Israel opens new Gaza border crossing to facilitate aid deliveries
November 13, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Filed under News
Israeli authorities have opened a new border crossing with Gaza on Tuesday to facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries. Read more
Sick Palestinians and their carers leave Gaza in war’s largest medical evacuation
November 8, 2024 by Noah Michaeli
Filed under News
In the largest evacuation of its kind since the October 7 attacks, 231 sick Palestinians and their caregivers have been taken to Israel and then flown to the United Arab Emirates and Romania for treatment. Read more
Gift of life: Israeli soldier’s selfless bone marrow donation saves three-year-old
November 1, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Filed under News
A three-year-old boy hospitalized in Jerusalem with blood cancer got a new lease on life thanks to the selflessness of a 21-year-old soldier fighting in Gaza who was identified as a suitable bone marrow donor for the toddler. Read more
Hamas earned at least $500,000 on humanitarian aid’: why Israeli forces returned to Jabaliya
October 14, 2024 by Anna Epshtein
Filed under News
As Israeli forces continue pressing a new offensive against Hamas in Jabaliya, experts said the fighting was the only way to ensure Hamas does not re-establish itself in northern Gaza. Read more
War fatigue settles among Palestinians
October 13, 2024 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Filed under Featured Articles
One year after the Hamas atrocities in southern Israel ignited a multi-front war between the Jewish state and Iran’s regional proxies, a discernible trend is emerging among many Palestinians, especially those in Gaza. They are getting tired of the war. Read more
Coalition ‘extreme’ for being against US on ceasefire
The federal coalition has been criticised as being “extreme” for its stance against a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, leaving it at odds with Australia’s allies. Read more
Israel marks a year since Oct. 7 with official state ceremony
The Israeli state ceremony marking one year since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack aired on television on Monday night, with pre-recorded speeches by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials. Read more
Israel proposes ‘safe passage deal’ to end war in Gaza
Israel has submitted a new proposal to the United States to end the war in Gaza by freeing all of the remaining hostages held by Hamas and allowing the terror group’s leader Yahya Sinwar to exit the enclave, Kan News reported on Thursday. Read more
Historic first: IDF deploys female tank crews to Gaza border
The Israel Defence Force has, for the first time, deployed all-female tank crews near the Gaza Strip, according to Israel Hayom.
Read more
L’Chaim to Life
September 19, 2024 by Features Desk
Filed under Featured Articles
Maurice Klein speaks with Trevor Asserson, who put together a large team of lawyers and data experts to investigate the BBC bias reporting of the Israel-Hamas conflict post October 7. Read more
Hostage Families call on UNICEF to protect Israeli children captive in Gaza
September 19, 2024 by Sveta Listratov
Filed under News
The families of Israeli hostages reached out to UNICEF in a bid to gain the release of two children still being held in Gaza. Read more
Israel challenges UNRWA over alleged staff casualties in Gaza strike
September 13, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Filed under News
Israel has hit back at claims that six UNRWA workers were killed in an airstrike on a Hamas command and control centre in a building previously used as a school, saying three of the nine terrorists eliminated were also employees of the embattled agency. Read more
Hostages ‘murdered shortly before we arrived,’ says Israel
September 1, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Filed under News
Israel confirmed on Sunday morning it had recovered and identified the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in Rafah. 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
Kamala Harris is the “pro-Jewish candidate” in this year’s U.S. presidential election
August 25, 2024 by Menachem Rosensaft
Filed under Featured Articles
Zealots — true believers — are far worse than merely dangerous. They can be, to seriously mix metaphors here, ideological pied pipers who lead gullible, not to say dumb, lemmings into the sea. Read more
Palestinians plan UN resolution on Israel’s occupation
August 23, 2024 by Associated Press
Filed under News
The Palestinians want to introduce a UN General Assembly resolution enshrining a recent ruling by the UN’s top court declaring Israel’s occupation unlawful. Read more
Asylum seekers from Gaza shouldn’t be let in: Dutton
Palestinians fleeing the war in Gaza shouldn’t be allowed to come to Australia because it puts our national security at risk, Peter Dutton says. Read more
Hamas casts doubt on participation in ceasefire talks
Hamas has indicated it may stay out of the next round of ceasefire talks with Israel, saying it wants a plan based on previous discussions. Read more
Nine UNRWA staff to be fired over attack on Israel
The United Nations aid agency in the Gaza Strip says nine of its employees “may have been involved in the armed attacks” of October 7. Read more
Israel finds Gaza-Egypt tunnel large enough drive through
August 5, 2024 by Noah Michaeli
Filed under News
Israel discovered a three-metre tall smuggling tunnel on the Gaza-Egypt border, large enough to drive vehicles through, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday. Read more
Kamala Harris wants it both ways on Israel
July 28, 2024 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Filed under Featured Articles
Since she became the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the presidency in the last week, backers of Vice President Kamala Harris have been doing their best to redefine her image. Read more
Key Israeli minister backs proposal for ex-Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad run post-war Gaza
July 26, 2024 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Filed under News
Israeli officials are quietly throwing their support behind a United Arab Emirates proposal to install a former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad as the head of a PA administration in post-war Gaza. Read more
Israel confirms deaths of two hostages in Gaza
July 22, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Filed under News
The Israeli military said on Monday it had confirmed the deaths of two hostages held by Hamas in Gaza based on new intelligence information. Read more
Israel facilitating vaccinations after polio found in Gaza sewage
July 22, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Filed under News
The Israeli army said it is vaccinating soldiers against polio after the virus was found in samples of Gaza sewage, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday. Read more
UNRWA head claims key allegation of Hamas collaboration lawsuit is false
July 15, 2024 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
Filed under News
The head of UNRWA, the United Nations’ embattled Palestinian-only aid and social services agency, told JNS it disputes a key section of a civil lawsuit filed against the agency by victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre. Read more
For many Palestinians, the ‘day after’ should look just like the ‘day before’
July 15, 2024 by Khaled Abu Toameh
Filed under Featured Articles
More than nine months after the Israel-Hamas war began, many Palestinians are convinced that the “day after” in the Gaza Strip will be a return to the pre-Oct. 7 era, in which the Iran-backed terrorist group still has control of the coastal enclave. Read more
The trauma of pregnancy by rape added to the anguish of captivity
July 12, 2024 by Amelie Botbol - JNS
Filed under News
Relatives of women held by Hamas in Gaza participated this week in a briefing on sexual violence and forced pregnancies, as hostages mark nine months in captivity. Read more
Ramallah stalemating Israeli efforts to form post-war Gaza administration
July 12, 2024 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Filed under News
A set of Palestinian Authority preconditions for running post-war Gaza is deadlocking Israeli efforts to recruit the involvement of moderate Arab states. Read more
Tunnel shaft found in Khan Yunis City Hall was Hamas gathering point
July 8, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Filed under News
Israeli soldiers continued pressing attacks on Hamas across the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday morning, including strikes on a tunnel shaft discovered in the Khan Yunis city hall and a UNRWA school used by the terror group as a command centre. Read more
Israel strikes Hamas terrorists holed up in two UN schools
July 5, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Filed under News
Israeli aircraft struck terrorists operating from United Nations schools in the area of Gaza City on Thursday, the Israel Defence Forces said. Read more