Arab-Israeli Conflict

Cost of Hamas prisoner deal will be paid with many more Israeli deaths, warns terror victims’ group leader

'If we respond late or give in to demands, then Hamas, [slain Hamas head] Yahya Sinwar, and the other released terrorists become leaders, and the evil committed in the next round rises geometrically, multiplying many times more.'

March 6, 2025

New IDF chief – Defeating the enemy is our mission

Sources say Lieut. Gen. Eyal Zamir is planning to be more aggressive against Hamas and hold territory captured in Gaza if the war resumes.

March 6, 2025

Israel doesn’t mind US direct talks with Hamas, says Israel official

The NY consul-general praised the White House‘s pressure on the terrorists instead of on Israel.

March 6, 2025

500 Oct 7th victims sue PA for $1.2 billion over involvement in massacre

The plaintiffs' case presents evidence that proves Palestinian organizations paid Nukhba terrorists and funded the October 7th massacre.

March 5, 2025

During first phase of hostage deal, half of Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences were released

As part of the hostage release and ceasefire agreement, 274 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences have been freed, with 300 remaining in Israeli jails.

March 5, 2025

US envoy holds direct talks with Hamas on hostage deal – report

The U.S. is sending the message that if Hamas shows goodwill and the hostages are released, the ceasefire agreement will move forward.

March 5, 2025

17-year-old Israeli injured in recent car-ramming attack dies of her wounds

A week before the attack that killed Gur, a string of empty buses exploded sequentially in the Tel Aviv area.

March 5, 2025

IAF drone strike kills top Hezbollah naval commander

Images of an upside, burning car posted online by Lebanese media outlets showed the aftermath of the strike.

March 5, 2025

Netanyahu said Shin Bet didn’t warn him about Hamas’s plans to invade on October 7th

Netanyahu: 'Furthermore, the Shin Bet director deemed it unnecessary to wake the prime minister on the night of the attack, despite it being the most critical and fundamental decision imaginable.'

March 4, 2025

Benjamin Netanyahu press conference Sept 2024 (Youtube screenshot)

Israel: Hamas has ‘a few days’ to agree to extended truce

If no ceasefire extension is reached, the plan is to conquer the Gaza Strip with more than 50,000 soldiers, relocating the civilian population to humanitarian zones and waging a 'ruthless ground campaign.'

March 4, 2025

IDF kills terrorist who opened fire at Samaria checkpoint

Overnight Monday, Israeli forces killed the head of the Hamas terror network in the northern Samaria city of Jenin.

March 4, 2025

IDF hits Assad assets in northwestern Syria

Syrian media outlets earlier on Thursday night reported that an Israeli strike had hit an 'air defense base' belonging to Assad’s former army.

March 4, 2025

‘Pre-Oct. 7 situation in Lebanon is no more’

Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, a former Israeli national security adviser and ex-head of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Research Department, described the changes to the situation in the north as 'historic.'

March 4, 2025

Hamas replaced by international coalition in Egypt’s plan for Gaza

Egyptian 'day after' plan for Gaza missing critical details, such as how Hamas will be ousted from power.

March 4, 2025

Investigation reveals IDF failed to protect Kfar Aza residents

The military didn’t arrive at the kibbutz until nearly two hours after the invasion, during which time the local security squad displayed remarkable heroism in its defense against the terrorists.

March 3, 2025

Internal IDF probe: Battle for Nahal Oz base ‘biggest failure’ of Oct. 7

The probe also highlighted the heroism of the soldiers who risked their lives to fend off the attack.

March 3, 2025

Israeli defense minister warns ‘gates of hell’ will open for Hamas if remaining hostages not freed

Katz: 'We will resume fighting, and they will face the IDF with force and methods they have never encountered before—until we achieve complete victory.'

March 3, 2025

Israel considers cutting electricity to Gaza, evacuating Gazans, resuming war – report

Israeli government mulling plans to pressure Hamas to resume hostage releases, including cutting electricity transfers to the Gaza Strip, resuming war on Hamas, and evacuating Gazans from the northern Gaza Strip.

March 3, 2025

Nasrallah’s kids say his ‘soul was killed’ by pager operation

Nasrallah's son says he was extremely depressed, already dead in spirit after pager blasts, assassination of his close confidant.

March 3, 2025

Only 6 percent of Gazans want Hamas to remain in power, majority credits Trump for ceasefire

About 70% of Gazans polled said they didn’t think Hamas was in control of the situation.

March 2, 2025

Netanyahu says Hamas is making a ‘big mistake,’ warns ‘there will be consequences’

After Hamas rejected the ceasefire and hostage release proposal, Israel withheld humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip on Sunday.

March 2, 2025

Israeli forces eliminate 25 terrorists, arrest 350 in February crackdown

Since January 19, Israeli forces have arrested more than 200 terror suspects, eliminated 71 others who were deemed security threats, and confiscated more than 300 weapons and explosives.

March 2, 2025

Fewer than half of remaining hostages still alive, says Netanyahu

Israeli prime minister warns Hamas of unspecified 'consequences' if it fails to release hostages, as Israel reserves the right to return to hostilities should talks with Hamas fail to make progress.

March 2, 2025

Israel halts Gaza aid after Hamas rejects US proposal

IDF eliminates Gaza terrorist and freezes entry of aid into the Gaza Strip after ceasefire deal lapses with no progress towards new arrangement for freeing remaining hostages.

March 2, 2025

Israel backs new US ceasefire plan, Hamas silent

Under the terms of the agreement, half of the hostages, both living and deceased, are to be released on the first day of the ceasefire’s implementation.

March 2, 2025

Israeli minister warns ‘rivers of blood’ could result from hostage deal

'For every day the hostages remain captive, we annex 5% of Gaza's territory.'

March 1, 2025

Netanyahu instructs IDF to protect Syrian village under attack

'We will not permit the radical Islamic regime in Syria to harm the Druze.'

March 1, 2025

Hamas refuses to extend truce and release more hostages, demands end to war

Israel’s position remains focused on extending Phase 1 by several more weeks, during which hostages would be released in staggered groups of three to four individuals, depending on their medical condition.

March 1, 2025

Freed hostage recounts abuse, gut-wrenching parting with captive still in Gaza

When Eli Sharabi received the news of his impending release on February 8, Alon Ohel clutched him and wouldn't let go until a guard forcibly separated them.

February 28, 2025

Israel to resume war in Gaza and ‘eradicate Hamas,’ cutting off aid and bombarding Strip with troops

The plan starts with a wave of airstrikes on Gaza and a reduction of humanitarian aid to Gaza, the sources said.

February 28, 2025

1,778 imprisoned Palestinian terrorists released as ceasefire’s first stage ends

The fate of the remaining 59 hostages is to be determined by negotiations.

February 28, 2025

IDF internal report shows false assumptions, outdated strategies made Israel vulnerable to Oct. 7 attack

A major factor in the Israeli military's failure to prevent the October 7th attack was the assumption that Hamas' primary focus was underground warfare in tunnels, rather than a ground invasion.

February 27, 2025

Foreign Minister Israel Katz arrives at a cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem.

IDF seizes Hamas plans for mass attack in Judea, Samaria and central Israel

Throughout the week, security forces arrested a total of some 75 terror suspects and seized 17 weapons, according to the IDF announcement.

February 27, 2025

Arab terrorist wounds 13 in northern Israel; teen in critical condition

Combination ramming and stabbing south of Haifa leaves 12 people wounded, including 2 in serious condition.

February 27, 2025

Tsahi Idan, whose family was held at gunpoint during livestream, to be buried next to daughter

The livestream video of terrorists holding 49-year-old Tsahi Idan and his family at gunpoint after murdering his teenage daughter became a symbol of October 7th.

February 27, 2025

Trump blasts ‘vicious’ Hamas, says phase 2 of ceasefire is up to Israel

President Donald Trump expresses 'disappointment' that many of the hostages returned by Hamas were dead, says Israel must decide whether and how to proceed with phase two of the Gaza ceasefire.

February 27, 2025

Who were the four Israelis brutally murdered by Hamas who returned today?

With the return and positive identification of Ohad Yahalomi, Tsahi Idan, Shlomo Mantzur and Itzik Elgarat, Israel has now received all 33 of the hostages slated for the first phase of the ceasefire - 25 of them alive, 8 dead.

February 27, 2025

Nobel laureate on terrorist release deal: ‘We’re killing ourselves’

The deal called for the release of 33 Israeli hostages in exchange for about 1,900 imprisoned terrorists, many of them murderers serving multiple life sentences.

February 27, 2025

Hamas preparing for new round of fighting with Israel – report

With end of first phase of ceasefire just days away and no agreement on phase two in sight, Gaza terror group reportedly rushing to repair tunnels and terror infrastructure and redeploy armed forces for new round of fighting with Israel.

February 27, 2025

Smotrich: Biden holding up arms caused serious problems for IDF

Smotrich: 'We had to use mechanical kits from the Yom Kippur War, some of which failed to detonate.'

February 26, 2025

7,000 terrorist attacks in Judea and Samaria in 2024

Israelis subjected to an average of 20 terror attacks per day in Judea and Samaria last year, with hundreds of bombings, nearly 180 shootings, hundreds of fire bombings, and dozens of stabbing and ramming attacks.

February 26, 2025

Olmert reveals 2008 map conceding 94% of Judea & Samaria to PA

The former prime minister told the BBC that he had exclaimed, 'Sign it and let’s change history!' to Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who refused.

February 26, 2025

Israel finalizes swap with Hamas: 602 terrorist prisoners for 4 dead hostages

There were reports of Hamas agreeing not to hold cruel propaganda ceremonies during the release of the four slain hostages.

February 26, 2025

Mother of American-Israeli captive says ‘Trump understands how to get the hostage deal done’

Edan Alexander is expected to be released in 'phase two' of the hostage agreement, though his mother Yael emphasized that she doesn't view the releases in terms of phases.

February 26, 2025

Hezbollah beeper operation was ‘turning point of war,’ says Mossad chief

On September 17, 2024, thousands of pagers in the hands of Hezbollah terrorists detonated simultaneously.

February 25, 2025

Hamas using ceasefire period to rearm and rebuild – report

The Gazan terrorist group, far from deterred, is already preparing for another round of fighting, says military reporter.

February 25, 2025

Gaza hospital director admits hostages were kept at the facility

IDF on arresting Safiya, 'We discovered that the individual orchestrating the terror and Hamas activities within the compound, was the hospital director himself.'

February 24, 2025

Hamas official says October 7th wouldn’t have happened had he known the outcome

Marzouk's admission of regret does not reflect the views of all Hamas leaders, signaling a division within the terrorist organization.

February 24, 2025

Gazan rocket fired at Israel falls inside Strip

The Israeli military decided on Sunday to 'increase military and operational readiness' in the area surrounding the Strip.

February 24, 2025

Israeli President: ‘No one must be left behind’

Israel suffering immense pain' over killings of Bibas family, says President Herzog, adding that the Jewish state cannot leave any hostages behind in Gaza.

February 24, 2025

Trump backs Israel halting release of 600 terrorists

After Netanyahu announces Israel freezing of terrorist releases over Hamas' abuse of hostages - both living and dead - at mass ceremonies - White House gives its backing to Israel's decision.

February 24, 2025

Freed hostages were isolated in tunnels, starved, and degraded

On Saturday, Hamas released Tal Shoham, Omer Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen, Avera Mengistu, and Hisham Al-Sayed to Israel.

February 23, 2025

Netanyahu calls for demilitarization of southern Syria, protection for Druze

Israel sent forces into the 235 sq km buffer zone to prevent Syrian rebels from approaching the border when Turkish-backed Islamist rebels toppled Assad government.

February 23, 2025

Israeli forces bust Jordanian weapons smuggling ring, arrest 10 suspects

The leader of the network, Fuaz Altohi, 28, a resident of the Bedouin Negev town of Bir Hadaj, allegedly paid members tens of thousands of shekels for their participation.

February 23, 2025

40,000 Palestinians evacuated as IDF deploys tanks in Samaria

For the first time since 2002, IDF tanks roll into Jenin as Israeli Defense Minister signals Israel will maintain long-term presence in the city, noting 40,000 Palestinians evacuated.

February 23, 2025

Terrorist convicted of 7 murders dies in ‘accident’ days after release from Israeli prison

Na'el Obeid, a terrorist convicted of seven murders for role in suicide bombing attack, dies in accident at his Jerusalem home, just days after he was released as part of the hostage deal between Hamas and Israel.

February 23, 2025

Israeli hostages forced to watch as other captives set free

Hamas released a propaganda video of Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David forced to watch from a van Saturday as other hostages were released.

February 23, 2025

Tanks seen in Jenin area for first time in over 20 years as Israel escalates counterterror operations

Since January 19, Israeli forces have arrested more than 200 terror suspects, eliminated 71 others who were deemed security threats, and confiscated more than 300 weapons and explosives.

February 23, 2025

IDF strikes Hezbollah targets ahead of Nasrallah’s funeral in Beirut

The IDF on Saturday night struck a Syria-Lebanon border crossing through which Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah was attempting to smuggle weapons, according to the Israeli military.

February 23, 2025

Hostage was ‘broken by Hamas,’ says father

Hisham al-Sayed, a captive of Hamas for almost a decade, 'does not communicate' and is in 'a very bad state,’ said his father.

February 23, 2025

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