At CUFI, we are focused on several key issues with the goal of defending Israel’s strength, security, and sovereignty.
If you want to keep up with all things Israel, sign up for CUFI’s Daily Briefing – our daily news roundup created exclusively for CUFI members. Every morning, Monday through Friday, receive an email with some of the top headlines in the news so you are always informed and ready to debunk lies with the truth.
Recently freed hostage Eli Sharabi has described being chained, beaten and starved by Hamas terrorists throughout his 16 months of captivity, with the abuse getting worse when his captors perceived Israel to be worsening the conditions of captured Hamas operatives, in a lengthy TV interview broadcast Thursday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The IDF said Friday it had killed Mohammed Mahdi Ali Shaheen, a Hezbollah operative, in a targeted strike in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley.
Read more: Ynet News
"The unbearable journey our family has been through to bring our beloved Tsachi back from hell in Gaza has come to an end,” his family said in a statement.
Idan had been held captive for 510 days. Signs of life from him had been received, and he was known to be alive as recently as November 2023. His name was included in an initial hostage...
“Recent events in our region, especially in Syria, remind us of an important fact: Turkey is bigger than Turkey itself,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a speech at the Turkish Academy of Sciences on Dec. 18.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
With Ramadan set to begin at sundown on Friday, Hamas is aiming to spark a wave of terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, including on the Temple Mount.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Palestinian Authority will not deduct a single penny from its “pay-for-slay” fund that rewards terrorists and their families for their attacks, P.A. chief Mahmoud Abbas told members of his ruling Fatah faction last week, according to translated remarks Palestinian Media Watch published on Thursday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
10 people were injured in a car-ramming attack on Thursday afternoon at Karkur Junction, near Route 65 in northern Israel. Among the victims, 1 is in critical condition, 2 are seriously wounded, 1 sustained moderate injuries, and 6 others suffered minor wounds. All were evacuated to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera.
Read more: Israel Hayom
Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wanted to impose sanctions on one of the IDF's most secret and elite intelligence units, Unit 504, former Israeli Ambassador to the US, Michael Herzog, told Ariel Kahana in an interview with Israel Hayom on Wednesday night.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Americans’ support for Israel over Hamas in the Gaza conflict remains high, with 77% of voters supporting the Jewish state, according to poll results released on Feb. 24.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The IDF will not pull out of the Philadelphi Corridor that separates the Gaza Strip from Egypt, an Israeli official told reporters on Thursday, saying Jerusalem would refuse to allow Hamas terrorists regroup and again attack Israeli communities.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
U.S. Representative Brian Mast (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, instructed committee staff on Feb. 25 to refer to the West Bank as Judea and Samaria in “all formal correspondence, communication and documentation.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Defense Minister Israel Katz revealed on Thursday that security forces recently discovered Hamas files proving the terrorist group had plans to carry out a large-scale assault on communities in Judea and Samaria and along the Seam Line security barrier.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Prime Minister’s Office announced on Thursday that the deaths of Ohad Yahalomi, Tsachi Idan, Shlomo Mantzur, and Itzik Elgarat have been confirmed following forensic analyses.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday struck a Hezbollah production and storage facility for “strategic weapons” in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, 30 miles east of Beirut.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
For the first time since the outbreak of the war, Israelis are suing the Al-Jazeera network for its role in echoing the horrors of October 7 and its sympathetic coverage toward Hamas. The lawsuit was filed by dozens of victims of the massacre, including Morris Schneider, the uncle of Shiri Bibas, who was murdered in Hamas captivity after being...
United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday night that an Israeli delegation is expected to travel to Doha or Cairo in the coming days to negotiate the second phase of the hostage deal.
Read more: Israel Hayom
The U.S. Department of Justice-led Task Force to Combat Antisemitism will soon file federal hate crime indictments against campus activists “supporting Hamas and trying to intimidate Jews,” Leo Terrell, who leads the efforts, told Israel’s Channel 12 News on Wednesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Yarden Bibas delivered a heartbreaking eulogy for his wife and children on Wednesday, more than a year after they had been captured and then murdered by Hamas and days after their bodies were returned.
Read more: Israel Hayom
The Hamas terror group was reportedly considering a deal Monday to transfer the bodies of two slain hostages to Egypt in exchange for hundreds of prisoners previously slated for release, as international mediators sought to salvage a fraying ceasefire deal in Gaza.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday called for more “realistic expectations” in Europe regarding the new Syrian government, which he described as “a terrorist group from Idlib.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
