‘I am going to The Hague to speak for those who no longer can’
February 15, 2024 by Amelie Botbol - JNS
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One hundred representatives of families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza left for The Hague on Wednesday morning to submit a comprehensive complaint to the International Criminal Court on behalf of the victims of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist invasion. Read more
Australia keen to resume Palestine aid ‘soon’: minister
As Israel signals an intention to target the last refuges in Gaza, the Australian government says it wants to restore aid to a United Nations Palestinian relief agency as soon as possible. Read more
Blinken says truce ‘possible’ as Hamas responds to plan
The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it has delivered its response to a proposed ceasefire deal for Gaza, and the United States says it believes an agreement is possible. Read more
Palestinians pin hopes on Gaza truce before Rafah push
The top United States diplomat has met Saudi Arabia’s de-facto ruler in a visit that Palestinians hope will deliver a truce before a threatened Israeli assault on Rafah, the border city where about half of the population is sheltering. Read more
UN chief calls on countries to resume funding Gaza aid
The secretary-general of the United Nations has called on countries to continue funding the main agency providing aid in Gaza after several of its employees were accused of taking part in the Hamas attack on Israel that ignited the war four months ago. Read more
‘Down with Hamas,’ chant Gazans evacuating Khan Yunis
January 28, 2024 by Pesach Benson
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Hundreds of Palestinians evacuating from Khan Yunis chanted “Down with Hamas” on Saturday in a video posted on social media by Israeli authorities as cracks in the terror group’s control of the Strip continued to grow. Read more
Israel wants UNRWA replaced as countries pause funding
Six European countries have paused funding for the UN Refugee Agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) following allegations that some of its staff were involved in the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Read more
Hamas is weakening, but the campaign against it will be lengthy
January 24, 2024 by Yaakov Lappin
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While the Israel Defence Forces is gaining ground against Hamas by the day, destroying it as a military force will take time, according to former IDF officers. Read more
Knesset caucus hears testimony on Hamas’s brutal sexual violence
January 24, 2024 by Sveta Listratov
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“There will be some difficult things to digest here, so take a deep breath.” Read more
Plan for one-month Gaza truce makes progress
Israel and Hamas have moved closer to an agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Gaza when Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners would be released, sources tell Reuters, as Israel presses ahead with its assault on southern Gaza’s main city of Khan Younis. Read more
Hamas rejects offer of two-month ceasefire for release of all hostages
January 24, 2024 by Charles Bybelezer - JNS
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Hamas rejected an Israeli proposal for a two-month ceasefire in exchange for the staged release of the 136 remaining hostages being held in the Gaza Strip, a senior Egyptian official told the Associated Press on Tuesday. Read more
Israel: Gaza goals unchanged after 24 troops killed
Twenty-four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Israel’s worst day of losses in Gaza, the military says, as its forces encircled southern Gaza’s main city, Khan Younis. Read more
The West’s lethal error in the war against Israel
January 19, 2024 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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In the current war in the Middle East, it’s a given that a distinction must be drawn between Hamas and the “ordinary” Palestinian Arab residents of Gaza. Read more
Hamas man wanted to sell IDF soldier’s head for $10,000
January 19, 2024 by David Isaac
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A Hamas terrorist admitted to Israeli interrogators that he tried to sell the decapitated head of an IDF soldier for $10,000. That soldier was the son of David Tahar of Jerusalem. Read more
‘My heart is split in two’: Families of hostages mark 100 days of captivity
January 15, 2024 by Sveta Listratov
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“My heart is split in two,” says Zvika Mor, whose 23-year-old son remains captive in Gaza. Read more
Hamas to reveal hostages’ fate as China urges talks
China has called for a large-scale and authoritative peace conference on the war in Gaza, while the terrorist group Hamas has aired video of three Israeli hostages and says their fate will be disclosed soon. Read more
‘Allah will curse them’: Gaza civilians call for Israel to overthrow Hamas
January 15, 2024 by Pesach Benson
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Palestinian civilians living in Gaza who have been in contact with the Israeli military are piling scorn on Hamas and encouraging the Israeli military to remove the terror group from power, in audio recordings released by the Israel Defence Forces on Sunday. Read more
War in Gaza between Israel and Hamas reaches 100 days
The war in Gaza has continued for 100 days since gunmen from the terrorist group Hamas ran amok in southern Israel, prompting a fierce military campaign in which almost 24,000 Palestinians are reported to have been killed. Read more
Israel accuses Hamas of bid to attack embassy in Sweden
Israel has accused Hamas of planning to attack its embassy in Sweden as part of an expansion by the Palestinian terrorist group into Europe, where authorities announced the arrests of several suspects last month. Read more
Barnaby Jones says genocide case against Israel shouldn’t be backed
Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce is urging the Albanese government not to back legal action accusing Israel of genocide. 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
Israeli forces find weapons and inciting games for children
January 7, 2024 by Pesach Benson
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Weapons and games designed to incite children to violence were discovered in a Hamas commander’s home in the outskirts of Khan Yunis as Israeli forces battled a Hamas terror squad holed up in a nearby school, the Israel Defence Forces said on Saturday. Read more
Hamas accused of indoctrinating children as damning photos emerge from Gaza
January 4, 2024 by Pesach Benson
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Israel accused Hamas of indoctrinating young children to terror as photos of Gaza youngsters holding weapons found by soldiers were released by the Israel Defence Forces on Wednesday. Read more
‘Nothing prepares you for it’: The volunteers collecting human remains from Hamas massacre
January 1, 2024 by Amelie Botbol
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WARNING! DISTRESSING CONTENT: “We’d walk into a room full of blood and see no sign of shooting or bombing. There, Hamas terrorists didn’t use a gun to kill their victims; they used an axe to chop them into pieces,” said Simcha Greiniman, volunteer emergency responder with the ZAKA organisation. Read more
What can we learn so far from the war on Hamas?
December 31, 2023 by Efraim Inbar
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The war on Hamas is not over, but certain lessons already seem very clear. Read more
American-Israeli missing since Hamas attack declared dead
December 29, 2023 by Etgar Lefkovits
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A 70-year-old American-Israeli teacher who was shot by Hamas terrorists when out for a walk with her husband at their kibbutz on the morning of Oct. 7 has been declared dead, her community announced Thursday. Read more
Hezbollah fights a war of attrition on Israel’s terms
December 28, 2023 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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Israeli air strikes in Lebanon are exacting a heavy price on Hezbollah for its rocket fire, forcing the terror group into a war of attrition being fought on Israel’s terms. Read more
‘NY Times’ op-ed page gives voice to Hamas-appointed Gaza mayor
’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the news, not a keyboard was clanking, except in New York to target the Jews. Read more
New evidence links Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital to hostages and massacre
December 27, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Israeli soldiers operating in Gaza uncovered evidence tying the Indonesian Hospital to Hamas and its October 7 attacks, the Israel Defence Forces announced on Monday night. Read more