Three hostages back in Israel after 484 days

Three kidnapped Israelis Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon and Keith Siegel are back in Israel after 484 days in captivity, IDF confirmed on Saturday. Read more

Hamas fails to honour hostage release agreement

Hamas has violated the terms of the hostage release agreement by not prioritizing the return of civilian hostages, according to the IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari. Read more

Four hostages back in Israel after 478 days

Four kidnapped Israeli women, Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa and Naama Levi are back in Israel after 478  days in captivity, IDF confirmed on Saturday noon. Read more

Israel awaits key details of second phase of hostage release

Israel remains on high alert on Friday as it anticipates receiving the names of four female hostages expected to be released on Saturday as part of the second phase of the hostage release agreement with Hamas. Read more

Auschwitz commandant’s villa to become extremism research centre

The Counter Extremism Project has purchased the Auschwitz commander’s villa in Poland to transform it into a centre for research on extremism, education, and combating antisemitism. Read more

‘The circle has closed’: 10 years after falling in combat, Oron Shaul is laid to rest

Thousands gathered today to pay their last respects to Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, whose body was recovered from Gaza on Sunday. Read more

Gaza update

The three Israeli hostages to be released on Sunday are 31-year-old Doron Steinbrecher, 24-year-old Romi Gonen and 28-year-old Emily Damari, an Israeli-UK national, it was cleared for publication. Read more

Israeli Army boosts presence in Judea and Samaria ahead of prisoner release

The Israeli military is reinforcing forces in Judea and Samaria ahead of the release of hundreds of Palestinian terrorists due to begin today. Read more

Cabinet meeting on ceasefire likely delayed as negotiatiors finalise prisoner list

This morning’s Israeli Cabinet meeting to discuss the ceasefire agreement, is expected to be delayed until at least late afternoon. Read more

Israel strikes Houthi ports and power station in Yemen

Israeli forces conducted airstrikes against multiple Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday, targeting both coastal and inland infrastructure, the Israel Defence Forces confirmed. Read more

Hamas releases video of 19-year-old captive Liri Albag

Hamas released a video of hostage Liri Albag on Saturday. Read more

Breaking: Israel deploys forces in Syria buffer zone

Following the fall of the Syrian Assad Regime, Lt.-Col. Avichay Adraee, the Israel Defence Forces’ Arabic Language Spokesperson, has announced the deployment of forces to Israel’s buffer zone with Syria. Read more

168 Gaza aid trucks looted as criminal gangs challenge Hamas, 20 executed

Gaza’s Hamas-run Interior Ministry executed at least 20 Palestinians for looting trucks with humanitarian aid in recent clashes with criminal gangs, The Press Service of Israel has learned. Read more

Knesset passes law allowing imprisonment of terrorists under age 14

In a vote of 55 to 33 – out of 120 – Israel’s Knesset has voted final passage on a new law that will allow courts to sentence terrorists under the age of 14 to prison. Read more

US to boost Israeli air defences with $5.2 billion in aid

Officials from Israel’s Defence Ministry and the US Department of Defense completed an exchange of letters that initiated the implementation of $5.2 billion in special emergency aid to strengthen Israeli air defence systems. Read more

Sinwar’s wife blasted for carrying $32,000 Birkin handbag

Yahya Sinwar’s wife, Samar Abu Zamer, was blasted on social media on Sunday after surveillance footage released by Israel showed her carrying what appears to be a $32,000 handbag as she and her family went into hiding. Read more

IDF is investigating the death of an American activist during riots

An American woman participating in a riot in the Arab village of Beita, south of Nablus, was killed today. Read more

Two Israelis killed in drive-by shooting near Hebron

Magen David Adom paramedics and the IDF medical force pronounced the deaths of a man and a woman in their 30s following today’s terrorist shooting attack west of Hebron. Read more

‘The circle doesn’t really close’: hostage’s son shares pain of losing father in captivity

Farhan Al Qadi, the Israeli hostage rescued alive from the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Tuesday, disclosed on Thursday that he befriended Aryeh Zalmanovich in captivity — and witnessed his death. Read more

Israel launches major strikes on Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah plans for ‘imminent’ attack

Israel launched heavy airstrikes on Hezbollah positions across Lebanon after detecting the terror group was at readiness for an imminent attack on Israeli civilians, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday morning. Read more

Bodies of four abducted soldiers and one Israeli civilian recovered in Khan Yunis

The bodies of five Israelis killed on October 7 were recovered from Gaza and brought back to Israel, the Israel Defence Forces announced overnight. Read more

Lessons of October 7: Israel boosts fleet of armoured ambulances

As Hamas attacked Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7, the lack of armoured ambulances placed emergency responders at great risk trying to reach and evacuate victims. Read more

IDF announces daily 11-hour ‘humanitarian pauses’ in southern Gaza

Israel will observe daily 11-hour “humanitarian pauses” in its operation against Hamas terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip, and will increase aid shipments into the area, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday. Read more

Fewer Jews in the world today than on eve of the Holocaust

Almost half of all of the Jews in the world live in Israel and the current world Jewish population is still lower than it was on the eve of the Holocaust in 1939. Read more

Hamas knows 11% of its rockets landed within Gaza

The Israeli agency COGAT has reported on how the Hamas terrorist organisation’s attacks on Israel actually lead directly to the deaths of people in Gaza saying, “Hamas does not care about Gaza civilians.” Read more

Israel calls South Africa’s International Court of Justice complaint ‘cynical’

Israel’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement condemning the government of South Africa for filing human rights abuse charges against the State of Israel with the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Read more

Netanyahu says US ‘abandoned’ Israel in UN vote

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the US of “abandoning” Israel after it abstained in a vote held Monday by the UN Security Council, calling for a suspension of fighting in Gaza during the remaining two weeks of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Read more

Israel to revise lyrics amid Eurovision controversy over references to October 7 attacks

Amid a controversy with the organisers of the Eurovision song competition, Israel agreed to modify the lyrics of two possible songs that referred to Hamas’s October 7 massacre. Read more

Israel demands UNRWA be stripped of authority in Gaza over terror ties

After recent revelations of UNRWA’s support for terrorism and participation by some of its members in the Oct. 7 attack on the northwestern Negev, Israel has demanded the U.N. agency be stripped of its authority in the Gaza Strip. Read more

International Court of Justice rules Israel must prevent genocide, issues no demand for ceasefire

In a Friday ruling, the International Court of Justice in the Hague ordered Israel to ‘take all measures’ to prevent genocide in Gaza. Read more

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