Israel at War day 594: What's happening in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon?
IDF issues evacuation orders across northern Gaza • 100 UN aid trucks transferred to Gaza • Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha rejects Netanyahu’s claim on Oct 7
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of Qatar and a hostage deal protest in Israel.(photo credit: Getty Images/Jack Guez -Pool, ITAI RON/Middle East Images/AFP, Oleksandr Tkachenko)
Medic survived Gaza shootings by pleading in Hebrew, Palestinian Red Crescent says
Assad Al-Nassasrah, a Red Crescent paramedic, survived shootings that killed 15 emergency and aid workers on March 23 in southern Gaza in an incident that drew international condemnation.
ByREUTERS Palestinians mourn medics, who came under Israeli fire while on a rescue mission, after their bodies were recovered, according to the Red Crescent, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2025(photo credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo)Go to the full article > >
IDF control of Gaza Strip jumps over 50%, on the way to vast majority
Israel's primary goal is to seize territory to separate the Gaza civilian population from Hamas and control food distribution, IDF's recent updates indicate.
ByYONAH JEREMY BOBA view shows Israeli military vehicles near the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from Israel, May 22, 2025(photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Netanyahu appoints IDF Maj.-Gen. David Zini as Shin Bet chief, despite court ruling
The appointment was made despite a High Court ruling that the dismissal of Shin Bet head Ronen Bar was illegal due to Netanyahu's conflict of interest in the "Qatargate" affair.
Israel's ambassador warns of EU shift: 'Support is no longer there'
Israel’s EU Ambassador Haim Regev warned of a growing "political drift" in Europe as support for Israel wanes as the war in Gaza continues.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Head of the Mission of Israel to the EU and NATO Ambassador Haim Regev attends a solemn moment to remember the people killed in Israel, during the ongoing conflict with Hamas, at the European Parliament, in Brussels, Belgium, October 11, 2023. (photo credit: REUTERS/Johanna Geron)Go to the full article > >
IRGC warns of 'devastating, decisive' response if Israel attacks
An IRGC spokesman said that Israel was "miscalculating as they are unaware of the powerful popular and military support the Islamic Republic can muster in war conditions."
ByREUTERS A missile is launched during a joint exercise called the 'Great Prophet 17', in the southwest of Iran, December 24, 2021. Picture taken December 24, 2021.(photo credit: SAEED SAJJADI/FARS NEWS/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY)VIA REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
IDF orders evacuation orders across north Gaza Strip
'Despicable act of terrorism': Washington embassy shooting leaves Israeli officials devastated
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon called the shooting a "depraved act of anti-Semitic terrorism," in a post on X.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF A man looks on next to police officers working at the site where, according to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, US May 21, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)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 Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities.
58 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.
