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

Israeli actress reveals protesters’ ignorance at film festival

At the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, Israeli actress, author and activist Noa Tishby chose some revealing questions to ask anti-Israel protesters waving flags and holding banners outside the venue. Read more

Most Jewish Israelis oppose freeing hostages for end of war

Sixty per cent of Jewish Israelis oppose a deal that would see the remaining hostages returned in exchange for releasing all Palestinian security prisoners and an end to hostilities in Gaza, according to an Israel Democracy Institute survey published on Wednesday. Read more

Israeli barmitzvah boy forgoes party, treats 200 soldiers to dinner

Amichai Jackson, a bar mitzvah boy from the Gush Etzion community of Elazar, decided that in lieu of a party to mark the milestone event, his parents should use the money to treat Israeli soldiers to dinner. Read more

Israeli opposition files first no-confidence motion since war’s start

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid filed a no-confidence motion against the government on Wednesday over the passing of the state budget. Read more

Israeli president raises plight of hostages in Davos

Sitting with a photo of Kfir Bibas on his one-year birthday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog brought attention to the plight of the hostages in Gaza during an interview at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. Read more

Gaza terrorists launch largest rocket barrage at Israel in weeks

Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday launched over 50 rockets into southern Israel, according to local authorities. Read more

Israeli intelligence: Hamas spent ‘tens of millions’ on Gaza terror tunnels

Hamas spent tens of millions of dollars, which was intended for the Gaza Strip, building underground terrorist infrastructure, the Israel Defence Forces said, citing intelligence findings. Read more

Israel says South Africa acting as Hamas’s legal arm

The Israel Foreign Ministry has accused South Africa of acting as the “legal arm of the Hamas terrorist organisation,” as two days of preliminary hearings kicked off at the U.N.’s top court in The Hague. Read more

Freed South African-Israeli gives searing testimony of Gaza captivity

A South African-Israeli woman freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza after 51 days delivered searing testimony about her experiences there to a Knesset panel on Tuesday. Read more

Israel finds evidence of Iranian effort to help hamas build precision missiles

Israel Defence Forces troops operating in Gaza City’s Daraj and Tuffah districts discovered components used by Hamas to produce precision-guided missiles and other strategic weapons with direct assistance from the Islamic Republic of Iran, the military announced on Sunday. Read more

Netanyahu: put differences aside until victory over Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the country and its political establishment to put all differences aside in order to achieve total victory against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Read more

Hamas photographic record of its attacks found

The IDF said that its forces operating in Gaza uncovered photographic evidence of how Hamas terrorists operate. Read more

2023: Israel’s Year in Photos

As 2023 ends, here is a selection of the year’s most memorable photos taken by the Tazpit Press Service’s photographers. Read more

Jerusalem accuses South Africa of ‘blood libel’ over International Court filing

Jerusalem slammed South Africa on Friday for taking a genocide case against Israel to the International Court of Justice in The Hague over its prosecution of the war in Gaza. Read more

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