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Relatives of hostages held by terrorist groups gathered in Kibbutz Nirim near the Gaza border on Thursday, using powerful loudspeakers to broadcast messages to their loved ones in the Strip, both as an act of protest and on the slim chance that the hostages will hear them.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The Israel Defense Force unit overseeing the transport of humanitarian aid into Gaza said on Wednesday that there are no shortages of food in the Strip and that existing problems were caused by the inability of the United Nations to properly distribute the goods once they entered the enclave.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The Israel Foreign Ministry accused South Africa on Thursday of acting as the “legal arm of the Hamas terrorist organization,” as two days of preliminary hearings kicked off at the U.N.’s top court in The Hague.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An investigation by the UN Watch monitor group found that United Nations workers in Gaza used an internal Telegram channel, which was meant to facilitate their work, to praise the Hamas massacres on October 7.
Read more: The Times of Israel
US and UK forces have shot down 21 drones and missiles over the Red Sea launched by Yemen’s Houthis, in what London branded Wednesday the “largest attack” yet by the Iran-backed group.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Five Hamas leaders secretly planned the bloody invasion of southern Israel on Oct. 7, with 70 commandos from the terrorist group’s elite Nukhba Force leading the charge across the Gaza border, the London-based, pan-Arab Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
According to data compiled by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitic incidents rose 360 percent between Oct. 7 and Jan. 7 when compared with the same time frame one year prior.
Read more: The Hill
Star singer and “Fauda” actor Idan Amedi was seriously injured while fighting as an Israel Defense Forces reservist in the central Gaza Strip, and was airlifted to a hospital on Monday, where he was sedated and receiving treatment.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israeli forces operating in central Gaza have found the largest weapons manufacturing site discovered since the start of the war, containing rockets capable of reaching north of Tel Aviv, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Monday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Six troops were killed in an explosion in central Gaza and three others died during intense battles in the south of the Strip, Israel’s army announced Tuesday, as heavy fighting persisted a day after military leaders indicated that combat was shifting into lower gear after over three months of war.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Hezbollah attacked the IDF’s Northern Command headquarters in the Upper Galilee city of Safed with several drones on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
South Korea's spy agency said Monday that Hamas is using weapons made in North Korea to fight Israel in Gaza, according to a report in the South Korean outlet Yonhap.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Gaza civilians reveal incidents of Hamas murder and abuse in phone calls with Israeli military officers released by the Israel Defense Forces on Monday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An Israeli attack in Southern Lebanon on Monday killed a senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force
“This is a very painful strike,” Reuters reported, citing a security source.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Intensive fighting took place in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis overnight Sunday and into Monday, with the Israeli Air Force carrying out some 30 strikes on Hamas targets in the area, as the Hamas-run health ministry said that 73 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli forces in the last day.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The Tasnim News Agency, associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran, claimed on Wednesday that ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in Iran under ‘Zionist guidance.’ The deadly attack in Kerman killed upwards of 80 people, and wounded scores more.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Islamic State spokesman Abu Huthaifa al-Ansari, in a speech published by the terror group’s media arm Al-Furqan on Thursday evening, called on ISIS supporters around the world to attack Jews and avenge the killing by the Israel Defense Forces of Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Three Israelis declared missing since October 7 were confirmed to be held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Thursday, as troops continued to focus operations on the enclave’s central and southern areas.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The Israel Defense Forces offensive against Hamas’s tunnel network in the southern Gaza Strip is yielding results, with many Hamas terrorists killed and the group’s command and control capabilities sustaining severe damage, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Biden administration on Wednesday tore into South Africa for filing an application at the International Court of Justice to begin proceedings to declare that Jerusalem was violating its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention in its war against Hamas following the Gaza-ruling terrorist group’s murderous October 7 onslaught.
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