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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Video shows work on a concrete wall being carried out in the Sderot area. It will protect against anti-tank missiles.
By Joshua Marks
The Religious Zionism Party convened on Thursday morning to discuss its role in the government.
, “Negotiations remain ongoing, and no official announcement has been made regarding their outcome or the scheduled cabinet meeting."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The deal leaves hostages captive in Gaza.
Ohad Tal, who chairs the Religious Zionism Party's Knesset faction, made the comment at the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"You have no mandate to surrender," the demonstrators directed at the Israeli government.
Mohammed Sinwar, brother of slain terror leader Yahya Sinwar, is exploiting aid and rebuilding Hamas’s terror army in Gaza.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"The emerging deal is a catastrophe for the national security of the State of Israel."
Partial deals, freed terrorists, restrictions on Israel, no clear victory... families of the hostages are worried.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If Hamas blows up the talks, we will respond, including on the humanitarian front."
The names of four fallen soldiers whose families have been notified were cleared for publication.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“If the hostage deal does not materialize by the time President Trump takes office, Hamas in Gaza must face complete defeat," the defense minister said.
Hamas terrorists had repurposed the school as a base for planning and executing attacks against IDF troops and Israel.
By Ariel Kahana
The terror group systematically intercepts aid shipments and resells essential supplies at premium prices to the local population.
Youssef and three of his children were taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Terror groups "significantly influence the policies and practices of a U.N. agency with 30,000 employees, and a $1.5 billion annual budget that is funded primarily by Western states," per the report.
The hospital was used for transferring equipment and weapons, which were then transferred by tunnels to other command and control centers “in Kamal Adwan, Falujah and other places.
“The weaponization of families in war is a crime without a name, inflicted on victims without a voice."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
At least 15 of those arrested took part in the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.
The complex was used by the terrorists to plan and execute terrorist plots against IDF forces in the immediate future.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Looks like the IDF still has more work to do.
Another soldier was wounded in the attack.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“They took away his freedom but they can’t take away his faith,” Shelly Shem Tov told an audience at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem
Minister Amichai Chikli accused the pontiff of perpetuating a “dangerous blood libel” against Israel and distorting history.
A separate raid eliminated a Hamas squad planning attacks on Israeli forces.
The IDF and Shin Bet have released harrowing footage from Al-Katiba prison.
Hamas has inflated Gaza’s casualty count by thousands, with men sometimes being registered as women or children, and non-conflict-related deaths listed as war casualties.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Abbas wished Pope Francis well ahead of Christmas, while urging churches around the world to mention "the suffering of the Palestinian people."
The IDF stressed that no delivery trucks were struck and that the humanitarian corridor remains open for aid deliveries.
The terrorist operatives were honored for their "extraordinary resilience, bravery and courage."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Osama Ghanim played a key role in implementing the terror group's brutal methods in interrogating civilians.
By Ariel Kahana
The parents of Yonatan Samerano, whose body is being held by Hamas, have sued the U.N. agency over its employee's involvement in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
“We were not among the initiators of the report, nor did we collaborate in its authorship or were involved in funding or approving the report,” the Israeli branch stated.
Svirsky, 38, a resident of Tel Aviv, was visiting his parents at Kibbutz Beeri on the morning of October 7 when Hamas attacked.
Discussions between two terror organizations falter amid disputes over control, salaries, and Gaza’s crossings.
Seven of the eliminated terrorists participated in the massacre.
Governor Hochul calls for reflection and prayers following confirmation of the tragic death of 21-year-old New Yorker Omer Neutra.
The terrorist took part in the massacre in Kibbutz Nir Oz.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A new report by the Kohelet Policy Forum cites support for terrorism and corruption as key issues that need to be addressed before the P.A. can be considered for the role of governance in Gaza.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Israeli finance minister also called to encourage voluntary migration from Gaza, saying the Strip's population could be reduced by more than half within two years.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Brett McGurk was heading to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss using an Israel-Hezbollah truce as a "catalyst" to end hostilities with Hamas.
According to reports from Gaza, there were casualties on both sides.
The robbers collect transit taxes of $27,000 and sometimes the tax is $50,000 or 50% of the value of the truck’s contents.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"Whoever controls the aid controls the Strip. Stop strengthening Hamas, and make sure that the aid will not get to them," Tzav 9 announced.
Hamas operatives however still loot the aid trucks with impunity.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
More than 10% of UNRWA principals and senior educators in Gaza are members of Hamas or Islamic Jihad, according to Israeli NGO IMPACT-se.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The delay in delivering 134 D9 bulldozers will likely delay completion of the Gaza buffer zone. extending the war even longer.
In total, 86 Gazan patients accompanied by 124 family members were taken to the UAE. The rest were flown to Romania.
By Max Gelber
"We urge Trump to learn from Biden's mistakes," Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters.
By Max Gelber
Israeli Air Force fighter jets attacked and killed Hossein Abdelhalim Harab, the commander of the Hezbollah battalion in the Al-Hiam sector.
575 trucks of aid are waiting on the Gaza side for someone to collect it.
By Max Gelber
"The truth must be told – there will be no deal now. Not a small one, not a big one, not a crumb."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Qatari media cited a Hamas official as saying the talks yielded a deal to form a committee of independent "Palestinian" leaders to run Gaza after the war.
By Max Gelber
The IDF is building a series of outposts along the Beeri Corridor.
By Max Gelber
As the convoy passed by the Kamal Adwan Hospital, terrorists detonated an explosive device only a few hundred meters away from the hospital.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
UNRWA employees took part in the October 7 massacre and many of its workers are Hamas operatives.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. vice president said at a Michigan campaign event that it's been a hard year "given the scale of death and destruction in Gaza and given the civilian casualties and displacement in Lebanon."
By Max Gelber
Israel has firm forensic and Halachic information on the death of 37 abductees, definitive information it lacks on the other 13 it believes are no longer alive.
Senior Hezbollah commanders eliminated; 401st Armored Brigade continues the fight in Gaza after losing commanders.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"The intention might be for the Palestinians to leave Gaza, for others to occupy it," Guterres told The Guardian.
Col. Ehsan Daqsa, who commanded the Israel Defense Force’s 401st Armored Brigade, was killed in battle in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza.
Failure to comply "may have implications for U.S. policy," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reportedly wrote.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit an explosive device in the Jabalia area in the northern part of the Strip.
By Israel Hayom
13-year-old Eitan Yahalomi from Kibbutz Nir Oz shared the harrowing details of his captivity at the hands of Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Hamas leader asked mediators in Qatar whether he could receive immunity as part of an agreement to free the remaining hostages.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel has estimated that 17,000 combatants have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023.
It is now believed that Sinwar may still be alive.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The girl had been kidnapped at age 11 by ISIS in Iraq and sold to a Gazan terrorist.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The terror group currently holds 101 hostages, including 97 of the 251 captured on Oct. 7.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The single-stage deal presented to the United States would free all of the hostages held by Hamas and allow the terror group's leadership to exit the Strip.
By David Isaac
"There is some leverage that we have had and used,” she said.
By David Isaac
“This isn’t a joke. It’s not a publicity stunt. Our offer is real,” said NTC President Gregory T. Angelo.
Three of the nine terrorists eliminated were also UNRWA employees.
Lazzarini issued a statement charging that UNRWA was “forced to close all its schools turning them into shelters for displaced families” because of the war in Gaza.
By David Isaac
The US-led humanitarian aid is the main oxygen pipeline for the terrorist organization.
The Hamas-run Government Information Office in Gaza has consistently broadcast lies and false information throughout the war.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Egypt had agreed to allow the P.A. leader entry via the Rafah crossing with Israel's approval, which was denied.
“We can’t allow what’s happened in Gaza to happen,” said the Democratic vice presidential nominee. “It’s a humanitarian crisis.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Iran has indicated that it intends to retaliate, so we will continue to take that threat seriously,” said Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder.
“The charges unsealed today are just one part of our effort to target every aspect of Hamas’s operations,” Merrick Garland said. “These actions will not be our last.”
By David Isaac
Two new polls show that the Israeli public backs the Netanyahu government's position that holding the Egypt-Gaza border is critical to Israel's security.
Thousands of Israelis gathered in Jerusalem on Monday to pay their final respects to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who became one of the best-known of the hostages held by Hamas.
The terrorists murdered the hostages within the past 48-72 hours.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Gazan terrorists breached the border through 119 holes they created in the fence separating Israel from the Strip.
The process to identify the bodies could take several hours.
Relatives with bullhorns called out messages to their loved ones from the border near Kibbutz Nirim.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"We want to return to martyrdom operations," but Khaled Mashaal hasn't yet volunteered to do the job himself.
The IDF said it took several months of effort to locate the soldier's body.
By David Isaac
Off-and-on negotiations have continued for months with the United States, Egypt and Qatar acting as mediators.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A total of 337 Israeli troops have been killed in action since the start of the Gaza ground incursion on Oct. 27.
During searches in the area of the Gazan school compound, troops found guns, explosives, vests and Hamas intelligence documents.
The hostages were shot by the terrorists while in captivity.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"The main thing: to eliminate Hamas and achieve victory. We are approaching it step by step," the Israeli premier told families of captives and fallen soldiers.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
In August 2005, Israel unilaterally disengaged from the Strip, removing thousands of Jews from their homes.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in May that the IDF had eliminated some 14,000 Hamas terrorists.
Private sector and other organizations have picked up their trucks, while the UN hasn't, despite getting additional time to do so.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A majority of Jewish Israelis support the re-establishment of Israeli civilian communities in the Gaza Strip, according to the “Peace Index” survey released by Tel Aviv University in January of this year.
Hamas embeds their terrorists among the civilian population.
A second Hamas rocket landed in the sea near Gaza.
August 14, 2026 
