JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament moved ahead with a contentious law on conscripting ultra-Orthodox religious students into the military amid angry scenes on Monday in the Knesset as families of some of the Gaza hostages demanded more action to get them home. Coming a day after centrist former general Benny Gantz quit the government in a dispute … Read more
The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The U.S.-sponsored resolution welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted. It calls on the militant Palestinian group Hamas, which … Read more
In the traumatic aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, as hundreds of thousands of Israeli reservists rushed to join the ranks to fight Hamas, Benny Gantz said he felt it was his duty to join the war effort. “This is not a political partnership I am in,” the centrist former general told a … Read more
The Israeli military said another four Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 had died in captivity and that their bodies are being held by the Palestinian Islamist group. The four men were identified as Chaim Peri, 80, Yoram Metzger, 80, Amiram Cooper, 84, and Nadav Popplewell, 51. Military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari … Read more
President Joe Biden pushed for a new cease-fire deal Friday that included a hostage exchange and an end to Israeli hostilities in Gaza, and he criticized some Israeli leaders who he said wanted to “keep fighting for years.” The president’s remarks seemingly left the door open for Hamas to remain the governing authority in Gaza … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly eight-month-old Mideast conflict. Biden added that Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as … Read more
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group has released a 30-second video featuring hostage Alexander (Sasha) Trufanov in the Gaza Strip. The undated 30-second video showed Trufanov identifying himself and indicating that he would soon discuss his and other hostages’ experiences. Sasha Trufanov was Abducted in October 2023 On October 7, a large-scale attack by Hamas-led terrorists … Read more
CAIRO: Israeli tanks advanced to the centre of Rafah for the first time on Tuesday, witnesses said, three weeks into a ground offensive in the southern Gaza city that has stirred global condemnation for its continued civilian toll. Tanks and armoured vehicles mounted with machineguns were spotted near Al-Awda mosque, a central Rafah landmark, the … Read more
Israel claims more than 250 people were abducted by Hamas in the October 7 attack An Israeli hostage’s family has blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the “rape” of the women kidnapped and held by the Hamas group. As per a report in The Jerusalem Post, Ifat Kalderon, the cousin of Ofer, who is still held … Read more
An Israeli campaign group released footage showing the capture of five Israeli female soldiers by Palestinian militants during the October 7 Hamas attack on the Nahal Oz base in southern Israel. The release followed permission granted by the soldiers’ families. The video comes amid Spain, Norway, and Ireland’s decision to recognize an independent Palestinian state, … Read more
