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Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City killed at least nine Palestinians, including three children, on Saturday. The military said it targeted Hamas infrastructure and a Hamas operative. The attacks expanded beyond the ceasefire's 'Yellow Line.' At least 73,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war began in October 2023.
Hemispheric raised $52 million to develop Descartes, an AI model that translates brain activity into language. Trained on 6 billion parameters using over 250,000 hours of EEG data from 100,000+ participants, the technology aims to diagnose conditions like depression and Parkinson's. Labs were established in Israel, the US, and the Philippines.
An Israeli strike hit a funeral in Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least seven and wounding 22. The Israeli military said it targeted a "terrorist cell" from Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The funeral was for a Palestinian killed in an earlier strike. Over 1,123 have died in Gaza since the October ceasefire.
Israeli ministers announced plans for three Nahal outposts in northern Gaza and 1.3 billion shekels for West Bank settlements. The cabinet secretly allocated the funding last month due to expected US opposition. The moves come ahead of October elections as Netanyahu's coalition seeks to expand control.
Israel continues to warn citizens about Iranian intelligence recruitment efforts, with rabbis enlisted to caution followers. Prosecutors have obtained indictments in over 60 spying cases, including a U.S. student arrested in June 2026 for photographing sensitive sites.
Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in a-Tuwani and agricultural land in Sinjil overnight. The attacks occurred in two Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank.
Israel's Arrow air defense system has been used more extensively than anticipated, intercepting hundreds of Iranian ballistic missiles over three years. Production of interceptors is accelerating with 'imaginary numbers' due to high demand, achieving over 90% success rate in recent clashes.
The Israeli military opened dozens of criminal investigations into deaths of detainees during the Gaza war, but none resulted in an indictment. Most investigations lack suspect identification or knowledge of when deaths occurred, even in closed, filmed facilities. Probes into looting and violence also yielded no charges.
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman signed an order reclassifying crocodiles as 'managed wild animals,' allowing prisons to keep them. The regulation specifies Nile crocodiles may be bred by a security body under conditions to prevent release into the wild. The crocodiles are intended for Ketziot Prison in southern Israel, which holds Hamas militants captured after the Oct 7, 2023 attack.
This commentary argues that Israel's system for returning Palestinian bodies to Gaza during the genocide is deliberately opaque and chaotic, contributing to thousands of missing persons. It contends that this calculated disorder serves to obscure accountability and prolong suffering.