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A joint investigation by BIRN and Haaretz has identified seven Israeli Air Force flights from Serbia, coinciding with a spike in Serbian arms exports to Israel worth 15.7 million euros

  The "uninvolved" were part of the Hamas system, which held all seven hostages that the IDF has so far released in "civilian" residential apartments: Noa Argamani, Almog Meir, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv (in Nuseirat), Fernando Simon Marman and Louis Har (in Rafah) and the soldier Ori Megidish (in an apartment in the Shati […]

  Sirens rang out across several cities in northern Israel after the IDF intercepted an airborne target that infiltrated from Lebanon amidst the ongoing Gaza war, now in its 248th day. The alarms blared in the coastal cities of Acre, with the blasts heard in the Haifa region as missiles were fired to eliminate the […]

A 'shocking' percentage of American Jews are considering moving to another country because of rising antisemitism. AJC's public opinion poll shows that nearly a quarter of young Jewish-Americans feel 'much less connected' to Israel since October 7

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

The exhibit aims to utilize VR technology to allow museum-goers to experience a firsthand perspective of Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

Thousands attended the funeral of Arnon Zmora, killed during the operation which freed four Israeli hostages held in Gaza

Brig. Gen Avi Rosenfeld announced he would leave the Israeli army after 30 years

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.