Israeli security forces publish footage of Saturday's operation rescuing Israeli hostages from Gaza ■ U.S. Secretary of State Blinken in Israel; reiterates U.S. support for Gaza cease-fire proposal in meeting with Netanyahu ■ UN Security Council votes in favor of resolution backing U.S.-drafted proposal ■ Netanyahu on U.S.-Hamas talks to release Americans held in Gaza: 'We welcome every attempt to release our hostages'
The Israeli army will soon have dealt a major blow to all of Hamas' 24 territorial brigades in Gaza, possibly creating conditions for a cease-fire. The main factor determining its likelihood is the will on either side – which doesn't appear to be high
According to Hamas' media office, 64 children and 57 women were killed during the operation. Testimonies link the rise in displaced individuals, the time of day and the proximity to a central market with the high number of casualties
Eliran Mizrahi, was diagnosed with PTSD after he fought in Gaza border communities on October 7. The army claims he cannot be recognized as a fallen soldier as he was not in active service when he died
Gantz gave Netanyahu a safety net after October 7 in exchange for keeping the major decisions out of the far-right's hands, but his role in gov't has mainly been a scapegoat for the war's stalemate. Now his safety net is gone, and Israel's near future is fully up in the air
The IDF and Shin Bet confirmed on Sunday that the hostages Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv, who were rescued Saturday from Nuseirat in the Gaza Strip, were the ones held in the house of an Al-Jazeera "journalist" Abdullah Al-Jamal. Despite what was initially believed, the fourth hostage recued on Saturday, Noa […]
A first projection provided by the EU suggests far-right parties have made big gains at the European Parliament as the Greens took a major hit at Sunday's European elections
In a somber announcement on Sunday evening, Benny Gantz, chairman of the State Party and member of the War Cabinet, declared that he and his party are withdrawing from the coalition government that was formed after the Oct. 7 massacare. Among other things, he said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "is preventing us from […]
Biden’s proclamation on Jewish American Heritage Month, which is essentially Jewish pride month, is that it is coming at a time when more American Jews are feeling the need to hide their Jewishness.
After Benny Gantz announced his resignation from the government, Netanyahu said he shouldn't quit the battle before it is over, Ben-Gvir demanded a seat on the war cabinet and Lapid said 'the time has come to replace this extreme and reckless government'
When cantor Iris Karlin first heard the story of Yehudit – a Jewish heroine who reputedly saved her people by seducing and beheading an Assyrian general – she was shocked that it was so little known. She aims to correct that with an opera heavy on cantorial singing and a message about the Israeli women hostages still being held in Gaza
From MSNBC to his own media company, British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan's aggressive criticism of Israel's actions, Zionism and the U.S. administration has made him a frequent target of pro-Israel groups. In conversation with Haaretz, he explains why right now, there is no such thing as 'too much Gaza'