IDF begins isolating Rafah, orders 40,000 tents
The Israel Defence Forces has begun isolating Rafah in southern Gaza and has started taking steps to evacuate the city’s civilian population, Channel 12 reported on Wednesday. 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
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
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
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
IDF: two journalists killed in Gaza were senior terrorists
January 11, 2024 by Pesach Benson
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The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) said that two people in Gaza who were killed by its forces and alleged to be journalists were, in fact senior ranking terrorists from Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. 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
Israeli forces battle Hamas’s Daraj Tuffah Battalion in Gaza City
December 29, 2023 by Joshua Marks
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Israeli ground, aerial and naval forces continued operations across the Gaza Strip as the war against the Hamas terror group entered its 83rd day on Thursday. Read more
Rising from the ruins of a generation of Israeli doctrine
December 24, 2023 by Caroline Glick - JNS
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Two underlying assumptions guided Israel’s security establishment for the past generation. The first asserted that with the end of the Cold War, the era of conventional wars had ended. In the present age, brains, rather than brawn, would rule the roost. Read more
Hamas says contact lost with group holding five hostages
Hamas says it has lost contact with a group responsible for five Israeli hostages being held captive in the Gaza Strip due to Israeli bombardment. Read more
Israeli military completes takeover of Gaza’s Shejaiya district
December 22, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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The Israeli military completed its takeover of northern Gaza’s Shejaiya district, dismantling Hamas’s “core capabilities” there, the Israel Defence Forces said on Thursday. Read more
‘What happened is not your fault’: Mother reaches out to soldiers who mistakenly killed her son
December 21, 2023 by Sveta Listratov
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Iris Haim has sent a message to the soldiers who mistakenly killed her son in Gaza to know that she doesn’t blame them for the tragedy. Read more
Israel finds tunnels from Hamas leaders’ homes found
Israeli forces have uncovered a network of tunnels running deep beneath central Gaza City from properties registered to Yahya Sinwar and other senior Hamas organisers of the October 7 attacks on Israel, the military says. Read more
South Africa threatens to prosecute citizens fighting for IDF
The South African government has threatened to prosecute citizens fighting for the Israel Defense Forces against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to a Monday report by Agence France Presse. Read more
Wrath of God II: To win, Israel must assassinate Hamas leaders everywhere
December 17, 2023 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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Israel’s military achievements against Hamas are impressive. As part of its campaign to destroy the terrorist group, Israel has reportedly struck over 22,000 targets in the Gaza Strip and has killed some 7,000 fighters since the war broke out. Read more
Over 70 armed Palestinian terrorists captured inside Gaza hospital
December 15, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Israeli soldiers captured more than 70 armed Palestinian terrorists inside a Gaza hospital, the Israel Defence Forces said on Thursday. Read more
Israel confirms nine soldiers killed in Gaza ambush
December 13, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Ten soldiers were killed fighting in northern Gaza on Tuesday, the Israel Defence Forces confirmed on Wednesday morning. Nine were killed in a coordinated Hamas ambush in Shejaya. Read more
Israelis mobilise to bring the Light of Chanukah to the troops
December 13, 2023 by Amelie Botbol
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As Israel enters the third month of its war against Hamas, fundraising efforts to provide Israeli soldiers on the frontlines with the means to celebrate Chanukah have multiplied. Read more
Israeli operations in Gaza continue as Hamas fires from schools, mosque
December 10, 2023 by Charles Bybelezer - JNS
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Israel Defence Forces troops continued to operate deep inside the Gaza Strip on Saturday as fighter jets struck Hamas assets across the Palestinian enclave. Read more
IDF penetrates heart of south Gaza in ‘most intense day’ of ground op
December 6, 2023 by Joshua Marks
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The Israel Defense Forces over the past 24 hours penetrated the heart of the southern Gaza Strip as soldiers fought to take control of key neighbourhoods in Khan Yunis, the second largest city in the enclave. Read more
Israel arrests Shifa Hospital director fleeing to south Gaza
November 24, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Israeli forces arrested the director of Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, on Thursday while he was attempting to evacuate southward along the humanitarian corridor. The arrest was confirmed by the Israel Defence Forces and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet). Read more
Israel: No ‘friction’ between soldiers and patients in Gaza hospital
November 15, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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The Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday morning that there is no “friction” between soldiers inside Gaza’s Shifa Hospital and its patients or staff. Read more
IDF calling for Hamas surrender in Shifa Hospital
November 15, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Based on intelligence information, IDF forces are carrying out a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area in the Shifa Hospital. Read more
Incubators for Shifa courtesy IDF
November 14, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Following the Israel Defence Forces’ offer of humanitarian assistance to the director general of the Shifa Hospital, the IDF initiated a humanitarian effort to coordinate transfer of incubators from a hospital in Israel to the Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Read more
Israeli Health Ministry cuts red tape to save sperm from fallen soldiers
Israel’s Health Ministry has smoothed bureaucratic channels and offered special services to help recover sperm from IDF soldiers killed in the war against Hamas. Read more
Baby escapes injury as Palestinians fire on Israeli car
November 10, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Two Israelis were wounded in a shooting attack overnight Wednesday while they were driving near Itamar, southeast of Shechem (Nablus) in central Samaria. A five-month-old girl who was in the car was uninjured. Read more
Hamas HQ underneath Gaza’s largest hospital – fuel stored under hospitals
The Israel Defence Forces provided proof on Friday that the Hamas terrorist organization uses Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City as a command and control centre. Read more
‘Too many red lines were crossed: Israeli hospital bans BBC News crew from premises
Citing BBC News’s “biased coverage” of the Gaza war, staff at the Galilee Medical Centre in Nahariya banned a film crew from entering the hospital on Saturday, according to a spokesperson. Read more
Conflict escalates on Lebanese front
October 10, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Israel’s third day of fighting terror escalated on Monday as a group of Lebanese infiltrators were killed in northern Israel, prompting air strikes on positions in Southern Lebanon. Read more