Israel at war day 524: What is going on in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria?
IDF raids West Bank terror hotspots • IDF strikes Hezbollah weapons production facility in southern Lebanon • US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians uprooted from Gaza
IDF soldiers seen operating in the northern West Bank on Friday, March 14, 2025(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Terrorist infiltration sirens sound in Harasha, in the West Bank
Witkoff warns time is not on Hamas's side as terror org. makes impractical demands
The US government proposed extending the Gaza ceasefire beyond Ramadan and Passover, and warned Hamas that time is running out.
ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFFHostage deal negotiators (L) Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and (R) Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. (photo credit: shutterstock/Photo Drive, Flash90/Yonatan Sindel, REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/File Photo)Go to the full article > >
Kibbutz Nir Oz says results of Oct. 7 probe are 'harrowing, deeply unsettling'
The kibbutz and the regional council head called for the military and the gov't to conduct a true lesson-learning process so attacks do not occur again.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 19, 2023.(photo credit: ERIK MARMOR/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
October 7 probe: IDF only arrived in Nir Oz after Hamas terrorists left because it was 'far away'
47 Israelis killed, 76 taken hostage by around 400 terrorists • All IDF commanders killed in the first wave, all but six houses damaged
ByYONAH JEREMY BOB Israeli soldier around the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 30, 2023(photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)Go to the full article > >
IDF detains over 100 in West Bank counterterrorism operations
One hundred Druze sheikhs to be allowed into Israel from Syria to visit shrine - report
According to the security decision, over a hundred Druze sheikhs will be able to arrive in Israel from Syria and will be housed in Israel for one night.
ByAMIR BOHBOT, JERUSALEM POST STAFF Elder Israeli Druze men attend the celebrations of Nabi Shuayb Druze holiday at the tomb of Nabi Shuayb (meaning "the Prophet Jethro"), the site in the destroyed village of Hittin not far from Tiberias, where the tomb of the Islamic prophet Shu'ayb (Biblical Jethro) is believed to be located(photo credit: GILI YAARI/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Ex-top FBI official to 'Post': When Iran-Hamas Oct. 7 threat really started - interview
'No matter what, Iran was going to ally with Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis,' Burns said.
ByYONAH JEREMY BOB Palestinian Hamas gather at the site of the handing over of the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025.(photo credit: EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)Go to the full article > >
IDF to demolish house of terrorist who carried out 2024 bombing
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 Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities.
59 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 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
