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IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN)

Israel Kills 15 Terrorists in Hamas Command Center Inside UNRWA School

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The Hamas war room was embedded in a UN Relief and Works Agency school in the central Gaza area of Nuseirat.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Egypt

‘Hamas Will Not Be Able to Take Over’ With Israel Controlling Rafah Aid Deliveries, Locals Say

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Israel seized control of the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt after launching an overnight ground operation in parts of the southern Gaza city.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN)

UN Blames ‘Fog of War’ for Major Overcounting of Gazan Child Fatalities

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

“It’s outrageous that only seven months later, the United Nations is questioning the Hamas-supplied casualty numbers,” an HonestReporting board member told JNS.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza

IDF May Administer Gaza for Up to a Year after War

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

According to reports, Israel is considering a gradual transfer of control to local bodies believed not to be hostile to the Jewish state.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas / Left vs. Right / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Anti-Israel NGOs

J Street Lauds Biden Admin Arms Freeze Against Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The NGO urged the White House to take "all necessary steps" to stop Israel from launching a large-scale operation against Hamas in Rafah.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza

Pentagon: Weather Delaying Completed Pier’s Arrival Off Gaza Shore

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Forecasted high winds and high sea swells” have delayed the floating pier, per a U.S. Department of Defense spokeswoman.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas / Government / Left vs. Right

Netanyahu: ‘If Necessary, We Will Fight with our Fingernails’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Jewish state will stand alone if it must, the Israeli prime minister said, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden said he would cut off arms to Israel if it attacks Rafah.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas

[Watch] ‘Strengthening the Axis of Evil’: Israelis React to Biden’s Arms Threat

By Sveta Listratov

Israelis reacted with scorn and disappointment at President Joe Biden, who threatened to halt arms deliveries if Israel invades the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Hamas’s last stronghold.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Three Israeli Soldiers Wounded in Booby-Trapped Rafah Terror Tunnel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

In another incident, an “unidentified aerial object” from the Gaza Strip crossed into Israeli airspace.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas / Left vs. Right / Antisemitism

Biden Reportedly Delayed Saying He Withheld Arms from Israel Until after Holocaust Speech

By Andrew Bernard

The president’s decision drew criticism from the American Jewish Committee and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas / Left vs. Right / Antisemitism

Schumer, ‘Squad’ Members Praise Biden for Halting Weapons Aid to Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“I believe that Israel and America have an ironclad relationship, and I have faith in what the Biden administration is doing,” the Senate majority leader said.

Headline / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas

Biden Admin Reportedly Halted Arms Shipment to Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Biden administration opposes an IDF incursion into Rafah which would finish off Hamas.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN)

Israel Strikes Hamas Facility Located Inside UNRWA Complex

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Three IDF soldiers were killed in a Hamas attack that preceded the Israeli retaliation.

Featured / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas

Hamas Health Ministry Can’t Find 10,000 Names of Those it Claims Died

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

"This is the first admission that it lacks an essential data point necessary to establish these deaths have even taken place."

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Government

Smotrich: Gov’t Has ‘No Right to Exist’ if Rafah Op Canceled

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

New terms conveyed to mediator Egypt include a willingness to discuss the "restoration of sustainable calm" in Gaza.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Israeli FM: Rafah Op to be Suspended if Hostage Deal Secured

By Joshua Marks

"The release of the hostages is the top priority for us," said Israel Katz.

Gaza / Pallywood

The Women of Pallywood

By Video of the Day

There's only one film industry in Gaza, it's called Pallywood, and it appears on the nightly news and on propaganda videos.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Antisemitism / United Nations (UN)

UN Agencies Randomly Use Statistic that Child in Gaza Killed Every 10 Minutes

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

It is unclear how that figure was tabulated; it would mean that some 28,000 children have been killed since Oct. 7—a number not even claimed by Hamas.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

No Green Light from Washington for Rafah Mission, US Envoy Says

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

Barbara Leaf defended the U.S. decision to veto Palestinian membership at the United Nations.

Israel / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / News Briefs

Senate Passes Foreign Aid Package Including Funding for Israel and Gaza

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

"This critical legislation will make our nation and world more secure as we support our friends who are defending themselves against terrorists like Hamas," Joe Biden said.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry: Review of UNRWA’s Neutrality Offers ‘Cosmetic Solutions’

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

“Hamas has infiltrated UNRWA so deeply that it is no longer possible to determine where UNRWA ends and where Hamas begins,” a ministry spokesman said.

Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Israel Indicts Sister of Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Sabah Haniyeh stand accused of incitement and identifying with a terrorist organization.

Gaza

‘Gaza Stores Full; Markets Overwhelmed with Goods

By Ariel Kahana

"There is no food shortage in Gaza, and there never was," says an Israeli official familiar with the situation in the Strip.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Iran / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Saudi Arabia

Saudis say Iran Instigated Gaza War to Sabotage Israel Normalization

By Joshua Marks

“Iran is a nation that endorses terrorism, and the world should have curtailed it much earlier," a member of the royal family told Hebrew media.

Terrorism / Israel / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Iran

Iran’s Cash Support for Hamas Documented in Secret Letters

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The payments, amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars, continued at least until Oct. 7, 2023, according to The London Times.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Israeli Forces Build Tank Bridges Over Wadi Gaza Riverbed

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The bridges have been used by soldiers from Israel’s 401st Armored Brigade.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Government

PMO Mum on Reported Postponement of Rafah Op

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The IDF is calling up reservists to reinforce troops carrying out targeted raids against Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Pallywood

‘Psychological Warfare’: Hamas Admits Incomplete Data on One-Third of Gaza Death Toll

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Raising new questions about the credibility of Palestinian death toll figures being reported from Gaza, the Strip’s Hamas-run Health Ministry announced that it had incomplete data on one-third of the casualties. The announcement, made on the Health Ministry’s Telegram channel on Saturday, said that 11,371 of the 33,091 deaths had “incomplete data” — namely the […]

Terrorism / Gaza / Hamas / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine

Outrage After Jerusalem Hospital Admits Hamas Nukhba Terrorist for Treatment

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Dozens swarmed the halls of Hadassah Medical Center after news got out that the hospital was treating a member of the terror group's Nukhba force.

Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas

Freed Israeli Hostage: ‘Gazan Civilians Sold Me to Hamas’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“There are no innocent citizens there. They are families controlled by Hamas... " Nili Margalit said.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Government / News Briefs

Over 400 Aid Trucks Enter Gaza in Highest Daily Total Since Start of War

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Additionally, 258 packages carrying hundreds and thousands of meals were airdropped over Gaza.

Headline / Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas

Hamas Rejects Ceasefire Offer in Cairo

By Andrew Bernard

“We have seen them reject a number of proposals before that we have thought would deliver incredible benefits to the Palestinian people that they claim to represent,” a U.S. State Department spokesman said.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Hamas Commander Killed in Air Strike

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Hatem Alramery was the head of Hamas’ Emergency Bureau in the Gaza Central Camps.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Defense Minister Gallant Says Israeli Troops Redeploying for Rafah ‘Mission’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"We will reach a point when Hamas no longer controls the Gaza Strip and does not function as a military framework that poses a threat to the citizens of the State of Israel.”

Featured / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Rockets from Gaza

Hamas Embedded Rocket Launchers In Aid Distribution Area

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The launchers, located next to an aid distribution center and a shelter tent, had been used to fire rockets at Israel.

Headline / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas

IDF Withdraws All Troops from Southern Gaza

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Only one brigade remains in the Strip; terrorists in Khan Yunis fire rocket barrage at Israeli towns. Hamas claims this report is fake news.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

IDF Destroys Hamas Terror Tunnel Inside Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The tunnel was discovered in 2019, but the IDF decided to not destroy it at the time.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas

Hamas Slashes Food Prices, Contradicting Reports of Gaza Famine

By Pesach Benson / TPS

According to the IDF, Hamas lowered the prices because the terror group has lost significant control over aid being delivered.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Palestinian Authority

Israel Uses Gaza Fatah Terrorists to Secure Aid

By Amir Ettinger

The personnel were armed with batons and no firearms. Hamas members killed some of them during the operation.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

Israel Reveals: Hamas Knew 11% of Their Rockets Fell Short and Killed Gazans

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Knowing the failure rates, Hamas demanded Islamic Jihad not install rocket launchers near the homes of Hamas members to avoid the risk to its own people.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas

US Presents Israel with Alternatives to Rafah Battle

By Joshua Marks

The US is now deciding IDF battle plans!? How many IDF soldiers' lives will be needlessly endangered as a result?

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas / Government / Left vs. Right

Ben-Gvir: Biden sides with Tlaib, Sinwar over Netanyahu

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The national security minister told The New York Times that the US president is "enormously mistaken" to pressure Israel over its military campaign against Hamas.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas

Israel to Provide ‘Security Bubble’ for Gaza Pier

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The IDF would also be responsible for physically connecting the pier to Gaza's shore, according to U.S. officials.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Qatar / Media / Pallywood

‘Al Jazeera’ Deletes Fake News Reports of IDF Rapes in Gaza Hospital

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The fabricated story, which went viral on Arabic social media, accused Israeli soldiers of raping Gazan women during the IDF's ongoing operation in Gaza City's Shifa Hospital.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas / Government / News Briefs

Gallant: Israel Has ‘No Moral Right’ to End War Against Hamas

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

"The lack of a decisive victory in Gaza may bring us closer to a war in the north," Gallant said ahead of meetings in Washington.

IDF & Security / US / Gaza / Hamas / Elections

Trump: ‘Only a Crazy or an Idiot Wouldn’t Respond like Israel did to Oct. 7’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The former US president's secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, also gave public backing to the pending Rafah operation.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Islamic Jihad

Secrets of the Shifa Hospital: What Israel Found and Why the Raid Broke Hamas

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Hamas was trying to reorganize, now they don't know even which of their leadership was captured or killed.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN) / Russia / China

China, Russia Veto US Ceasefire Resolution at the UN Security Council

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

Beijing and Moscow said the draft resolution wasn’t sufficiently strong in calling for a halt to fighting in Gaza.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas

Discordant Messages to Israel from Biden Admin on Rafah Operation

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Senior U.S. officials have said both that Israel needs a plan to protect civilians before going into Rafah and that such protection is impossible.

Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Palestinian Authority

CRAZY Poll: PA Arabs Support Hamas Attack, Want Hamas Rule, Believe Hamas Will Win War...

By Joshua Marks

Nearly three-quarters of Arabs in Gaza, Judea and Samaria support the Oct. 7 attack. They also believe Hamas will win the war.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Politics / Gaza / UK / Government

Israel Spokesman Suspended After Testy Exchange with British Foreign Secretary

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The United Kingdom’s Tel Aviv embassy lodged a complaint with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.

Terrorism / Gaza / Hamas / Qatar

US Taps Qatar to Fund Gaza Pier, Selects Hamas-Linked Contractor

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

An Israeli source said the involvement of Qatar and Al Hisi in constructing the pier “is absolutely against the Israeli security interest.”

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas

Israeli Forces Kill Hamas Internal Security Officer in Battle in Shifa Hospital

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Mabhuoch was also responsible for coordinating Hamas terror activities in the Gaza Strip.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas / Sinai

US Says Rafah Evacuation Will Take Weeks, Possibly Longer

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

According to U.S. officials, a "flood" of humanitarian aid and the construction of temporary shelters will be necessary.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Settlements

Six Israeli Resettlement Activists Arrested at Gaza Border Released

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The six were part of a group that set up camp at the Erez Crossing in a call for a Jewish return to the Gaza Strip

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / The Environment

Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Polluting Mediterranean Sea

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Some of the washed-up humanitarian aid had anti-Israel propaganda marked on it, other aid killed and wounded more Gazans.

Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / The Knesset / United Nations (UN)

Israel Can Refuse UNRWA Access to Gaza, Says Ex-Agency Legal Adviser

By Etgar Lefkovits - JNS

“Some donor nations, probably led by the U.S., could defund and in whole or in part end UNRWA,” says James Lindsay.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

IDF Destroys 2.5 Km Tunnel in Northern Gaza

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The 2.5 km tunnel connected the northern and southern areas of Gaza, the IDF said.

Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Hamas Executes Gaza Clan ‘Prince’ in Message to Potential ‘Collaborators’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israel has floated the idea of Gazan clans acting as partners in running the internal affairs of the Strip after Hamas's removal.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas

Israel Confirms Death of Soldier, 19, Held Captive in Gaza

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Sgt. Itay Chen, a US-Israeli national, was abducted from the Nahal Oz army base near the Gaza border

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas

Biden May Condition Military Aid If IDF Enters Rafah

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Four U.S. officials confirmed to "Politico" the president is mulling the option.

Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Pallywood

Hamas Fakes Casualty Figures: ‘The Numbers are Not Real’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Abraham Wyner, a professor of statistics and data science at the Wharton School, says the Gaza Health Ministry numbers are likely "grossly inaccurate."

Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

House Oversight Chair: Gaza Port Will ‘Fast-Track’ US Tax Dollars to Terrorists

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“President Biden cares more about appeasing the radical left than helping our ally Israel and protecting U.S. taxpayer dollars,” Rep. James Comer stated.

Headline / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas

US Kills 5 Innocent Gazans and Children with Deadly Humanitarian Airdrops

By Jewish Press News Desk

The United States wants to increase the amount of humanitarian aid delivered into Gaza.

Israel / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas

In State of the Union, Biden Pushes PA State, Ceasefire and Gaza Port, Parrots Hamas Stats

By Andrew Bernard

The president also addressed at least 17 relatives of American hostages held by Hamas sitting in the chamber, pledging that "we will not rest until we bring their loved ones home."

Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas / Left vs. Right

Biden Administration Shifts Tone, Calls Israeli Ministers ‘Obstacle’ to Gaza Aid

By Andrew Bernard

“The convoy last week really encapsulated the frustration by the White House and much of Congress, especially Democrats,” said the Atlantic Council’s Jonathan Panikoff.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

‘A Significant Engineering Effort’: Israel Completes Demolition of Gaza’s Largest Tunnel

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The 4 kilometers tunnel was big enough to drive a car through and was meant for an offensive terror attack.

Gaza / Hamas

Clan-Based ‘Local Committees’ Emerge in Gaza to Replace Hamas Rule

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

The committees’ enforcers are young men, armed with weapons or clubs, wearing bandanas on their heads with the words, “People’s Defense Committees.”

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Army Didn’t Strike Gaza Aid Convoy, IDF Says After Review

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

"The majority of Palestinians were killed or injured as a result of the stampede," said the IDF spokesman.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas

Biden: US Will Begin Air-Dropping Aid into Gaza

By Andrew Bernard

“We’re gonna insist that Israel facilitate more trucks and more routes to get more and more people the help they need,” Biden added. “No excuses.”

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas

Investigation: Most Casualties From Gaza Stampede Were From Trampling

By Pesach Benson / TPS

After looting the trucks, a group of Gazans began approaching the IDF soldiers.

Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas / Pallywood

Pentagon ‘Clarifies’ Austin Cited Hamas Statistics in Testimony to Congress

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Quoting Hamas, the U.S. defense secretary told a House committee that Israel had killed more than 25,000 Gaza women and children!

Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Republicans ask UNRWA Head to Testify Publicly Before Congress

By Andrew Bernard

“It is now more important than ever that the American people hear from you directly in a public setting,” the Republican letter says.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Media

Investigation Explodes Myth that Israel Targets Journalists

By David Isaac

Media reports claiming vast numbers of journalists have died in the Gaza conflict are based on nothing more than Hamas propaganda, report reveals.

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