Without tremendous guts, the IDF would not have succeeded in operation after operation since August to bring Hezbollah to its knees, IDF Col. (res.) and Northern Command Situation Room chief Anan Abbas has told The Jerusalem Post in one in-person interview and one very recent follow-up. One of the two interactions was focused on … Read more
The Knesset plenum approved final voting for two bills aimed at blocking the activity in areas under Israeli control of the UN Relief and Works Agency, which services Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank.Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Yuli Edelstein presented both bills in the plenum. According … Read more
Former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar may have issued an order to execute all remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza if he were to be killed, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday, quoting leading Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin. Baskin, who played a key role in the 2011 negotiations that secured the release of Israeli soldier Gilad … Read more
In a joint IDF and Shin Bet (ISA) operation, the Israel Air Force (IAF) struck and eliminated the terrorist Mohammad Abu Itiwi, a Nukhba commander in the Al Bureij Battalion of Hamas’s Central Camps Brigade, the military said on Thursday. Abu Itiwi was involved in the murder and abduction of Israeli civilians on October … Read more
The unofficial civilian probe of the events leading up to October 7 sent a warning Tuesday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, former prime minister Naftali Bennett, and National Unity head Benny Gantz, giving them a final chance to testify before the probe committee. The four have declined to testify before … Read more
Hundreds of terrorists from northern Gaza and Gaza City had gathered in the Jabalya refugee camp, turning the local population into human shields and threatening them not to leave their homes or they would be harmed, according to a Walla report from Sunday. Hundreds of Gazan civilians were evacuated from Jabalya on Monday morning … Read more
Israeli planes dropped leaflets over southern Gaza on Saturday showing a picture of the dead Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar with the message that “Hamas will no longer rule Gaza,” echoing language used by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The move came as Israeli military strikes reportedly killed at least 32 people across the Gaza … Read more
Mahmoud Hamdan, the Hamas commander responsible for guarding Yahya Sinwar and overseeing the six hostages murdered in the Tel al-Sultan area, was eliminated by the IDF on Friday. Hamdan, the commander of Hamas’ Tel al-Sultan Battalion, was initially believed to have been killed several weeks ago based on intelligence assessments. However, it was later … Read more
The Israel Air Force (IAF) conducted a precise strike on an operational meeting point for Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Jabalya in the Gaza Strip, the military said on Thursday. The operation, using intelligence and under the direction of the IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), struck the terrorists who operated … Read more
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by the IDF in Tel Sultan in Rafah on Wednesday in an unplanned operation, sources close to the matter confirmed to The Jerusalem Post Thursday evening, several hours after rumors arose that he had been killed earlier Thursday. Shortly after, around 7:45 p.m., confirmations came out from the … Read more
