IDF intensifies operations across Gaza, targeting Hamas strongholds, demolishing terror infrastructure, and eliminating threats amid ongoing ground and air assaults.

<p>Tzvika Mor, father of hostage Eitan Mor, who was abducted while working as a security guard at a Nova Music Festival, sharply criticized the reactions against Einav Zangauker by left-wingers following her meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</p><p>"The cruel attack by many on Einav Zangauker proves what we have said from day one," he wrote. "The families of the hostages are only of interest to them as a tool to attack the Prime Minister and his government. Shame on you. You are beyond hope."</p>

<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a travel warning for Nicaragua following incidents of harassment of Israelis over the past week.</p><p>The statement indicated that while Nicaragua permits the entry of Israeli tourists, the country is governed by a regime that is hostile to Israel, and there is concern about potential harm to Israeli citizens.</p>

On US Independence Day, hostage families gather at the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, urging President Trump to seize the opportunity for a comprehensive deal to bring home all 50 hostages and end the war.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar informed Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, that Israel will provide drinking water systems to serve hundreds of thousands of people in areas affected by Russian bombings.

In a statement he issued last night, the IDF spokesman was asked about the identity of Hamas' current commander and replied briefly: "Izz al-Din al-Haddad, is in the northern Gaza Strip." Haddad, the former Gaza Brigade Commander, is the last senior member of Hamas's leadership remaining and is involved in negotiations for a ceasefire.

<p>Sergeant Yair Eliyahou, aged 19, from Ezer, a Combat Engineering soldier in the Northern Briagde, fell during combat in the northern Gaza Strip, it was cleared for publication Friday morning.</p><p><a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411132">Read more</a></p>

Haym Salomon, an observant Jew, was a hero of America's 1776 Revolutionary War.