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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
Despite general agreement on Egypt's plan for Gaza's reconstruction, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates refuse to participate financially or practically unless it is guaranteed that Hamas will not be part of the governing body and will surrender its weapons. This has been revealed by Arab and American sources following high-level meetings...
The Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era order aimed at Israel that required the government to report potential violations of international law involving US-supplied weapons by allies, two US officials and a source familiar with the decision said on Monday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Iran has placed defense systems around its nuclear sites on high alert as fears grow of a potential attack by Israel with US support, The Telegraph has learned. According to information obtained by The Telegraph, the Islamic Republic has also strengthened defenses around key nuclear and missile facilities, including deploying additional air...
The families of several newly freed hostages demanded during a press conference on Sunday that the Israeli government follow through with the remainder of the ceasefire and hostage deal outline, as they shared a glimpse into the horrors their loved ones endured during the 500-odd days they were in captivity.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The father of Hisham al-Sayed, an Israeli Muslim Bedouin who was freed on Saturday after spending nearly decade in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, urged the Arab world on Monday to take a clear stance against the terrorist organization.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, tore into Hamas on Saturday, pledging that the terrorist group would be “eradicated,” while calling its celebration of the murder of two boys and their mother “an affront to all humanity.”
Read more: Jewish New Syndicate
Israel demands the full demilitarization of southern Syria and will not tolerate “any threat” to the Druze population in the area, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday evening.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The White House on Sunday announced its support for Israel’s decision to delay the release of 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, citing the terrorist group’s “barbaric treatment” of Israeli hostages.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
While the Trump administration did not issue an official statement following the revelation that what was believed to be the body of Shiri Bibas was a Gazan woman, Adam Boehler, President Donald Trump's envoy for hostage affairs, called Hamas’s actions “horrific” and a “clear violation” of the cease-fire.
Read more: Ynet News
Despite Hamas failing to transfer the body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, with the received remains later identified as a Gazan woman, Israel's priorities remain the same: Ensure that the first phase of the cease-fire deal proceeds as planned and as smoothly as possible.
Read more: Ynet News
More than two in three Israeli Jews fear that Palestinian terrorists based in Judea and Samaria could launch a significant terrorist attack similar to Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre near the Gaza Strip, according to a poll the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs published this week.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday night ordered the military to conduct a “massive” counter-terrorism operation in Judea and Samaria, after three buses exploded near Tel Aviv and bombs were found on two others in what is being investigated as a coordinated attack.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday morning eulogized slain hostages octogenarian Oded Lifshitz and children Kfir and Ariel Bibas, and vowed to bring home the boys’ mother, Shiri Bibas, from Hamas captivity in Gaza.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Trump administration’s global freeze on foreign aid has brought security assistance to the Palestinian Authority to a halt, according to U.S. and P.A. officials cited by The Washington Post on Wednesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israel is set to commute the sentences of 602 imprisoned terrorists this week as part of the last two releases of the first phase of its ceasefire agreement with Hamas, Hebrew media reported on Thursday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi held a series of meetings with senior officials during his official visit to the United States this week, including on Tuesday with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces Gen. Charles Q. Brown at the Pentagon.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
If Hamas’s statement is true, this week will bring a tragic, though not unexpected, close to a painful episode: the fate of the rest of the Bibas family.
Read more: The Free Press
I can't believe you didn't come back to us in the end. Since I wrote you my previous letter promising that upon your return I would transfer command of our group to you, I haven't stopped thinking about you.
Read more: Israel Hayom
