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Released Israeli-American hostage Keith Siegel on Tuesday gave harrowing new testimony from his time in Hamas captivity, saying he witnessed severe violence and abuse of a female hostage he was held with.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting Monday evening with United States President Donald Trump, senior Israeli officials said negotiations for a hostage release and ceasefire deal with Hamas are at a near-breakthrough, while touting the supreme coordination between Jerusalem and Washington on Gaza, Iran, and broader regional…
The Israel Defense Forces had eliminated the Hamas terrorist who led the Oct. 7, 2023 infiltration of a gas station near Kibbutz Magen, the military said on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to continue his diplomatic visit to Washington on Tuesday by meeting with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Five Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed and 14 others wounded by an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Beit Hanoun area of the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Tuesday morning.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An Iranian spy who was likely planning attacks on Jewish people in Germany has been arrested after a lengthy multi-national intelligence operation.
German Federal Prosecutor General Jens Rommel announced last week that Afghan-Danish national Ali S., 53, had been arrested under strong suspicion of “having worked for a secret service of a…
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) slammed Reuters for its report that claimed it proposed building camps called “Humanitarian Transit Areas” inside – and possibly outside – Gaza to house the Palestinian population, outlining its vision of “replacing Hamas’s control over the population in Gaza.”
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
A senior Hamas commander quoted in a report published Sunday said that the terror group has lost control of around 80 percent of the Gaza Strip and that there is “barely anything left” of its military structure, after 21 months of intense fighting with the Israeli military.
Read more: The Times of Israel
US envoy Thomas Barrack said Monday he was very pleased by the Lebanese authorities’ response to a request to disarm terror group Hezbollah, which was heavily weakened in a recent war with Israel.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his delegation landed at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington on Monday morning, ahead of his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz visited Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, accompanied by Israel Defense Forces OC Southern Command Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor and Gaza Division Commander Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram, as part of “Operation Gideon’s Chariot.”
Read more at JNS.
Hamas has received the finalized ceasefire and hostage exchange proposal for Gaza, transmitted by Qatari and Egyptian mediators, according to multiple sources close to the negotiations.
Read more at i24
The IDF published footage on Thursday of Hamas torturing civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Maj.-Gen. Ghassan Alian, the coordinator of the Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), shared the video on the unit’s X/Twitter account.
Read more at the Jerusalem Post.
The U.S. military’s airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have delayed the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program by up to two years, according to a new Pentagon assessment.
Read more at JNS
“Israel must be able to defend herself against Iran, and ensure that Iran cannot rebuild its nuclear capabilities,” the New Jersey Democrat stated.
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday calls on Washington to send Israel the sorts of bunker-buster bombs that it needed the United States to drop last month on underground…
The Israel Defense Forces announced on Wednesday that its troops apprehended members of an Iranian-backed terrorist cell during a special overnight operation in southern Syria.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israel Defense Forces’ 99th and 98th Divisions have renewed operations in the Gaza Strip, the military announced on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday removing longstanding sanctions on the Syrian government while maintaining sanctions on the regime of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad and other destabilizing actors.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate