Syria avoiding Israel conflict, IDF exposes Hamas torture footage
IAF strikes Gaza terror cell preparing to attack • Trump's Middle East envoy meets Saudi crown prince
Palestinian security forces take position during clashes with gunmen in Jenin in the West Bank, December 14, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/RANEEN SAWAFTA)
Israel has no more excuses for entering Syria, rebel leader Julani says in first major TV interview
Julani called for the end of all foreign intervention in Syria in the interest of restabilizing and rebuilding the country.
ByYUVAL BARNEA Top rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Julani speaks to a crowd at Ummayad Mosque in Damascus, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, Syria December 8, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/MAHMOUD HASSANO)Go to the full article > >
Hamas publishes video of unidentified tattooed hostage
The spokesperson for Hamas's armed wing, Abu Obeida, wrote in a statement on Saturday evening that the IDF struck a place where hostages were held.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF A message at the end of a Hamas video, stating "[Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and [Chief of Staff Herzi] Halevi seek to get rid of their prisoners in Gaza by all means.(photo credit: Screenshot/Hamas Telegram)Go to the full article > >
As evil as Assad: IDF recovers footage of brutal Hamas torture, abuse from Gaza prison
The videos were discovered by security forces and show Hamas prison guards torturing prisoners and detaining them in harsh conditions.
Hostage deal hurdles: Egyptian sources say Israeli term slowing deal - report
Israel has reportedly rejected the possibility that Marwan Barghouti be released as part of a prisoner-for-hostage exchange.
ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, JERUSALEM POST STAFF A woman casts a shadow as she walks past a banner calling for the release of the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 5, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)Go to the full article > >
Hezbollah violates ceasefire: Israel Air Force strikes ready-to-use launcher aimed at Israel - IDF
Middle East 'mega-deal': Trump envoy Witkoff meets MBS in Saudi visit
This was the first meeting between MBS and a representative of the incoming Trump administration since the November elections.
ByWALLA! Steve Witkoff and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Illustrative)(photo credit: Canva, Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS, REUTERS/OCTAVIO JONES, ruskpp/Shutterstock)Go to the full article > >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 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
100 hostages remain in Gaza
49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says
The IDF launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on September 30
The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire came into effect on November 27 at 4:00 a.m.