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Katz appoints Itamar Graf as Defense Ministry deputy Director-General • IDF ordered to prepare plan allowing Gazans to leave voluntarily
Four Israeli female soldiers, Naama Levy, Liri Albag, Daniella Gilboa and Karina Ariev, are released by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, January 25, 2025.(photo credit: VIA REUTERS)
'Hamas wouldn't let him open his eyes' brother of freed hostage Keith Siegel says - interview
Keith spent a staggering six months of his time in Hamas captivity alo, his brother said.
ByEVE YOUNG HAMAS TERRORISTS parade Keith Siegel on a stage during his release from captivity in Gaza City on Saturday. Behind them is the slogan, ‘Nazi Zionism will not win.’ The writer retorts: ‘Who are the real Nazis?’(photo credit: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters)Go to the full article > >
Three male hostages expected for Saturday release, ceasefire negotiations to continue
“I will not rest until every last hostage is returned," Trump stated.
ByAMICHAI STEIN (Illustrative) Three male silhouettes over a backdrop of a Hamas stage for hostage releases in Jabalya.(photo credit: Designed with elements from Canva, REUTERS/Adley Abu Taha, Sketchify)Go to the full article > >
Iran's first drone carrier joins the Revolutionary Guards' fleet
"The addition of this ship to our fleet is an important step in increasing the defense and deterrence capability of Iran."
ByREUTERS Commander-in-Chief of Iran's Army, Abdolrahim Mousavi visits drones during a ceremony of the joining new drones to the Iranian Army's combat organisation in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on January 13, 2025. (photo credit: IRANIAN ARMY/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY)/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
'Hubris and self-righteousness': UN's Albanese slams Israel's withdrawal from UNHRC
Alabanses claimed that Israel's decision shows a "lack of realization of what they have done. They insist on self-righteousness."
ByREUTERS UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark February 5, 2025. (photo credit: Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
IDF troops destroy explosive-production facility in West Bank
IDF announces fallen soldiers Nadav Cohen, Nachman Refael Ben Ami killed in Gaza Strip
An additional soldier whose name has not been cleared for publication fell in the same incident.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFSergeant-Major Nadav Cohen and Staff-Sergeant Nachman Refael Ben Ami(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)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.
79 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.
Netanyahu confirmed the first phase of the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire on January 17, 2025
735 terrorists will be released as part of the hostage deal
