Israel-Hamas War

Hamas refuses to give up weapons, demands Board of Peace change Gaza ceasefire plan

Hamas has rejected the US-led Board of Peace's disarmament plan, demanding changes and accusing the mediator of pro-Israel bias.

A Hamas terrorist in the Gaza Strip. February 22, 2025.
US VICE PRESIDENT JD Vance arrives for a meeting with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, Pakistan, for talks about Iran, last week.

Do Israelis know what’s going on? - opinion

Former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau, who participated in the 2025 Global Sumud Flotilla, speaks to the press as a flotilla prepares to depart for Gaza from Barcelona, Spain, April 12, 2026.

Gaza flotilla backed by Greenpeace falters on departure date due to storm

Soldiers from the IDF's 7th Armored Brigade operating in the Gaza Strip, January 14, 2026; illustrative.

As Iran war dominates, Gaza’s future hangs in uncertainty - opinion


Northern Israeli moshav head decries 'performative' cabinet meeting in Kiryat Shmona

Davidi said the ministers’ arrival in the north, more than two years after the war began, amounts to “a certificate of poverty” for the government.

Residents of the northern city of Kiryat Shmona check missile attack damages at the city's Central Bus Station and Mall, Kiryat Shmona, Northern Israel on November 27, 2024.

Why the Rafah crossing reopening is a critical test for Gaza’s ceasefire - analysis

“After months of a ceasefire and demands from humanitarian organizations to open it without obstacles, Israel will beginthe process of partially reopening the Rafah crossing," Al-Ain media reported.

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, August 13, 2025.

IDF strikes Gaza, Palestinian reports say at least 30 people dead

The recent IDF airstrikes in Gaza killed 32 people, according to Hamas-run health authorities cited by Reuters.

Plumes of smoke rise after the IDF carried out house demolitions in the northern Gaza Strip in January. It is believed that between 80,000 and 200,000 tons of munitions were fired or dropped on Gaza over two years of war.

What honoring our parents teaches us about faith, logic, and Judaism

The mitzvah of honoring one's parents is not a narrow religious demand but a foundational moral duty.

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Ran Gvili's return: Israel did not 'win,' it negotiated and paid a price - opinion

The return of Ran Gvili’s body does not mean Hamas has been defeated. It does not mean justice has been served. It means something narrower, heavier, and more tragic: that the price has been paid.

Pallbearers from the Israeli Police sit in the hearse with the casket of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili, the last captive held by Hamas in Gaza, on January 28, 2026.

‘It felt like victory’: IDF dentist on identifying last Gaza hostage Ran Gvili - interview

“We started hearing [celebratory] shouts from soldiers all around. It was indescribable, a significant moment,” 'L' recalled. “There wasn’t a single dry eye.”

IDF works to identify body of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, January 26, 2026.

Middle Israel: Entering the post-war political era - opinion

Israeli voters emerged from Israel’s most costly war imbued with the kind of wrath, humiliation, and resolve that makes decadent establishments fall, and their successors rise.

THE BIG question, postwar, is how Israelis will respond at the ballot box to the trauma. Here, political opponents Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Yair Lapid shake hands during a special session in honor of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, at the Knesset on Monday.

What last Gaza hostage Ran Gvili's funeral revealed about Israel's fleeting unity

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Ran Gvili’s burial offered Israel a moment of unity that revealed something essential, even as it quickly faded.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu stands in front of the body of Ran Gvili before the burial in Meitar, southern Israel, on Wednesday.

Giant portrait of Hind Rajab, girl killed in Gaza war, unfurled on Barcelona beach

Protesters in Barcelona unveil a giant portrait of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl killed in the Israel-Hamas War, as her mother calls for global attention to Gaza's children.

A giant portrait of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab who was killed in Gaza in 2024, is unfurled on Barceloneta Beach in the second anniversary of her death and after a film about her death received an Oscar nomination, in Barcelona, Spain January 29, 2026.

Italian rapper Ghali’s planned Winter Olympics set draws backlash over his Gaza advocacy

This year, nine Israelis will compete, including the national bobsled team for the first time.

Ghali performs for Dystinct at Fabrique on Nov. 3, 2025 in Milan, Italy.