Israel-Hamas War Day 227: What's happening in Iran, Gaza?
Iran's President and FM confirmed to be dead • US calls on Hamas to free hostages • Sullivan visits Israel
Rescue team works following a crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, in Varzaqan, May 20, 2024(photo credit: STRINGER/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS)
Israel intercepts suspicious aerial target above Syria - report
Houthi terrorists recently launched ballistic missiles at ships in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, part of their 'Axis of Resistance' activities.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF A screenshot from a Hezbollah video allegedly showing a new missile-firing UAV target an Israeli position in northern Israel. May 17, 2024.(photo credit: Hezbollah Telegram)Go to the full article > >
Israel intercepts suspicious aerial target above Syria - report
Israel blindsided by ICC, US criticizes warrant against Netanyahu
US President Joe Biden called the issue of arrest warrants “outrageous” and stressed “there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas.
ByTOVAH LAZAROFFUS President Joe Biden addresses rising levels of antisemitism at the US Capitol building in Washington, US, May 7, 2024(photo credit: REUTERS/EVELYN HOCKSTEIN)Go to the full article > >
Months of intelligence work led IDF to hostages' bodies in Jabalya
Soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade fought for three days in the area where the bodies were located.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF (L-R) Amit Buskila, Shani Louk, Itzik Gelernter, and Ron Binyamin(photo credit: Foreign Ministry/Facebook, Hostage and Missing Families Forum)Go to the full article > >
With most civilians moved at lightning speed, Is the US still opposed to a Rafah op? - Analysis
The great Rafah conundrum just may have been resolved in one fell swoop, in a way that has the potential to restore US-Israel relations.
ByYONAH JEREMY BOB Displaced Palestinians prepare to evacuate a tent camp, after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, amid ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 11, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/Hussam Al Masri)Go to the full article > >
Knesset signs historic bipartisan statement against ICC charges
"The state of Israel is in the midst of a just war against a criminal terror organization. The IDF is the most moral army in the world."
ByELIAV BREUER Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem , March 13, 2023(photo credit: ERIK MARMOR/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Hostage family members call for return of hostages at Knesset committees
"I ask that in every sentence of your discussion today and when you go to sleep at night remember my mother," Ella Ben Ami, daughter of hostage Ohad Ben Ami said in one of the committees.
Former Bank of Israel Governor: Gov't economic response to Israel-Hamas war is insufficient
There are many characteristics of Israel's economy that make it resilient, says expert, but the future of the war could have drastic impacts on Israel's economy.
ByEVE YOUNG Minister of Finance and Prime Minister. A terrible budget is about to be passed, sponsored by personal interests(photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBEG/FLASH90, image processing)Go to the full article > >
How the dark ICC war crimes day came, and what it means - Analysis
It will impact how the IDF fights at a macro level, it will impact how individual soldiers fight and it could eventually impact recruitment for battle units.
ByYONAH JEREMY BOB The entrance of the Internatinal Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague March 3, 2011. (photo credit: REUTERS/JERRY LAMPEN)Go to the full article > >
Israeli officials condemn ICC decision
Lapid said that the comparison between Israeli leaders and the leaders of Hamas was "unacceptable."
ByELIAV BREUER ICC PROSECUTOR Karim Khan visits Kyiv, Ukraine, in Feb. He made last-minute decisions to forgo visiting Gaza, instead making an informal visit to Israel and the West Bank. (photo credit: VALENTYN OGIRENKO/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
129 hostages remain in Gaza
39 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says
