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Israeli hostages Yossi Sharabi (left) and Itai Svirsky died in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip. Source: Screenshot.

Two Israeli hostages confirmed dead, bodies being held by Hamas

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Israeli hostages Yossi Sharabi and Itai Svirsky have died in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Kibbutz Be’eri announced on Tuesday night in Israel. Sharabi, 53, and Svirsky, 38, were both featured earlier this week...
Red Cross vehicles carry released hostages at the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, Nov. 24, 2023. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.

Hostages in Gaza yet to receive medicines from Qataris

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France has sent badly needed medicines to Qatar for Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, the European nation's embassy in Tel Aviv confirmed to the Times of Israel on Tuesday. President Emmanuel Macron ordered the foreign...
An illustration of a cyberattack. Credit: F8 studio/Shutterstock.

Shin Bet exposes Iranian Telegram, Instagram recruitment of Israelis

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The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) on Monday revealed more details about an investigation initially publicized last month into Iranian efforts via social media networks to recruit Israeli citizens online to carry out terrorist...
Sagiv Jehezkel played for the Turkish soccer team Antalyaspor. Credit: Antalyaspor.

Israeli soccer player released after incitement charge in Turkey

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Israeli soccer player Sagiv Jehezkel (sometimes spelled Yehezkel), who plays for Turkish club Antalyaspor, was released from custody on Monday and is expected to leave Turkey immediately, Kan News reported. Jehezkel was suspended from his team...
Ruins at Kibbutz Be'eri, Jan. 1, 2024. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/TPS.

661 terrorists tied to Oct. 7 to get PA ‘pay for slay’ financial stipends

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Since the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre of Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Authority has added thousands of Palestinians to its list of people who qualify to receive terror stipends, an Israeli watchdog reported on...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, Jan. 7, 2024. Photo by Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department.

Report raises questions about Qatar’s knowledge of Oct. 7 attack

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Western intelligence officials interviewed by Politico in recent weeks say that Qatar, a longtime patron of Hamas in Gaza, may have had prior knowledge of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. “We’re still looking into it,” a...
Israeli forces during Gaza ground operations, Jan. 11, 2024. Credit: IDF.

IDF exposes massive tunnel in Khan Yunis where hostages were held

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The Israel Defense Forces expanded its operations in Khan Yunis both above and below ground in the past 24 hours, exposing a vast terror tunnel beneath the southern Gaza City used by Hamas to...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers an address on Oct. 19, 2022. Source: Channel 1 (Iran) via MEMRI.

Khamenei: Israel’s ‘crimes’ will be remembered after its destruction

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted in Hebrew on Wednesday that Israel's "crimes" will still be remembered after the Jewish state is gone. "The crimes of the Zionist regime will never be forgotten. These crimes...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, Samaria, Jan. 10, 2023. Credit: U.S. Department of State.

In Ramallah meeting, Blinken calls for Palestinian state

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed support for "tangible steps" towards the creation of a Palestinian state in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip during a meeting with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas...
MKs Danny Danon (center, wearing red tie) and Ram Ben Barak (behind Danon's left shoulder) meet with foreign diplomats at the Knesset to discuss post-war Gaza, Jan. 10, 2024. Credit: The Knesset Spokesnam.

Voluntary emigration from Gaza dropped due to US opposition

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A proposal to encourage the voluntary emigration of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip as part of a post-war plan is no longer being considered due to opposition from the Biden administration, a leading Israeli lawmaker said...