Sirens sound across central Israel following projectile from Yemen, Hostage deal talks reach climax
IDF announces death of five soldiers in Gaza • Vance says Trump will let IDF 'knock out' Hamas in Gaza if hostages not released
Israeli security forces at the scene where fragments of a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis damaged a home in Jerusalem, January 14, 2025(photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Hostage families meet with Netanyahu: An agreement may be signed 'within hours'
According to the families, the emerging deal will include three phases, but the current agreements only pertain to the first stage.
ByMAYA COHEN, JERUSALEM POST STAFFHostage and Missing Families Forum sets up massive display in front of Capitol Hill demanding Netanyahu to sign deal (photo credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)Go to the full article > >
IDF announces deaths of five soldiers in northern Gaza
The IDF added that eight other soldiers from the Reconnaissance Battalion of the Nahal Brigade were also wounded in the same incident.
Israel will not hand body of Yahya Sinwar to Hamas as part of hostage deal, source says
"It won't happen, period," the source stated.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF HAMAS’S GAZA chief, Yahya Sinwar, sits in his office in Gaza City, in 2022. While the majority of experts believe that Sinwar is an irrational psychopath, others consider him to be a psychopath who ultimately makes rational decisions, says the writer.(photo credit: ATTIA MUHAMMED/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Rocket sirens sound across central Israel following projectile from Yemen
The IDF stated that several attempts were made to intercept the missile that was launched and that it was likely intercepted.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Footage released by Houthi Military Media says to show a launch of missile, which the Houthis say they fired at Israel, at an unknown location in this screen grab obtained from a handout video released on December 19, 2024. (photo credit: HOUTHI MILITARY MEDIA/via REUTERS)Go to the full article > >Israel at 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 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities.
98 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.
