Netanyahu: Israeli troops surround Hamas senior leader Sinwar’s home

The Israel Defence Forces has surrounded the residence of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Wednesday night. Read more

IDF finds massive weapons cache near Gaza clinic, school

Israeli forces have located a massive stockpile of weapons near a clinic and school in the Gaza Strip, the IDF said on Wednesday, describing it as “one of the largest found” since the start of the ground invasion on Oct. 27. Read more

Neighbours ‘stunned’ after ex-SS soldier found living in sleepy English suburb

A British newspaper has revealed the hidden past of a 97-year-old gardening enthusiast living in a quiet Nottingham suburb, once a member of Hitler’s notorious Waffen SS Galizien. Read more

Netanyahu: Only Israel can demilitarize Gaza

Israel will not accept any international force in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a primetime address on Tuesday night. Read more

US announces restrictions against Israeli, Palestinian ‘extremists’

“Violence in the West Bank this year is at levels not seen since the Second Intifada, and in recent weeks, an alarming surge in violent acts has driven this unwelcome record even higher,” said Matthew Miller, U.S. State Department spokesman, at the department’s press briefing on Tuesday. Read more

Hamas tranquillised hostages before release to ‘look happy’

Hamas drugged the hostages who were released during the ceasefire so that they would “look happy” during the transfer to the Red Cross in Gaza, according to Israel’s Health Ministry. Read more

Hamas delegation in South Africa for Palestinian solidarity event

A senior Hamas delegation arrived in South Africa to participate in the Fifth Global Convention of Solidarity with Palestine. Read more

Eight hostages return to Israel from Gaza Strip

Hamas freed six more Israelis from captivity in the Gaza Strip shortly before midnight on Thursday, bringing the total number of hostages released on the seventh day of the ceasefire to eight. Read more

Model Gigi Hadid pushes blood libel of Palestinian organ-harvesting 

In a since-deleted social-media posting, American supermodel Gigi Hadid levelled several false charges against Israel. Read more

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

« Previous Page — Next Page »