Israel’s security cabinet debates full Gaza occupation amid worsening humanitarian crisis and hostage families’ boat protest.

The commandment of bal taschit prohibits wasteful destruction and is especially relevant in military conflict because in the fog of war humans can feel justified in destroying anything in their paths.

What I’m doing now is digging my own grave,” says Evyatar David, as his fragile figure, weak with hunger, scrapes at the dirt with a shovel in a cramped Gaza tunnel.

This weekend, Hamas released a haunting video of 24-year-old Evyatar David, an Israeli hostage abducted from the Nova Music Festival during the Oct. 7 attacks. In the video, David appears so emaciated and pale that his father said he didn’t recognize him.

Israel's Security Cabinet meets Tuesday to discuss occupying Gaza Strip after Netanyahu's office says decision made to take full control of Palestinian enclave

In a post on his social media platform, he shared a picture of a young man who appears to have been assaulted, visibly covered in blood."Local ‘youths’ and gang members, some only 14, 15, and 16-years-old,