Arab-Israeli Conflict

Released hostages go to the beach together, fulfilling vow made in Gaza tunnels

Liam Or was freed during he initial November 2023 hostage deal; Omer Wenkert was released in February 2025.

March 27, 2025

Israel escalates strikes on Hamas ‘political’ wing

Hamas’s legitimacy rests on its ability to govern and deliver aid, and when Hamas can’t do that, it begins to lose legitimacy.

March 27, 2025

Rebuilding Gaza may take close to a century – for real

90% of Gazans have been displaced by the current war, with 70% of homes destroyed or damaged.

March 27, 2025

Missiles from Yemen send millions of Israelis scrambling for shelter

Two missiles were successfully intercepted, and no injuries or damage were reported.

March 27, 2025

Israeli strike kills top Hezbollah Radwan commander

In a separate operation on Thursday morning, the Israeli military struck Hezbollah operatives transporting weapons in the Yahmor area of southern Lebanon.

March 27, 2025

Israel to Gazans: Oust Hamas, free hostages or you’ll be forced to move

Defense minister encourages Gazans to continue anti-Hamas protests, says the terror group being stripped of power is 'the only way to stop the war.'

March 27, 2025

Hamas spokesman killed in IDF airstrike

Arabic media outlet claims that Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif Al-Qanou was eliminated while hiding in a tent during a strike on the northern Gaza Strip overnight, marking the third assassination this week.

March 27, 2025

Hamas says Israel’s military pressure will result in hostages returning ‘in coffins’

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's message to Hamas was that Israel would seize areas of Gaza if the hostages are not returned.

March 26, 2025

For the second day, Gaza anti-Hamas demonstrations gain massive support

Demonstrations against the terror group, which has ruled the Gaza Strip with an iron fist since 2007, are rare and often promptly quelled.

March 26, 2025

UAE president warns Egypt it may lose US support if it doesn’t take in Gazan civilians

US President Donald Trump urged Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to agree to absorb Gazan civilians as part of a plan to relocate the population during the rebuilding process, but Sisi initially refused.

March 26, 2025

Since Oct 7, more Jews have been killed by Israeli Arabs, legal residents than by Palestinians – report

A June 2024 survey found that some 14.7% of Arab Israelis believe that Hamas should govern Gaza after the war, in direct opposition to one of Jerusalem’s key war aims.

March 26, 2025

Netanyahu threatens to seize parts of Gaza if hostages not returned

Israeli prime minister backs calls by his defense chief to seize territory in the Gaza Strip should Hamas fail to release remaining 59 hostages.

March 26, 2025

With Israel’s help, 100 Gazans to resettle in Indonesia

Israeli Defense Ministry working to facilitate migration of 100 Gazans to the world’s most populous Muslim country, arranging jobs in the construction industry.

March 26, 2025

Former hostage reveals she was sexually assaulted by Hamas terrorists

Ilana Gritzewsky says she woke up from her abduction half naked, with seven terrorists around her.

March 26, 2025

Hamas used ceasefire to re-arm, still poses a threat to Israel, warns US intel

Joint report published by American intelligence agencies warns that Hamas still constitutes a threat to Israel, maintaining a terrorist army of thousands with a significant arsenal.

March 26, 2025

IDF carrying out ‘most powerful’ operations in Judea and Samaria since 2002, says civil admin head

The military has been conducting an offensive in northern Samaria, dubbed 'Operation Iron Wall,' since Jan. 21.

March 25, 2025

Hamas to pay ‘increasingly heavy price’ unless it frees hostages, says Israel’s defense minister

Israeli political and military leaders are considering plans for a fresh ground campaign in Gaza that could include a military occupation of the entire enclave for months or longer.

March 25, 2025

Israeli strikes destroy over 100 pickup trucks used by Hamas on October 7

IDF reports that it and the Shin Bet internal security agency have destroyed over 100 pickup trucks used by Hamas terrorists during the October 7th invasion of southwestern Israel.

March 25, 2025

The Alawites know that their enemy is not Israel – analysis

The Alawites were well aware of the warning given to the Syrians by Defense Minister Israel Katz on March 1

March 25, 2025

Israel rejects UN’s repeated accusation of shelling its compound in Gaza

The Foreign Ministry charged that 'Nothing stands in the way of the UN Secretary-General in another attempt to smear Israel.'

March 25, 2025

Egypt threatens to expel terrorists if Hamas doesn’t agree to new deal

Hamas has reportedly responded 'positively' to a revised Egyptian proposal that Israel has yet to officially receive.

March 25, 2025

Oscar-winning documentary co-director arrested for throwing stones at Israeli forces

The IDF reported that the violence began when Palestinian suspects hurled rocks at Israeli civilians, damaging vehicles.

March 25, 2025

U.S., United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain flags on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City

Trump says more countries will join Abraham Accords ‘soon,’ reveals why Biden ‘added zero’

In recent months, Trump has hinted that Saudi Arabia may normalize relations with Israel in the near term.

March 25, 2025

Miracle in Beit Shemesh: Houthi missile pierces car roof without hitting the driver

Since October 7, 2023, the Houthis have launched 350 drones and missiles at Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.

March 24, 2025

Is Gaza exodus happening? 1,000 left the Strip in March

The 1,000 recent emigrants are in addition to 35,000 others who are estimated to have permanently left the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.

March 24, 2025

Anti-Israel social media posters praise Egyptian lynx for attacking IDF soldiers

The desert lynx is now being praised as a Palestinian symbol.

March 24, 2025

Al Jazeera reporter on Hamas payroll killed in Israeli airstrike

Hamas files identified him as a sniper in Hamas’s Beit Hanoun Battalion.

March 24, 2025

Number of disabled IDF vets to rise to 100,000 by 2030

Israeli defense ministry reveals that over 16,000 soldiers have been wounded since October 7th, with current wars expected to push the total number of disabled IDF veterans to more than 100,000 by 2030.

March 24, 2025

IDF chief: ‘No choice—pressure must be increased’ on Hamas

As part of broader operations, the IDF has struck hundreds of Hamas targets across Gaza in recent days, aiming to degrade the group’s military capabilities.

March 24, 2025

Report: Israel eyeing full-scale occupation of Gaza

Israel claims it has destroyed nearly all of Hamas’s 24 fighting battalions, leaving only a few thousand fighters in Gaza.

March 24, 2025

Ceasefire talks continue as IDF expands fighting in Gaza

A third division has been sent in as Egypt reportedly offers a new proposal.

March 24, 2025

Elderly man gunned down in terrorist shooting in northern Israel

70-year-old man murdered and IDF soldier seriously wounded after terrorist attempted to ram pedestrians at bus stop before opening fire on them.

March 24, 2025

35,000 Gazans emigrated since October 7 – report

Israel aiding Gazans to relocate from the Gaza Strip under newly established Defense Ministry agency, charged with implementing Trump's Gaza resettlement plan.

March 24, 2025

Report: Hamas offshoot fired Saturday rockets from Lebanon

Palestinian terror group reportedly left Hezbollah flag, picture of Nasrallah at launch site to create false impression that Hezbollah was behind the attack.

March 24, 2025

New Hamas prime minister in Gaza assassinated in IAF strike

IDF notes use of 'precision munitions' to minimize harm to civilians during assassination of major Hamas official.

March 24, 2025

Israeli minister calls to bomb Hamas food warehouses, electric infrastructure

'What a normal country would do' - National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calls on IDF to engage in total war on Gaza, including bombing Hamas food warehouses and Gaza's electric infrastructure to force release of hostages.

March 23, 2025

In a first, Israeli settlement leaders visit UAE, meet government officials

Regional council heads from Judea and Samaria praised their hosts for openness to ‘thinking outside the box' regarding regional issues.

March 23, 2025

IDF downs Houthi missile as sirens sound across central Israel

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday ordered a second U.S. aircraft carrier to the Middle East as strikes against Yemen’s Houthis escalate.

March 23, 2025

IDF expands Gaza ground op, orders Gazans to evacuate

IDF expands ground operation in both the northern and southern Gaza Strip, ordering new wave of mass evacuations and striking Hamas positions, as Gaza health ministry claims 20 killed in raids in Rafah district.

March 23, 2025

Israel begins process of facilitating Palestinian migration from Gaza

The body will assist in the orderly movement of Palestinians to other countries, create transport routes, and establish pedestrian checkpoints along the way.

March 22, 2025

Poll: Half of Gaza residents are ready to leave if given the chance

Demographic analysis reveals younger residents under the age of 34 and those living in the most heavily damaged areas of Gaza City and Khan Younis expressed the strongest interest in leaving.

March 22, 2025

Houthis in Yemen fire missile at Israel for 4th time in a week

On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump warned that the Houthis would be 'completely annihilated' as American airstrikes pounded terrorist targets in Yemen.

March 22, 2025

Trump envoy tells Tucker Carlson: ‘Hamas can be politically involved in Gaza if they demilitarize’

Netanyahu has declared repeatedly that Israel's goal during the war is to eliminate Hamas as a political and military force in the Gaza Strip.

March 22, 2025

Israel resumes war in Gaza with plan to conquer Strip

Nehama said Israeli leaders were considering deploying as many as six ground divisions to Gaza, far more than at any previous point in the war.

March 22, 2025

IDF downs three rockets fired from Lebanon

It was the first rocket fire from Lebanon since a Nov. 27 ceasefire ended more than a year of war with Hezbollah.

March 22, 2025

IDF strikes terror targets in Syria and Gaza

On Friday, the IDF announced the targeted killing the previous day of Osama Tabash, chief of Hamas’s Military Intelligence in southern Gaza and head of terrorist group’s Surveillance and Targeting Unit.

March 22, 2025

Israel threatens to annex parts of Gaza unless Hamas frees hostages

The warning comes after the IDF on Thursday began conducting ground operations to dismantle terror infrastructure in southern Gaza’s Rafah.

March 21, 2025

Israel faces dual attacks as Houthis and Hamas target major Israeli cities

The United States has urged Israel not to respond directly to the Houthi missile strike, according to a Hebrew-language Ynet report citing an Israeli official.

March 21, 2025

IDF chief: Defeating Hamas includes Judea and Samaria

Security forces this week arrested 70 wanted Palestinians and confiscated weapons across Judea and Samaria, according to the IDF.

March 21, 2025

‘Hamas eats like kings while hostages starve,’ Eli Sharabi tells UN

'I have come back from hell,' Sharabi said. 'I have returned to tell my story. For 491 days, I was kept underground in Hamas terror tunnels, chained, starved, beaten and humiliated.'

March 20, 2025

Defense Minister Katz: ‘Military pressure is affecting Hamas’

Katz: 'Military pressure is impacting Hamas's position, and we will not stop until the hostages are released.'

March 20, 2025

‘Leave it to us’: US wants to Israel refrain from responding to Houthi attacks

The Houthis fired missiles into Tel Aviv and Jerusalem for the first time in two months.

March 20, 2025

Senior Hamas, Islamic Jihad figures killed in Israeli military operations

The announcement came after Hamas fired three rockets at central Israel earlier in the day, the first such barrage in months.

March 20, 2025

Houthi ballistic missile triggers air-raid sirens in Jerusalem area

This is the third time Houthi terrorists targeted Israel since the end of the ceasefire with Hamas that started on January 19th.

March 20, 2025

IDF expands Gaza ground op, enters northern Strip

After seizing control of Netzarim Corridor, Israeli forces expand ground operation into the northern Gaza Strip, as air campaign against Hamas positions continues.

March 20, 2025

Hamas rockets fired at Tel Aviv

At least 3 rockets launched from the Gaza Strip towards Tel Aviv, marking the first such attack by Hamas since the end of the ceasefire.

March 20, 2025

Terrorists could open ‘larger, more intense front’ in Judea and Samaria, Netanyahu warns

Israeli prime minister warns that Palestinian Arab terrorists could open a second front, 'larger and more intense' than the war in Gaza, against Israel in Judea and Samaria.

March 20, 2025