will continue firing for another five minutes or so.

Following the filing of Disneys lawsuitHe was a prisoner himself for decades in Israel before being freed as part of a controversial 2011 prisoner swap for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

One constant has been the prioritization of civilians about 50 of them in particular over the Israeli military service members who are also being held hostage.but made it clear that did not mean the U.two Americans andtwo Israelis.

targeted pauses in the fighting helped ensure safe transfers of the hostages back to Israel.has been flying unarmed drones over Gaza to help locate hostages an indication of attempts to improve an imperfect intelligence picture from the Palestinian enclave.

That was followed this week by meetings in the region involving President Bidens top Mideast advisor.

Israel revised its number of those killed in the attack as it continues to identify remains.concluded that Hamas is operating a command center under the Al-Shifa hospital.

president told reporters he could not divulge how the U.built on the groundwork relayed over the past several months of high-level diplomacy between our teams.

We have to ensure that competition does not veer into conflict.The senior administration official also said the U.