IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon. October 28, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Netanyahu hints at possible hostage deal as high-level talks resume
“Hamas is putting forward conditions that we can’t agree to,” Netanyahu said, adding that it now seemed that “those conditions could be rescinded.
ByTOVAH LAZAROFF Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly last month.(photo credit: EDUARDO MUNOZ / REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
IDF announces fallen soldier Guy Yaacov Nezri succumbs to wounds from combat in Gaza
Israel outlaws UNWRA, bucking international pressure
The bills passed 92-10, with support from the opposition parties National Unity, Yisrael Beytenu, and Yesh Atid. The Democrats party abstained.
ByELIAV BREUER Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7, 2024. (photo credit: MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
High-ranking hostage negotiator resigns as talks stagnate - report
Commentators suggest the resignation highlights the lack of significant movement in the hostage negotiations.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Demonstrators hold images of five female soldiers held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, as they protest calling for the release of all hostages held in the Gaza Strip and against the current Israeli government outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, May 25, 2024. (photo credit: ERIK MARMOR/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Netanyahu vows to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons following IDF strikes
The Biden administration had been very public in its insistence that Israel not strike Iran's nuclear facilities or its oil fields.
ByTOVAH LAZAROFF Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen over an Iranian billboard targeting him in Tehran (illustrative)(photo credit: Canva, MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Barnea held talks in Doha on ‘new framework’ for hostage Gaza deal
The talks marked the first high-level discussion on a hostage deal that has been held since Hamas executed six of the captives, including Israeli-US citizen Hirsch Goldberg-Polin.
ByTOVAH LAZAROFF Head of Mossad David Barnea attends the state ceremony marking 50 years since the Yom Kippur War, held at the military cemetery at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, on September 26, 2023(photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)Go to the full article > >
THAAD deployment paved way for Israeli retaliatory airstrikes on Iran
Military experts suggest Israel "broke its fear barrier," potentially leading to future strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
ByKEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE A U.S. Army soldier with Task Force Talon, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command looks inside his tool bag during a routine maintenance inspection of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, October 26, 2017. (photo credit: U.S. Army/Capt. Adan Cazarez/Handout via REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Iran accuses Israel of involvement in 'terrorist attack' near border with Pakistan - report
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 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
101 hostages remain in Gaza
48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says