Anti-Israel man shot in stomach after charging through traffic to tackle a man at a pro-Israel demonstration outside Boston in Newton, Massachusetts.
Footage obtained exclusively by <a href="https://twitter.com/KassyAkiva?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@KassyAkiva</a>: <a href="https://t.co/nsGN3MQVAO" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/nsGN3MQVAO</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1834398206056100156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Hayes did not brandish or even remove his gun from this holster, yet Gannon knew that Hayes had a gun, shouting ‘Are you carrying a f***ing gun?” a court document reads. “Hayes acknowledged that he did have a gun.”
Gannon backed away while making obscene gestures, while Hayes started to dial 911 on his phone. This is when Gannon rushed through traffic and tackled Hayes, as caught on video.
According to the documents, Hayes was face down on the sidewalk while Gannon was on top of him and choking him with his right arm, while trying to reach for Hayes’ gun with his left. Hayes then unholstered his gun and fired one shot at Gannon’s midsection. The documents go on to claim that Gannon still tried to grab Hayes’ gun after being shot and at one point “was able to turn the gun barrel toward Hayes’ face.”
In another video immediately after the incident, Hayes used his military training to give first aid to Gannon while telling bystanders to call 911.
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In another video, the man who fired the gun is seen providing medical care to the man who tackled him before first responders arrived. <a href="https://t.co/wMtoowakr9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/wMtoowakr9</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1834399006341918961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Supporters of Hayes <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-scott-hayes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised over</a> $267,000 on GoFundMe to help him with legal fees and the fallout of the incident.
Gannon, 31, was charged in Newton District Court in December <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-israel-attacker-to-be-charged-months-after-he-tackled-disabled-veteran-and-was-shot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">and pleaded</a> not guilty to the charge of assault and battery. He was allowed to go free on personal recognizance. <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/man-shot-at-newton-pro-israel-rally-appears-in-court-on-assault-and-battery-charge/3588738/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to his lawyer</a>, he spent 38 days in the hospital and nearly died from his injuries.
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He has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-charged-with-assault-of-pro-israel-veteran-called-for-destruction-of-the-united-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a history</a> of inflammatory social media posts where he advocated for the destruction of the United States, refused to denounce Hamas, and labeled murdered American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin as a terrorist who “got what he deserved.”
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Caleb Gannon, the man who tackled Scott Hayes and was shot, has a X history of calling for the destruction of America and says he does not condemn Hamas. <a href="https://t.co/t11GcY5eFv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/t11GcY5eFv</a>
— Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) <a href="https://twitter.com/KassyAkiva/status/1834709152964268315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“I don’t condemn Hamas. I condemn my family,” Gannon wrote in one post about the terrorist group that killed, raped, or took hostage over 1,000 citizens from Israel on October 7.
Gannon’s father told the police that his son is mentally unstable and possibly autistic after the incident, The Boston Globe<a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/14/metro/newton-shooting-scott-hayes-caleb-gannon-israel-hamas-war/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> reported</a>.
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Though not Jewish, Hayes says he believes it is important to use his voice to call for the release of the 101 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and to stand up to antisemitism in the United States.
“If my life has to be ruined for trying to help the Jewish people to survive, then that’s the price,” he told The Daily Wire. “It’s a much bigger issue than me. What happened to me brought a lot of local Jewish people together and got them out and active because of the reality of what’s happening.”

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