Monthly Archives: October 2023
Gallant sets main IDF priority in Gaza: Eliminate all Hamas capabilities
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met on Friday with members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to outline Jerusalem's goals for the war against Hamas.
He detailed the objectives of the campaign, including...
UN chief visits Rafah border crossing ahead of Gaza aid delivery
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres toured on Friday the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, ahead of the expected delivery of aid to the Hamas-ruled enclave.
The first delivery is expected...
Israeli forces nab four Gazans hiding in Beersheva
Israeli security forces arrested four Gazans on Friday who were hiding in an apartment in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva.
Border Police officers acted upon intelligence indicating the Gazans were staying in Israel illegally,...
Fate of up to 200 Israelis remains unknown
Nearly two weeks after the devastating cross-border attack on Oct. 7 by the Hamas terrorist organization on southern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces says that the fate of between 100 and 200 Israelis remains...
Israelis can now travel to US without a visa
Israelis became eligible on Thursday to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa—more than a month earlier than the estimated date, the Israeli Embassy in Washington announced.
Israel was...
Iranian terror axis begins challenging US in Mideast
A U.S. Navy warship intercepted projectiles off the coast of Yemen likely fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis, CNN reported on Thursday, after a series of drone attacks launched by Iranian-backed militias on American military positions in...
US to watch aid to Gaza ‘very carefully,’ working on delivery mechanisms
Amid Israeli concerns, which Washington shares, that Hamas will seize aid intended for civilians in the Gaza Strip, the U.S. State Department said Thursday that it will monitor the 20 trucks with supplies that enter...
Countering Hamas Terrorism: Israel, Iran and the “Samson Option”
Abstract: As Israel expands its law-enforcing offensive against Gaza-based Hamas, core attention should remain directed toward terrorist patron state Iran. With such attention, Israel will need to draw upon a comprehensive strategy that is...
Has Biden tipped the Democrats back towards a bipartisan consensus?
It’s all a matter of perspective. For Israel’s government, the obvious benefits of President Joe Biden’s brief visit to Israel, his fulsome rhetoric of support for the Jewish state and scathing denunciations of Hamas...
The pogrom is back: What can Diaspora Jews do to respond?
The numbers are astonishing. More Jews were slaughtered in one day that at any time since the Holocaust—more than 1,400 Jews, mostly civilians.
But that is just a number. What is most painful are the...