Diplomatic talks are underway as the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes to an end. Meanwhile, Israel’s military has been dramatically escalating its operations in the occupied West Bank,

The IDF must demonstrate that even in the face of unspeakable horrors, it remains committed to its principles.

The IDF says Hamas did not return the remains of Shiri Bibas, the mother of the two youngest hostages. Israel says her children were murdered by Hamas not killed by an airstrike as previously thought.

Thursday marked the latest return of deceased hostages as part of the group's ceasefire deal with Israel. Israel and Hamas had confirmed the names of the four bodies returned to Israel Thursday as Oded Lifshitz, a journalist and peace activist, and Shiri Bibas and her two children -- Ariel and Kfir Bibas.

"No match was found for any other hostage. This is an anonymous, unidentified body,” the Israel Defense Forces said.

The article claims the Canadian IDF lone soldier is “most likely to have grown up in a Greater Toronto Area neighborhood with a larger-than-average proportion of Jewish residents in what they’d describe as a Zionist household.” And on and on and on, ad nauseum.

The New Jersey-based Nevut (“navigation” in Hebrew provides mental-health and other crucial services to heroes returning home and readjusting to civilian life.

Israel’s broadened military presence on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights buffer zone set up after the Yom Kippur War seems set to be long-term, following uncertainty over the possible approach by radical Sunni or Shi’ite elements to the Israeli border and the nature of the Syrian regime.

On Friday morning, the boys’ aunt posted a grieving message on Facebook, vowing, “We are not giving up on your mom, Shiri.”