Hostage’s brother: Red Cross worker told family to care more about Gaza
CNN anchor Jake Tapper interviewed Dor Steinbrecher, the brother of hostage Doron Steinbrecher, a nurse and veterinarian from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, who told him that a Red Cross worker had dismissed a concern from their mother for...
With Blinken in Tel Aviv, IDF mothers protest US interference in war
A group composed of some 7,000 mothers of Israeli soldiers fighting in the Gaza Strip held up huge posters depicting the children of senior U.S. officials as IDF recruits during a protest in front...
‘The son of a bitch touched her’: Freed hostage testifies at Knesset
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.
Aviva Siegel, 64, and her husband, Keith, 62, a...
Ignoring minister’s orders, IDF destroys Jewish homes in Gush Etzion
Israeli security forces early on Tuesday morning destroyed six Jewish homes in the eastern Gush Etzion region of Judea, in defiance of instructions by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
At least one of the destroyed houses...
3 million tourists visited Israel in 2023 before Hamas war
Three million tourists visited Israel last year, with the first nine months before the outbreak of the war with Hamas setting a record for tourism from the United States, the Israeli Tourism Ministry announced...
Tens of thousands to cycle for release of Gaza hostages
A mass solidarity ride will take place around the world on Jan. 14 to mark the 100th day since Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre.
The event is being organized by the Israeli professional cycling team Israel—Premier...
The six top Hamas leaders in Israel’s sights
While the assassination of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in an airstrike in Beirut on Tuesday was the highest-profile attack on the terror group, it is by no means the last.
Israeli leaders have vowed to track...
Even before Oct. 7, Jewish groups struggled with security issues, burnout
Leading Edge released its report “The State of the Jewish Workplace 2023” based on data from 18,212 employees and 304 CEOs at 327 organizations. The information comes from a May 2023 survey.
The results of the survey—the...
In rare move, US slams Israeli ministers by name for calling for Palestinian resettlement
Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department spokesman, rejected calls on Tuesday from two Israeli ministers for Palestinians to be permanently resettled outside of Gaza and for Israel to re-establish Jewish communities within the Strip.
“This...
Netanyahu: Hostage release talks taking place ‘right now’
Talks on the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are taking place "right now," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday night, as Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh warned the terrorist group...