Islamic jihad

Family of slain hostage sues UNRWA for alleged role in October 7 kidnapping, murder

The lawsuit names UNRWA, a UNRWA employee alleged to have taken part in the attack, and several current and former senior UNRWA officials as defendants.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Poster of hostage Yonatan Mordechai Samerano during demonstrations for the hostages still held in Gaza.
PEOPLE WALK amid the rubble of destroyed buildings at the Nuseirat camp for displaced Palestinians as smoke billows in the distance following Israeli strikes east of Gaza City on December 2, 2025.

IDF strikes Hamas, Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza in response to ceasefire violations

At this time, the IDF did not name the targeted terrorists. However, Hamas-affiliated sources reported that the IDF killed targets in homes belonging to the al Huli and al Jarou families.

|ByTZVI JASPER, SHOSHANA BAKER
Palestinian Hamas terrorists secure the area as Egyptian workers accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) search for the remains of the last Israeli hostage in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on December 8, 2025.

In coordination with Israel, Hamas renews search for final hostage Ran Gvili in Gaza

The search is occurring in Zeitoun, in northern Gaza. The neighborhood is split by the Yellow Line that divides the Strip between Hamas and Israel-controlled territories.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
PEOPLE AFFILIATED with Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hold signs during a vigil to honor colleagues and others who have been killed during the war in Gaza outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, December 6, 2023.

Doctors Without Borders advanced anti-Israel narrative, maintained terror ties - exclusive

The well-known medical organization is one of several dozen NGOs prohibited from operating in Gaza and the West Bank since January 1.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

IAF kills PIJ terrorist Faris Qasim, three others on Syrian-Lebanese border

An Israeli drone strike killed three Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists and one Hezbollah terrorist near the Syria-Lebanon border on Wednesday.

AUGUST 28, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Smoke and flames rise over the Syrian border town of Kobani after an airstrike, October 20, 2014

Internal strife: Iran's delayed retaliation to Israel sparks rift within terror proxies - report

Iran’s call for restraint after recent assassinations has angered Hezbollah, Hamas, and other allies, causing a heated rift in Tehran.

AUGUST 14, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A car drives past a poster depicting late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, top commander of Iran's Quds Force Qassem Soleimani and Hezbollah top commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut, Lebanon, August 5, 2024.

Islamic State resurgence concerns US-coalition forces in Iraq, Syria - report

IS is acquiring forces in the North Arabian Desert, and is training recruits to become suicide bombers, to attack allied troops.

AUGUST 12, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.

Iran hosts Hamas, Islamic Jihad leaders at new president’s inauguration, bolstering support

Iran hosted Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders for the swearing-in of President Pezeshkian, reinforcing support for these groups amid ongoing Gaza conflict.

JULY 30, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves before voting in the country's presidential election, in Tehran, Iran July 5, 2024.

IDF destroys kilometer long tunnel in northern Gaza, rockets fired at Ashkelon

Sirens sounded in Ashkelon for the first time in months, with Palestinian Islamic Jihad claiming responsibility.

JULY 26, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli soldiers from the 8717 Battalion of the Givati Brigade operating in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, December 28, 2023

Don’t be fooled by Iran’s new president, extremist policy is the same - opinion

Israel is aware of the Iranian danger, as is the president of the United States. Staying quiet is no longer an option, nor can we put this genie back into the bottle. 

JULY 24, 2024ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
IRANIAN PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei attend a Muharram mourning ceremony in Tehran, last week. Pazkhian’s election is not the reflection of a change in Iran’s extremist policy, the writer states.

Irrational, injurious, ignoble: Islamism puts Israel at peril - opinion

Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah, Hezbollah, and other Iranian surrogates think of war, terror, and genocide against Israel as ennobling expressions of religious sacrifice.

JULY 17, 2024ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
Iranian Shi'ites attend a ceremony to mark Ashura, the holiest day in the Shi'ite calendar.

Fear's defeat: Militant Islam and the challenges of deterrence - opinion

Today, deterrence fails miserably in the Middle East. It is ill-equipped for mitigating threats posed by militant Islamists who feature a potent ideological component.

JUNE 25, 2024ByJOSEPH NICHOL
NATIONAL SECURITY Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi issues a statement to the media in Tel Aviv, in late October. Just days before the October 7 attacks, he said in an interview: ‘Hamas is very, very restrained and understands the implications of further defiance.’

IDF destroys launch site placed in humanitarian zone, escalates operations in Rafah

The Israeli Air Force struck the launch site that was placed inside a shelter located in the humanitarian zone. Additionally, IDF troops escalate operations in Rafah.

JUNE 21, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
IDF operating in the Gaza Strip, June 21, 2024

The dispensable statesman: What impact does Raisi's death have on Iran? - opinion

RAISI’S DEPARTURE won’t end this rise of the mediocre in the Iranian system. His temporary successor, former IRGC officer Mohammed Mokhber, is a product of the same process.

MAY 24, 2024ByJONATHAN SPYER
MOURNERS ATTEND the funeral for victims of helicopter crash that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and others, in Tehran, on Tuesday.