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

Israel Strikes Hamas Compound Inside UNRWA School

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The IDF said precise munitions were used to minimize harm to civilians in the area.

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

Study Finds Hamas Poses Biggest Threat to Gaza Food Security

By Pesach Benson / TPS

"If famine were to occur in Gaza, it is unlikely to be due to any limitations posed by Israel on the food supply entering the Gaza Strip"

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

IDF Pushes Ahead in Rafah, Wraps up Jabalya Operation

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Multiple senior Hamas terrorists eliminated in recent days, IDF says • Remains of seven hostages recovered from Jabalia, over 6 miles of a tunnel destroyed • IDF establishes new maternity complex in Deir al-Balah.

Gaza / Hamas / China

Xi Announces $69m in Aid for Gaza

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“War should not continue indefinitely,” the Chinese leader said.

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

Booby-Trapped Tunnel Where Soldiers Were Killed Was Under Rafah Health Clinic

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The UNRWA is under fire amid revelations that its staffers participated in Hamas’s October 7 attacks.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Hezbollah Crowdfunding Campaign Sparks Lebanese Criticism

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Hezbollah-affiliated organizations are driving through villages and urging residents to donate funds for missiles and drones.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Iraq

IDF Downs Cruise Missile from Iraq Over Golan Heights

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The projectile was "coming from the east," according to the IDF, with earlier reports indicating it originated in Iraq.

Headline / Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN)

UNRWA Ordered to Vacate Jerusalem Offices Over Lease Violations

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King noted,"They’re building illegal buildings, they have petrol stations in places they’re not allowed to have."

Op-Eds

Israeli Control in Judea and Samaria is Key to Preventing Another October 7th

By Yigal Dilmoni

Many years ago, I lived in Gush Katif, for the sake of the entire country recognize that the "withdrawal" experiment failed.

IDF & Security

Air Force Base Fails Inspection: ‘Nothing Learned from Oct. 7′

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

IDF inspectors posing as thieves succeeded in infiltrating a sensitive Air Force site and simulating the theft of ammunition and weapons.

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

‘Regrettable’ ICJ Made Israel Work on Shabbat, Court’s VP Writes in Dissent

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“To maintain its judicial integrity, the court must avoid reacting to every shift in the conflict and refrain from micromanaging the hostilities in the Gaza Strip, including Rafah,” wrote Julia Sebutinde.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Netanyahu: Israel has ‘Surprising’ Plans for Hezbollah

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Jerusalem is determined to restore security on the northern border and create the conditions that will allow displaced citizens to return.

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

Nearly 70% of Gaza Aid at US-Built Pier Stolen

By Joshua Marks

No aid was delivered to the UN warehouse from the floating pier on Sunday and Monday.

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

Pentagon Admits: None of 569 Metric Tons of Aid that Crossed US Pier has been Delivered to Gazans

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

"Very shortly, I think you'll see aid starting to be delivered," said Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary.

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

Once Again, Israeli Forces Find Weapons in Gaza UNRWA Facility

By Pesach Benson / TPS

IDF soldiers found weapons inside a UN Relief and Works Agency facility in Jabalya. No surprise there.

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

Hamas Reaped Half a Billion Dollars from Gaza Aid Since Oct. 7

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Hamas terrorists divert at least 60% of the goods entering Gaza for their own purposes. The US wants to ship in even more.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Government / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Smotrich Calls for Hezbollah Ultimatum: Withdraw or IDF Goes In

By Joshua Marks

“A public ultimatum must be issued to Hezbollah that they completely stop shooting and withdraw all forces to beyond the Litani River," the minister said.

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

South Africa is Hamas ‘Ally,’ Israel says at Hague court

By Andrew Bernard

“Calling something a genocide, again and again, does not make it genocide,” said Gilad Noam, an attorney for the Jewish state. “Repeating a lie does not make it true.”

US / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Elections / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Jewish Staffer in Biden Administration Resigns Due to ‘Disastrous’ War in Gaza

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Lily Greenberg Call said the president “is making Jews the face of the American war machine.”

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

Israel Releases New Gaza Death Toll, Claims Historically Low Civilian Deaths

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

"What Israel has done is take the effort to minimize civilian casualties as no other army has done," said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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

Egypt Rejects Israeli Proposal to Reopen Rafah Crossing

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

It is believed there are numerous smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza under Rafah, and Egypt profited from the smuggling of goods and weapons to the Hamas enclave.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza

US Navy Finishes Installing Gaza Pier, Will Begin Receiving Aid ‘In the Coming Days’

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The White House doesn't know what it will do if Gazans approach the port seeking asylum and to escape Gaza.

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 / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Hezbollah Anti-Tank Missile Kills Israeli Civilian, Hurts Five Soldiers

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Hezbollah has carried out near-daily attacks on northern Israel since Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre.

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.

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

‘Deeply Concerned’ About Message Biden Admin Sending to Hamas, 26 House Democrats Say

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The signatories asked for a classified briefing “to better understand how and when the aid that Congress has authorized and appropriated for Israel will be delivered.”

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 / 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."

Photo of the Day

Taking Out the (Iranian) Trash

By Photo of the Day

Israeli soldiers remove the remains of a missile fired from Iran a few weeks ago.

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.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Left vs. Right / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / United Nations (UN)

UN Official: Hate Speech on ‘Both Sides’ of US Campus Protests

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

Irene Khan, U.N. special rapporteur for freedom of expression and opinion, lamented what she said was confusion between hate speech, incitement and what is "basically a different view of the situation in Israel"

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 / Bedouin / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Israeli Bedouin Killed in Hezbollah Anti-Tank Missile Attack

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The fatality was named as Sharif Suad from the Bedouin town of Sallama, located in the Galilee.

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.

Terrorism / Israel / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Iran

White House 'Shocked' at Scale of Iranian Aerial Attack

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Biden administration officials looked on with mounting alarm as the number of ballistic missiles fired at Israel kept increasing.

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 / US / News Briefs

Confused Biden to Israel: ‘Don’t Move on Haifa’!

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The U.S. president was apparently referring to Rafah, Hamas' last terror stronghold in Gaza.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Iran / Saudi Arabia

Iran’s Appearance of Power a 'Mirage' After Failed Attack, Says Saudi Analyst

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

“In the Arab world and in Iran, we’re hearing words of ridicule for the poor capability of Iran’s missiles,” a prominent Saudi commentator said.

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.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Iran / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Saudi Arabia / Gulf States / UAE

Saudis, Emiratis Shared Intel about Iranian Attack with US, Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Arab states were initially hesitant to share the information, fearing Iranian reprisal, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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 / US / Politics / Left vs. Right / Iran

Biden Campaign Co-Chair Urges Emergency Aid to Israel Days After His Threat to Condition It

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

Sen. Chris Coons said the House must “promptly” pass the Senate foreign aid bill “to ensure that our Israeli allies have everything they need to defend themselves from attacks by Iran and its proxies.”

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

Israeli Protesters Demand IDF Victory at Jerusalem Rally

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The rally was called in the wake of the IDF's decision to withdraw most of its ground forces from Gaza.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Left vs. Right / News Briefs

‘Who Walks Away from a Friend During a Time of War?’ Scalise says of Biden’s Israel Policy

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“If there’s any talk of ceasefire, President Biden, that ended on Oct. 7, when Hamas decided to barbarically murder, not just Jews in Israel, but others,” the House Majority leader said.

Video of the Day

The Enemy is Watching

By Video of the Day

Hamas is inspired by what they see on Israeli TV (except 14).

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.

Headline / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Government / Business and Economy / India

India to Send 10,000 Laborers to Israel by June

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The first group of Indian workers has already departed for Israel, Indian officials announced.

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.

Photo of the Day

Expel UNRWA

By Photo of the Day

MK Boaz Bismuth and activists protest against UNRWA outside their offices in Jerusalem.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Government

Gov’t to Discuss Linking Ceasefire Talks to US Approval for Rafah Op

By Shirit Avitan Cohen

The deal wants a US commitment to supporting a Rafah operation in exchange for the ceasefire.

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.

Israel / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Left vs. Right / Iran

Iranian Disinformation Campaign Stokes Israeli Divisions

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Iranian agents used fake Israeli profiles on social media “to set one side against another, and press on hot button issues.”

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / Israel At War: Iron Swords

In First, Israel’s Ship-Mounted Iron Dome Downs Target Near Eilat

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The target, believed to have been a drone, was intercepted over the Red Sea by a C-Dome battery aboard an Israeli Sa'ar 6-class corvette.

News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Israel Sees Increase in Aliyah Since October 7 Attack

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Since October 7, 2023, a total of 12,745 immigrants have immigrated to Israel.

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.”

UK / Antisemitism / Islamists

Survey: Only 1 in 4 UK Muslims Believe Hamas Committed Atrocities

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Younger, well-educated Muslims were most likely to deny Hamas's Oct. 7 crimes..

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.

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

Netanyahu Warns Iran: Israel Knows How to Defend Itself

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Jewish state "will act according to the simple principle that whoever hurts us or plans to hurt us—we will hurt him," said the premier.

Israel / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Politics / Left vs. Right

‘Unprecedented’: Members of Congress Slam Biden Ultimatum to Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) said “Joe Biden is about to abandon Israel the same way he abandoned Afghanistan.”

Featured / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Iran / News Briefs

IDF Spokesperson to Civilians: Don't Panic

By Jewish Press News Desk

"There is no need to buy generators, store food and withdraw money from ATMs," said Hagari.

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 / US / Diaspora

Orthodox Union Delivers 100,000 Pro-Israel Letters to White House

By Andrew Bernard

The Jewish organization has collected 180,000 letters to U.S. President Joe Biden, marking the 180 days since Oct. 7.

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.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / Israel At War: Iron Swords / News Briefs

Drone Attack Damages IDF Building in Eilat

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The attack, which caused no injuries, was claimed by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.

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.

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