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Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 25, 2023

Israel at War: IDF strikes Hamas and Syria - Day 19

Over 1,400 murdered, more than 5,400 wounded • IDF: 222 captives in Gaza, two released by Hamas on Monday night

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses lawmakers from his ruling AK Party at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Turkey October 11, 2023

Turkey's Erdogan: Hamas not a terrorist org. but liberation group

Handwritten note found on the body of a Hamas terrorist, October 25, 2023

Handwritten note found on Hamas terrorist calls for beheading, removing hearts and livers

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal gestures as he announces a new policy document in Doha, Qatar, May 1, 2017.

Senior Hamas leader says hostages will be freed if Israel stops striking Hamas targets

Breaking News

6,546 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes since Oct.7 - Hamas-run health min.

IDF: Rocket from Gaza exploded along path to Carmel area

Israeli air strike targets Aleppo airport - Syrian state TV

Top News

Jordan's Queen Rania looks on during the royal wedding of Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa Al Saif, in Amman, Jordan, June 1, 2023.

Queen Rania of Jordan says there's 'double-standard' of world's reaction to Israel, Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

F-35's arrive in Israel after being purchased from Lockheed Martin, November 13, 2022

Israel strikes in Syria after rockets fired toward Golan Heights

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah meets Jihad Secretary General Ziyad al-Nakhalah and deputy leader of Hamas, Sheikh Saleh al-Arouri at an unidentified location in this handout image released on October 25, 2023.

Nasrallah hosts Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders in Lebanon

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Israel at War: What happened on day 18?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Taysir Mubasher, a Hamas commander killed by IDF forces during Operation Swords of Iron.

IDF, Shin Bet kill Hamas commander in Khan Yunis

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Faces of the War

Remembering those who were killed in mega terrorist attack

Israel at war: The names and faces of Israel's fallen heroes

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Renana Botzer-Swissa shelters from rockets in Kfar Aza with her grandmother.

'A gift to be alive': Israeli teen wants world to know what the South went through

By ARIELLA MARSDEN

People react as residents of Tel Aviv show support and solidarity with the families of hostages who are being held in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 21, 2023

Hamas manipulating world with foreign hostages - editorial

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, an Israeli grandmother who was held hostage in Gaza looks on after being released by Hamas militants, at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel October 24, 2023

Freed Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz: Hamas beat me with a wooden pole

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper (also known as Nurit Yitzhak) who were held hostages by Palestinian Hamas terrorists, are released by them, in this video screengrab obtained by Reuters on October 23, 2023.

Can we trust the testimony of a traumatized terror victim? - analysis

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Hot Opinion

Jewish donors must insist universities are safe for Jewish students - editorial

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Why Benjamin Netanyahu should vow to retire - opinion

By GIL TROY

The false and deceitful charges against Israel - opinion

By ALAN BAKER

Is there a paradigm shift in the Muslim world? - opinion

By MARC SCHNEIER

Hamas’s greatest victim is the prospects of a two-state solution

By CHUCK FREILICH

Middle East

Members of the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, board a C-17 Globemaster III to forward deploy to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of exercise Agile Lightning from Al Dhafra Air Base, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Iran-backed militia threatens UAE, Kuwait in response to Israel-Hamas war

A view shows a statue among the wreckage of a home, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Kissufim in southern Israel October 21, 2023

LISTEN: 'Your son killed 10 Jews,' Hamas terrorist tells Gazan parents

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Four Palestinians killed in IDF drone strike in Jenin

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A barbed wire fence is seen on Zikim beach, in southern Israel near the border with Northern Gaza Strip, on April 5, 2016

IDF kills at least 10 Hamas terrorists in attempted maritime infiltration

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Soldiers of the IDF Golani brigade train for possible combat during Operation Swords of Iron, October 2023

WATCH: IDF's Golani Brigade gears up for war against Hamas

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Analysis and Features

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Jerusalem, October 24, 2023

Why Benjamin Netanyahu should vow to retire - opinion

The destruction caused by Hamas Militants in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 14, 2023.

Is there a paradigm shift in the Muslim world? - opinion

By MARC SCHNEIER

US witnesses nearly 400% rise in antisemitic incidents post Hamas attack

Challenge in Gaza with Hamas's underground tunnels is unique - expert

By MAARIV ONLINE

Squad of female IDF combat troops eliminated nearly 100 Hamas terrorists

365 days of israeli culture

WOMEN MAGAZINE 2023

BANK HAPOALIM GATEWAY

Israel Real Estate

Watch & Share

Hamas massacre: Devastating state of a family house.

Hamas massacre: Devastating state of a family house

Witness the aftermath of the Hamas massacre in Israel's south

As the war against Hamas rages on, The Jerusalem Post is Israel’s gateway to the world

Hamas massacre in the news

The Jerusalem Post is Israel’s gateway to the world

Listen closely, the children of Israel are sending out an urgent call to the world

Listen closely, the children of Israel are sending out an urgent call to the world

Stand by me. Stand with us. Stand with Israel.

Greta Thunberg speech tied to Hamas terror attack

The Education Ministry announces the removal of any reference to climate activist Greta Thunberg

Thunberg posted her support for Hamas on social media

Pro-Palestinian social networkers use 'algo-speak' to avoid detection

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Barak MX Launcher

With these air, sea, land, space, cyber systems Israel will win the war

Elbit subsidiary awarded Swedish army digitization contract

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A Starbucks sign is show on one of the companies stores in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 19,2018

Starbucks takes decisive action against union stores supporting Hamas

Market Data

Israel News

Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, October 23, 2023

Israel to amend budget, Gaza war direct cost at $246m. daily

By ZACHY HENNESSEY

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen with elite Yahalom Unit soldiers on October 24, 2023

Netanyahu to IDF soldiers: We have one goal - to destroy Hamas

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF chief: We are ready to invade Gaza

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Thai foreing workers work in the agricultural field in Hefer Valley, April 9, 2023.

Caught up in war, Israel's migrant workers face tough choices

Israelis are seen seeking shelter as rocket sirens sound in Tel Aviv, October 24, 2023

Five Israelis wounded in massive Hamas rocket barrage on Tel Aviv

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

World News

A man walks by pictures of hostages who are being held in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, after a demonstration outside United Nations headquarters in New York City, U.S., October 24, 2023.

At UN, Israeli officials and hostage families demand int'l action to bring back Hamas captives

By LUKE TRESS/JTA

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to members of the media before leaving Cairo, Egypt Sunday Oct. 15, 2023, en route to Jordan.

Blinken tells UN: US does not want war with Iran but will defend itself

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023.

Biden, Saudi crown prince discuss Israel-Hamas war diplomacy

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the 2023 NHGOP Amos Tuck Dinner in Manchester, New Hampshire, US, April 14, 2023.

Florida's DeSantis bans pro-Palestinian student group

Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen speaks during a meeting on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas at UN headquarters in New York, US, October 24, 2023

Israeli FM: Meeting with UN head canceled after defending Hamas massacre

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Christian World

Toy soldiers, Hezbollah and Israel flags are seen in this illustration taken, October 15, 2023.

Hezbollah’s threats to Israel harm Christian Lebanese villages - analysis

The Hezbollah attacks are a result of Iran’s desire to create a multi-front war in the Middle East.

Palestinian Christians attend a service on Easter Sunday, April 1, at the Saint Porfirios Church in Gaza City

Palestinian Christians accuse Western Church of complicity in Gaza deaths

Regarding American Evangelicals, a letter released on October 11 by a large group of leaders condemned Hamas in favor of the Jewish state.

Mgr Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

Jerusalem Catholic Patriarch offers to be exchanged for Gaza hostages

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa made his comment in response to a question during a video conference with journalists in Italy.

World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder gives Pope Francis a a “Kishreinu” (Hebrew for “Our Bond”) document marking influence of the Catholic Church's Nostra Aetate declaration on Catholic-Jewish relations, Oct. 19, 2023.

In a first, a Jewish organization opens an office at the Vatican

WJC said its “Kishreinu” initiative was a response to Nostra Aetate, the landmark 1965 document that modernized the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church, Judaism and other religions.

Health & Wellness

Sahar Gavish, a paramedic, a instructor at the emergency medicine department gives a briefing using a simulator at the Center for Medical Simulation.

Real-time medical simulation at BGU as IDF prepares to move into Gaza

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

CHILDREN PLAY inside an Ashkelon bomb shelter, Oct. 12.

Children suffering from terror-anxiety should be proactively identified by health funds

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Israelis injured when rockets fired from Lebanon, into Israel, hit the Northern city of Metula, injurying 3, brought to the Ziv hospital in Tzfat, October 17, 2023.

Taub Center says hospitals and staff have performed beyond expectations since war began

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

What is the secret fruit behind great eye health?

An illustrative image of an employee being stressed at work.

How can managers help employees handle stress, anxiety amid Hamas war?

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Antisemitism / BDS

Nazi flags and PLO graffiti adorn a wall in Huwara, West Bank, October 24, 2023

Nazi symbols resurface in Huwara for second time in 10 days

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, US. September 22, 2023.

White House spox. pivots to Islamophobia when asked about antisemitism

Skokie Public Library, September 23 2023.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators batter pro-Israel activist helping old man in Skokie

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Maya Abdallah on TikTok.

WATCH: 'Ran by Zionists': Palestinian screenwriter complains about entertainment industry

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

People are seen outside the area of Al-Ahli hospital where hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other, and where Palestinians who fled their homes were sheltering amid the ongoing conflict with Israel, in Gaza City, October 18, 2023

'New York Times' backtracks on Gaza hospital blast coverage

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

JPost Spotlight

DENI AVDIJA will have many new teammates next season on the Washington Wizards, and the team looks like it will have a new minority owner as well.

Israeli star Deni Avdija is poised for a big year as new NBA season begins

Avdija has also become one of the more outspoken Jewish players in all of sports on issues relating to Israel and antisemitism.

A woman poses by the iconic Hollywood sign on the day members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) approved a new three-year contract with major studios, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 9, 2023.

Long list of celebrities ask Biden to keep pushing for release of Israeli hostages

The group signed an open letter addressed to Biden, which thanks the president for his “unshakable moral conviction, leadership, and support for the Jewish people.

SAG-AFTRA actors and Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers walk the picket line during their ongoing strike outside Netflix offices in Los Angeles, California, US, September 22, 2023.

Writers Guild of America refrains from statement on Israel-Hamas war

On October 15, a large group of guild members signed onto a letter criticizing the union for not standing up for Israel after having stood up during past movements such as Black Lives Matter.

A PAINTING in the art journal ‘Erev Rav’ by Zoya Cherkassky, titled ‘October 7, 2023.’

Israel’s art community responds to global artistic backlash over war

Eidelman shares that numerous people residing overseas reached out to his publication to thank them for publishing the letter.

Environment & Climate Change

A young boar walks through Las Planas neighborhood in the Collserola Natural Park in Barcelona, Spain, August 11, 2022.

Haifa's wild pig problem might be a thing of the past, thanks to a new US study

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Seismologist predicts earthquake in Asia; Japan issues tsunami warning

By MAARIV ONLINE

Science

Cats and dogs, illustrative

Danish scientists paws for thought – bow-Wow or me-Ow?

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

The blue moon as seen in the sky, August 30, 2023

Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronaut in 1972 reveals moon's age

Archaeology

The Codex Sassoon, the earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible ever discovered.

Codex Sassoon, oldest complete copy of the Bible, returns to Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

From left to right: Exterior view of the pyramid. A passage secured with steel beams. One of the discovered storage rooms.

Egypt’s pyramids continue stunning experts, as new hidden rooms discovered

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Politics

US SOLDIERS stand in the background next to Israeli and American flags during an exercise in Israel.

US sent senior Marine officer to advise Israel on Gaza ground op. - report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks at a Republican fundraising dinner in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. August 5, 2023.

Graham: I’ll blame Iran if Hamas hostages are slaughtered

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Diaspora

Gate entrance to the Workmen's Circle Cemetery in Queens, where a number of prominent Jewish socialists/radicals are buried.

Progressive group quits Boston Jewish council rather than face expulsion over Israel rhetoric

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019. Under a new proposal, HUC is considering ending its rabbinical program in Cincinnati but maintaining the archives.

Hebrew Union College to end 4 graduate programs, including 2 in Cincinnati

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Judaism

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who decided to join in the IDF following the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas arrive at the IDF recruiting offices in Tel Hashomer, near Tel Aviv, October 23, 2023

Ultra-Orthodox Jews are supporting Israel’s war efforts - here's how

Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza set a Shabbat table with more than 200 empty seats for the hostages, at the "Hostages Square", outside the Art Museum of Tel Aviv, October 20, 2023.

In Tel Aviv and beyond, 200-seat empty Shabbat tables are set for Israeli hostages

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

Food

IDF reserve Infantry and Merkava Tank soldiers train in a military exercise in the Golan Heights on October 23, 2023.

Heroes in the kitchen prepare vegan meals for heroes at the frontlines

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Civilians packing meals to be donated to those in need

Citizen's Kitchen initiative offers thousands of free meals and a bastion to volunteers

By ZACHY HENNESSEY

Culture

People call on the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza, outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv. October 19, 2023.

Protest tents spring up in Tel Aviv to push for hostages’ return

By JTA/ELIYAHU FREEDMAN

Demonstrators shout slogans at a pro-Palestinian rally held across the street from the Consulate General of Israel in New York City, US, October 9, 2023.

Americans support Israel, but young adults more likely to support Hamas - poll

Travel

El Al carries dozens of extra passengers to fly stranded Israelis home

PASSENGERS ARRIVING at Ben-Gurion International Airport last week, after the war began.

Can you travel to and from Israel during the war with Hamas?

By MARK FELDMAN

Podcasts

Thermia Palace spa hotel in Piestany

Trnava: Slovakia's big hit with Israeli tourists

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Gin distillery

Gin distillery in the heart of Jerusalem and wonderful Venice

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Aliyah

Minister of Aliyah and Integration, Ofir Sofer (right) with Dir-Gen of the Ministry, Avichai Kahane (middle) and Rabbi Yehoshua Fass of Nefesh B’Nefesh, with new olim.

Dozens make aliyah amid Operation Swords of Iron

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

AT THE ‘Pina Chama’ refreshment center for soldiers in Gush Etzion.

Activist grandma moved to Israel and shaped her community and beyond

Real Estate

RUVENI'S NURSERY: The carnage

Did Israel let real estate developers destroy a privately-owned nursery?

By EITAN GORLIN

Redefining Urban living in Tel Aviv

Conferences

Top 50 gala

Top 50 Most Influential Jews - Tel Aviv Conference

The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference

The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference 2023

Finance

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Doing business in Israel: How to make money and keep most of it

Vesey Ventures founders Lindsay Fitzgerald, Dana Eli-Lorch, Julia Huang.

Vesey Ventures launches $78m fund, highlighting power of well-connected investor team

OMG

Man stages heart attack 20 times to avoid paying restaurant bill

By MAARIV ONLINE

The destruction caused by Hamas Militants in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 14, 2023.

Hamas terrorists: We were told 'whoever brings a hostage gets $10,000'

By MAYA ZANGER-NADIS

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AMIT Children launches “Help heal the children of Sderot, Israel” campaign

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