JERUSALEM – Amid simmering Gaza hostilities, PM Benjamin Netanyahu demanded uncompromising terms in Iran nuclear talks: zero nuclear materials, no enrichment, no missiles. His Sunday conference speech, echoing recent Trump talks, balanced optimism on US resolve with Iranian wariness.
Pushing for aid-free US-Israel synergy via domestic arms buildup, Netanyahu turned to Gaza ops. Troops razed 150km of Hamas’s 500km tunnels; more destruction targets arms factories. Ceasefire tentative: war restarts if Hamas persists.
Gaza stats since 2025 ceasefire: 601 killed, 1,607 hurt. Sunday airstrikes: 11 dead. Drone slew Islamic Jihad’s al-Dahdouh in Tel al-Hawa; Bet Lahia drone injured three. Jabalia tent and Khan Younis meet strikes killed 10; shelling hit Sheikh Zayed, Al-Tuffah.
IDF silent Sunday; Saturday, troops downed militants from tunnels – ‘ceasefire violation.’ Hamas cried foul. Netanyahu’s address spotlights dual fronts, fortifying Israel’s stance against Iran proxies and nukes.