Paris hostage talks commence, IDF, Hezbollah trade blows in North
War cabinet agrees to send delegation to Paris for hostage talks • One Israeli murdered in Highway 1 shooting on Thursday
IDF troops operate in Khan Yunis, Gaza, February 23, 2024.(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Israeli delegation begins hostage release talks in Paris with international leaders
The two main obstacles to a new outline seem to be the number of Palestinian prisoners to be released for each hostage liberated, and the condition set by Hamas for the IDF to pull out.
ByRINA BASSIST Israel supporters gather during a protest, following Hamas' biggest attack on Israel in years, in Paris, France, October 9, 2023(photo credit: REUTERS/BENOIT TESSIER)Go to the full article > >
Israel increases sum planned to deduct from PA taxes, cites 'pay-to-slay' policy
Following pressure from Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the PA's offset will be increased by an additional NIS 21 million.
ByBARAK RAVID Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a press conference, February 14, 2024.(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)Go to the full article > >
WATCH: Rockets fly into northern Israel, IAF pounds Hezbollah
Benny Gantz issued a statement vowing to bring those evacuated from the northern border back to their homes.
Hamas says it is awaiting new truce proposal from mediators' talks with Israel
Hamas says it will free the hostages only as part of a truce that ends with an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
ByREUTERS Palestinian group Hamas' top leader, Ismail Haniyeh meets with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not pictured), in Tehran, Iran June 21, 2023.(photo credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA via REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Israeli delegation arrives in Paris for hostage release deal negotiations
Pressure applied by Washington, Cairo, and Doha since had changed the situation, and Jerusalem now estimates there is some chance of a breakthrough in the negotiations for a deal.
ByRINA BASSIST Mossad Director David Barnea speaks during a Conference of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), in Tel Aviv, on September 10, 2023.(photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Al-Aqsa tensions are a political, not a security issue - expert
"Israel should have come and said 'The place is ours, the city is ours, this is the site of our Temple,'" stresses Dr. Mordechai Kedar.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Palestinian Muslims attend Friday prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, on October 6, 2023.(photo credit: JAMAL AWAD/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Israel to advance plans for 3,000 settler homes after terror attack
Ma’aleh Adumim, located next to the site of Thursday's attack, is due to receive authorization for the construction of an additional 2,350 housing units.
ByTOVAH LAZAROFFA general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank(photo credit: AMMAR AWAD / REUTERS)Go to the full article > >Israel-Hamas War: What you need to know
• Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
• Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 in the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities