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Open source intelligence shows Egypt has been building a fortified 'buffer zone' that could be used to shelter tens of thousands of Palestinians in the event that Gazans flee to Egypt en masse

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Thursday night a "unilateral" recognition of a Palestinian state he said would constitute "a major reward for unprecedented terrorism" that the Hamas terror organization unleashed on Israel on Oct. 7. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Such a step would "prevent any future peace agreement," he wrote […]

  1. What scares Hamas? Complete victory is not about honor, although this too is of decisive importance in the Middle East. Complete victory is a categorical existential imperative and therefore must resonate among our haters and enemies lest they consider executing a similar massacre in the future. From this perspective, there is no choice […]

  Rabbi Shay Schachter, a Yeshiva University senior faculty member, arrived in Israel to pay a visit to the hospital where the two Israeli rescued hostages are being treated. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Fernando Simon Marman and Louis Har were held captive by Hamas for 128 days and were rescued overnight […]

In response to reports in WaPo regarding a plan to implement the two-state solution, Israel's PM says unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state would be a 'huge prize for terror'

Staff Sgt. Haba is the second paratrooper killed in combat in the Gaza Strip over the past day

  Egypt is preparing an area at the Gaza border which could accommodate Palestinians in case an Israeli offensive into Rafah prompts an exodus across the frontier, four sources told Reuters, in what they described as a contingency move by Cairo. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Egypt, which denied making any such […]

  The United States has recently conducted a cyberattack against an Iranian military ship in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden that had been collecting intelligence on cargo vessels, NBC News reported on Thursday, citing three US officials. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram The cyberattack took place a week ago […]

Actress Helen Mirren, who portrayed former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the 2023 film “Golda,” was among the 400+ signatories.

The cause, the event organizers said, was “a small but growing and extremely vocal group” that took issue with Goldstein’s service three decades ago in the Israeli army.

He is charged with communicating a threat in interstate commerce and faces a maximum of five years in prison.

One source involved in the talks said the 'ideal time' to implement an agreement would be during the month of Ramadan, which begins March 10

Sources within Gantz's National Unity Party believe that the PM is aiming to boot his more moderate war cabinet partners in order to play up hard-line opposition to hostage deals to his right-wing base. One official says Netanyahu 'wants everyone to talk about politics so no one will talk about the hostages'

Despite the Israeli army's impressive rescue operation and evident closing in on Sinwar, Hamas' defeat isn't imminent ■ Heightening of tensions in East Jerusalem and the West Bank ahead of Ramadan threatens an eruption of a third intifada ■ The escalation on the Lebanese border would be the lead headline every day, were it not for the 134 hostages still in Gaza

Netanyahu's 'total victory' spiel has been intertwined with an underground campaign against the hostage families, and as Israeli officials work overtime to negotiate a deal to free the captives, the prime minister is undermining the process to pander to his hard-right base

The New York Times reports that Israel is behind attacks on Iranian gas pipelines earlier this week ■ Two killed, four wounded in southern Israel terror shooting ■ Biden: No expectation of 'massive' Israeli invasion in Rafah, temporary cease-fire essential for hostage deal ■ Israeli president meets Qatari prime minister on sidelines of Munich Security Conference ■ War cabinet member Gantz: Israel prepared to fight in Gaza in Ramadan and expand Rafah operation if hostages aren't released

Combat Antisemitism Movement’s (CAM) report documented 3,046 reported incidents globally, a 58.2% increase from 1,925 the previous year and 2,215 in 2021.

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A young business owner rethinks her priorities as result of the Gaza war, and a systems engineer draws conclusions about China while visiting Taiwan

Her ex-husband's vow of silence, the never-ending mourning for her daughters and a life between the 'free world' that she chose and the ultra-Orthodox world that she left behind. An interview with author Judith Rotem

A wave of intense pro-Palestinian activism within the broad literary community has included bestselling Jewish authors being targeted online as “Zionists.”