The IDF announced on Sunday evening the tragic loss of Captain Yogev Pazy, 22, from Giv’ot Bar, and Staff Sergeant Noam Eitan, 21, from Chadeira, during military operations in northern Gaza.
Captain Pazy served as a platoon commander in the Nachshon Battalion (90) of the Kfir Brigade, while Staff Sergeant Eitan was a soldier under his command in the same battalion.
Captain Pazy was related to former IDF Chief of Staff MK Gadi Eisenkot (National Unity), being the son of Eisenkot’s wife’s sister. This devastating news adds to the losses Eisenkot has already endured, having lost both a son and another nephew earlier in the war during ground operations in Gaza.

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J. Ann Selzer, the famous Iowa pollster whose latest state poll got the 2024 presidential election results wildly wrong, will no longer do election polling. Selzer, 68, wrote in a Des Moines Register column that she would pursue “other ventures and opportunities,” though she didn’t outline what those would look like.

Donald Trump, the President-elect, is assembling what former House Speaker Newt Gingrich describes as “the most reform-oriented Cabinet” in decades. Gingrich anticipates fierce resistance from leftist groups and even some establishment figures, especially over Trump’s selection of Pete Hegseth as defense secretary.
“I’m watching President Trump create the most reform-oriented Cabinet in my lifetime,” Gingrich stated during an appearance on “The Cats Roundtable” on WABC 77 FM-N.Y. on Sunday morning.

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Russia carried out its most extensive air assault on Ukraine in nearly three months on Sunday, deploying 120 missiles and 90 drones. The attack resulted in the deaths of at least seven people and inflicted significant damage on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, according to officials.
For weeks, Ukrainians had been anticipating another Russian offensive targeting their already fragile energy grid. The population has been preparing for prolonged winter blackouts, adding to the psychological toll as the war nears its 1,000th day since Russia launched its large-scale invasion.

Pope Francis has called for an international investigation into the possibility that Israel has committed genocide in its war against the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza, a charge that Jerusalem vehemently denies.
In excerpts from a new book published by Italian daily La Stampa on Sunday, the pontiff is quoted as saying that according to some experts, “what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide.”
The head of the Catholic Church continued, “We should investigate carefully to assess whether this fits into the technical definition [of genocide] formulated by international jurists and organizations.”