🇵🇸❌🇮🇱 — Netanyahu:

We will increase the number of our forces in Philadelphi, not the opposite.

📝— note: This goes directly against the agreement which states Israel must gradually reduce its forces during phase1, and at day 42 it must fully withdraw from Philadelphia axis.

⚡️🇵🇸🇵🇸❌🇮🇱 - The Saraya AlQuds (PIJ) Brigades announce sniping an IDF Infantry soldier, east of Gaza city, northern Gaza, this evening.

⚡️🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 - The IDF's Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, has published a video, stating that the "military's intensive fighting in Gaza is what enabled for the release of hostages" in this ceasefire agreement.

» For more than a year and three months, the IDF has been fighting Hamas and has important achievements.

Herzi Halevi has also announced the defeat of the AlQassam Brigades; stating:

» We have defeated Hamas' military wing, and eliminated the organization's chain of command and its leader, Yahya Sinwar.

Ironically, he has however stated that there is "a lot more work to do" against Hamas, clinging to the objectives that the IDF haven't yet come close to achieve.
Herzi has also made sure to highlight the fact that the IDF accumulated heavily losses throughout this war [click to expand]:

» The work doesn't end here. We still have a lot more to do. We will do this with great strength and determination.

» The IDF's powerful fighting has created the conditions necessary to achieve the critical objective before us today: returning the hostages to their homeland and their families.

» The fighting comes at a heavy cost.

» At this time, alongside the excitement and anticipation, we in the IDF are committed to all the hostages and their families – soldiers and civilians alike. We will not stop or rest until they all return.

⚡️🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 - In the video that the IDF's Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, has published, it was announced that the IDF will prepare to operate a pre-planned reinforced defensive & offensive posture along the Gaza Strip border, to make up for the mistake of "October 7", ensuring that the "horrific event will never happen again".

Halevi stated [click to expand]:

» Hamas has been severely weakened, and we will not allow it to recover, or allow it to be in control. The level of security today is significantly better than it was on October 7 and also prior.

» Despite the initial failure, the IDF in this war planned, implemented, and achieved many accomplishments. The Middle East is undergoing changes, our map of threats has completely changed, new opportunities have opened, and we are preparing for new challenges. Throughout this journey, we have been determined to achieve the objectives of the war – and we will continue to be.

⚡️🇵🇸🇵🇸 - An Infographic of the road-map planned to be paved by the Hamas Civil Defense in Gaza City, northern Gaza, as soon as the ceasefire comes into effect.

🇶🇦🇺🇸🇵🇸🕊 — Qatari Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Majid Al-Ansari:

➡️We have put in place the necessary guarantees to resume negotiations on the second phase of the agreement

➡️We are optimistic about the seriousness of the Trump administration in committing to supporting the agreement in Gaza.

➡️We cannot afford the failure of this deal and we are committed until we see a clear future in Gaza.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱🕊 — US President-elect Donald Trump in an interview with NBC:

➡️It would be very good (for the hostage deal and the ceasefire in Gaza) to hold up.

➡️Trump noted that he told Netanyahu to continue doing what he has to do in Gaza and emphasized that he told him "we want this to end. It has to end."

➡️Trump said he would meet with Netanyahu soon but did not say when

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸🕊 — 📰 Israeli journalist Barak Ravid:

President Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Walz met today in Washington with representatives of American and Israeli abductee families and stressed to them that the Trump administration is committed to implementing the entire abductee deal and the ceasefire in Gaza in all its phases, according to three sources who attended the meeting.

🔗Barak Ravid

🔒🇵🇸🕊 — Three out of six Gilboa prison breakers, who have previously managed to prison break after digging a tunnel at Israel’s high-security prison in 2021, will be part of the first phase of a prisoner exchange deal, set to begin Sunday.

➡️The excavation back then was done with plates and pan handles, and dumped the excavated dirt in the prison's sewer system, garbage cans, and hollow shafts, and it took approximately one year to dig the tunnel.

🔗Gilboa Prison break

🇵🇸🇵🇸 — Abu Obaida, spokeman of Alqassam (Hamas military wing) promised in a speech in 2021 following the re-arrest of the 6 prison breakers, that they'll be getting their freedom soon in a new exchange deal.

Four years later, 3 of them are said to be released tomorrow

🇺🇸🇺🇸 — NATO's European partners are divided over Trump's proposal to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP.

➡️Poland believes it is achievable, but many other European countries argue that such a figure would place significant financial strain on them.

➡️Trump has warned that if NATO members fail to meet this target, the United States might withdraw from the alliance. However, European nations acknowledge that if the U.S. were to leave NATO, they would still be compelled to increase defense spending to that level to ensure their own security.

🇮🇱 — IDF Spokesperson:

Following the alerts that were activated at 09:00 in Sderot, this is a false identification.