<p>UN humanitarian aid official Tom Fletcher dismisses freed hostage Emily Damari's account that she was held in an UNRWA facility: Hamas may have used the facility but the UN had no control over it at the time.</p><p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

Or Landau, 32 years old from Tel Aviv, found near the Ben Shemen Forest two weeks after he went missing.

Report: Wave of strikes against Houthi targets

<p>US President Donald Trump confirmed that the US has launched a widescale attack on the Houthis in Yemen. He warned: "To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!"</p><p>"To Iran: Support for the Houthi terrorists must end IMMEDIATELY! Do NOT threaten the American People, their President, who has received one of the largest mandates in Presidential History, or Worldwide shipping lanes. If you do, BEWARE, because America will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it!"</p>

Released hostage Tal Shoham tells of severe physical abuse during his time in captivity, but says he vowed to never lose his humanity. 'I am not a victim.'

Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement in the Knesset and a letter of support from senior rabbis, US President Donald Trump's envoy arrives in Baku to strengthen the trilateral alliance between the countries.

<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night held an in-depth discussion on the matter of the hostages, attended by ministers, the negotiating team, and the leaders of Israel's defense echelon.</p><p>Following the discussion, Netanyahu instructed the negotiating team to prepare for continued talks for the immediate release of 11 living hostages and approximately half of the deceased hostages, as per the mediators' response to US envoy Steve Witkoff's proposal.</p><p><a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/405415">Read more</a></p>

Syrian rebel leader Al-Julani has ordered the establishment of an investigation committee following the recent massacres in which over a thousand people were killed in Syria.