Israel's Search for Hamas Leadership Intensifies Amid Threats to Hostages

Israeli Defense Forces are intensifying their search for senior Hamas leadership, specifically Yahya Sinwar, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues. Hamas has threatened to kill the remaining hostages in its custody if Israel does not comply with its demands. Meanwhile, over 500 members of Harvard's faculty have signed a letter supporting university president Claudine Gay amid tension over her testimony at an antisemitism hearing. United Nations officials have raised concerns about a potential mass exodus of Palestinians fleeing from southern Gaza into Egypt as the war intensifies. Teachers in Oakland, California, held a pro-Palestinian "teach-in" event, which asked elementary school-age children to draw Zionist leaders and define a massacre. A former Hamas minister being held in Israeli captivity has criticized the group, calling them "crazy people" led by Yahya Sinwar.