Israel at war day 546: What happened in Gaza, Lebanon, and Yemen?
IDF expands op. in Gaza • Netanyahu to visit White House • Hamas smuggles drones through the Negev • Footage contradicts IDF version of killing of aid workers in Gaza
IDF operates in southern Syria, April 5, 2025.(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Freed hostage Omer Wenkert to PM: 'Invite me to the cabinet, look me in the eyes'
"For 505 days, I was starved, humiliated, and beaten. Of those days, I spent 197 days alone, almost losing my sanity."
ByURI SELA Released hostage Omer Wenkert speaks at a rally at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, April 5, 2025.(photo credit: PAULINA PATIMER)Go to the full article > >
Hamas hostage video shows first sign of life of Maxim Herkin, family confirms
The video is the first sign of life of Herkin since his abduction on Otober 7.
UN renews Albanese's mandate until 2028 despite history of antisemitism
The confirmation comes despite opposition from the US, UN Watch, and hundreds of thousands of petitioners.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Press briefing by Francesca Albanese, Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories at UN Headquarters on October 27, 2022.(photo credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock)Go to the full article > >
US deputy Middle East envoy meets Lebanese officials to discuss contentious border issues
Ortagus will demand that Lebanese authorities establish a schedule for Hezbollah’s disarmament, push for talks between Israel and Lebanon.
ByDARCIE GRUNBLATT US deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, in this handout image released on April 5, 2025.(photo credit: VIA REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
IDF expands ground operations in Gaza in North and South
According to security assessments, taking control of the Morag Axis will allow for the isolation of Rafah from Gaza to prevent transfer of weapons.
New video contradicts IDF version of killing of aid workers in Gaza - NYT
The video shows a convoy of ambulances and a fire truck, with headlights on, after the IDF said the vehicles were operating with headlights turned off.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Funeral prayer held at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, located in the southern Gaza Strip, for 8 health workers from the Palestinian Red Crescent who were killed in an Israeli attack 8 days ago in Rafah and had been pulled from the rubble, on March 31, 2025.(photo credit: Hani Alshaer/Anadolu via Getty Images)Go to the full article > >
Mounting costs, ineffectual strikes: US having little impact on Houthi threat - NYT
Pentagon officials reportedly acknowledged that the US was struggling to hit the Houthis’ underground arsenal.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF A fighter plane takes off for an operation against the Houthi group in an unknown location in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on March 17, 2025. (photo credit: US CENTCOM via X/Handout via REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Hamas: Half of living hostages in areas IDF trying to operate
"We have decided not to move these captives from those areas and to keep them under strict security measures - but their lives are in extreme danger."
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Abu Obaida, the spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, gestures as he speaks during an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019(photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
$1 million operation: Hamas paying Negev Bedouins to smuggle drones into Gaza Strip
Despite only being worth between 100 and 150 shekels, each drone smuggling operation costs one million dollars.
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.
