Hamas forced 12-year-old hostage to watch Oct. 7 attack videos

The aunt of an Israeli boy who was held hostage by Hamas in Gaza said on Tuesday that while in captivity, he was forced to watch videos of the terror group’s Oct. 7 massacre and that he and the other child hostages were threatened at gunpoint when they cried. Read more

Bibas family relative pleads for their release, including baby Kfir

The aunt of 10-month-old Kfir Bibas, who is being held captive by Hamas along with the rest of his family, on Tuesday pleaded for their release. Read more

Israel recalls South Africa envoy over ‘genocide’ comment

Israel has recalled its ambassador to South Africa for consultations after the country’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) accused the Jewish state of “genocide” in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Read more

IDF reveals Hamas tunnels leading into Gaza hospital

The Israel Defence Forces has released a six-minute video exposing the tactics of Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, of using hospitals to shield terrorist operations. Read more

Released hostages Nurit Cooper, 79, and Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, en route to hospital

Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Gal Hirsch, Israeli coordinator for the captives and missing, confirmed on Monday that the Hamas terrorist organization had released Nurit Cooper, 79, and Yocheved Lifshitz, 85. Read more

Kibbutz Kfar Aza was taken over by approximately 70 armed terrorists

Hamas terrorists murdered approximately 40 babies as part of their Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Israel Defense Forces soldiers who retook the community told i24News on Tuesday. Read more

In historic first, Israeli minister delivers speech in Riyadh

Israeli Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi has spoken at a conference in Saudi Arabia’s capital on Wednesday, marking the first speech by an Israeli minister in the country. Read more

UK Conservative Party candidate says London mayor ‘frightens’ Jews

Susan Hall, a Conservative Party candidate in the United Kingdom running to be mayor of London, has drawn criticism after saying that the city’s Muslim mayor scares British Jews. Read more

Israel identifies remains of soldier slain in Independence War

Israeli authorities have identified the remains of Dov Broder, who was killed in action during the War of Independence 75 years ago, the military announced on Sunday. Read more

Netanyahu: The ’diplomatic tsunami’ is in Israel’s favour

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, opening the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday, touted his government’s diplomatic achievements at last week’s U.N. General Assembly session. Read more

Ben-Gvir nixes Tel Aviv prayers after counter-protesters agree to move service

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Wednesday evening the cancellation of a planned prayer service in Tel Aviv after organizers of a counterdemonstration said they were moving their mixed-gender prayers away from Dizengoff Square in a bid to avoid a confrontation. Read more

In UN speech, Netanyahu threatens Iran with ‘credible nuclear threat’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to threaten Tehran with nuclear weapons in his Sept. 22 address at the U.N. General Assembly. Read more

Lithuanian, Jewish leaders mark 80th year since liquidation of Vilnius Ghetto

Official ceremonies on Sept. 21 commemorated the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II, part of the National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews. Read more

Abbas attacks Israel throughout speech at UN General Assembly

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas attacked Israel and sought to rewrite its history during his remarks on Sept. 21 at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. Read more

UN police detain Israeli ambassador

U.N. police temporarily detained Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan after the diplomat held a photo up during a talk on the floor by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday. Read more

Raisi at UNGA: News media censoring Iran, a fighter against ‘global arrogance’

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi quoted frequently from the Koran, denounced Islamophobia, stressed the sanctity of family and frequently attacked Israel in a Tuesday afternoon address at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Read more

Guterres decries ‘escalating violence, bloodshed’ in ‘occupied Palestinian territory’

António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, offered a bleak picture of the world in his opening remarks at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 19. Read more

Israeli security reserve officers denounce former Mossad director’s ‘pitiful, baseless claim’ 

The Israel Defence and Security Forum, which represents 20,000 Israeli reserve officers and soldiers, issued a sharp condemnation of recent statements by Tamir Pardo, a former Mossad director, which it called “pitiful and baseless.” Read more

The utopian Jewish life of ‘You’re So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’

This week, I joined fellow Jewish educators, tweens, and countless other Jews and Jew-curious Netflix binge-watchers and entered into the world of middle-school drama and coming-of-age angst encapsulated in “You’re So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah”…writes Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath. Read more

German player stops match after Nazi slogan yelled at US Open

As Alexander Zverev, 26, prepared to serve against Jannik Sinner, 22, in their fourth set at one of the world’s top tennis tournaments, three infamous words rang out at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, N.Y. Read more

Adolescent court charges elderly German ex-guard for World War II killings

The Nazis imprisoned 200,000 people at Sachsenhausen, where tens of thousands died through starvation, medical experiments and outright murder. Read more

Smotrich: Judicial reform protests have ‘minimal’ effect on economy

Israel’s economy remains stronger than those of many other developed nations despite attempts by anti-judicial reform activists to “harm the economy as part of their political fight against the right-wing government,” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Monday. Read more

‘NY Times’ column: Hebrew symbolises ‘far-right militarism’

The New York Times published an opinion piece this week suggesting that the millennia-old Hebrew language represents “far-right Israeli militarism,” drawing ire from Jewish organizations and advocacy groups. Read more

Rothman petitions to have Hayut removed from the ‘reasonableness’ case

Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee Chairman Simcha Rothman on Monday submitted a request to the High Court of Justice to remove Court President Esther Hayut from hearing petitions against the “reasonableness” law. Read more

Likud calls for criminal charges after Barak compares Netanyahu to Hitler

Israel’s ruling Likud Party on Monday denounced former premier Ehud Barak for posting to social media a video that compares Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Read more

Hebrew U. pushing scholarships to Palestinians in ‘occupied territories’

An official document from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem urges Palestinians from “the occupied territories” to apply to the Yad Hanadiv doctoral scholarship program. Read more

Tehran unveils drone with range to hit Israel

The Mohajer-10 UAV has an operational radius of 1,240 miles (2,000 kilometres).

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IDF soldier killed by ‘friendly fire’ during Jenin operation

Chief Sgt. David Yehuda Yitzchak was mistakenly shot in July during firefight with terrorists. Read more

Austria to convert Hitler’s birth home into police station

Vienna took control of the building in Braunau in 2016 in a bid to prevent it from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine. Read more

Israeli killed, another wounded in shooting near Hebron

An Israeli woman in her 40s was killed and a man was seriously wounded on Monday in a terrorist shooting near Hebron in Judea. Read more

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