The abominable Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will leave Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition if offensive operations against the Palestinians in Gaza don't resume. So now the lie we in North America are all expected to believe is that Hamas has broken the truce by not returning the Israeli corpses in a timely manner, never mind the rubble, dead Hamas fighters who know where the bodies are, and general chaos in the beleaguered enclave. Palestinian armed groups are also not communicating by radio or cell phone because they don't want the IDF to intercept them, so they are forced to use couriers to relay information, another time consuming ordeal.

An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC for crimes against humanity remains active for Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-DM Yoav Gallant. An indictment is merely an allegation. Both defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a future international tribunal to be held for them at the Hague.