Monthly Archives: January 2024
From New Jersey to the IDF via Buenos Aires
Huddled on the ground with his machine gun as Hamas drones buzzed overhead, Daniel Manticof said a prayer.
Days earlier, the 22-year-old IDF soldier got his first real taste of war in a shootout with...
Shin Bet exposes Iranian Telegram, Instagram recruitment of Israelis
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...
Captives’ loved ones plead for their release at Tel Aviv rally
As Israel marked 100 days of captivity for hostages held in Gaza on Sunday, Hamas released a 37-second propaganda video featuring detainees Noa Argamani, Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi.
In the undated video, all three hostages identify...
IDF arrests nine Hamas members at Nablus university
Israeli forces raided An-Najah National University in Nablus (Shechem) in central Samaria overnight Sunday, arresting nine wanted suspects associated with the Hamas student cell who were hiding there.
"Many other suspects" were detained for questioning in the...
Israeli soccer player released after incitement charge in Turkey
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...
NHL expresses ‘significant concerns’ with Israel hockey ban
The National Hockey League has expressed "significant concerns" with the International Ice Hockey Federation's decision last week to ban the Israeli national hockey team from an upcoming competition.
In a Jan. 10 announcement, the Zurich-based...
Biden, Blinken mark hostages’ 100th day in Gaza
U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken released statements on Sunday marking the 100th day in captivity of the hostages taken by the Hamas terrorist organization on Oct. 7.
"Today, we mark...
IDF: Over 9,000 terrorists eliminated in Gaza since Oct. 7
The Israel Defense Forces has eliminated more than 9,000 Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip during its ground offensive against Hamas, the military said on Sunday, citing data between Oct. 7 and Jan. 9.
The IDF...
House speaker: Federal employees who walk out over Gaza ‘deserve to be fired’
The group Feds United for Peace told Al-Monitor it expects hundreds of government employees from 22 federal agencies to play hooky on Tuesday for a planned “Day of Mourning” to “mark 100 days of Israel’s military campaign...
Met investigating El-Kurd over ‘normalize the massacres’ remarks
London's Metropolitan Police have launched a formal investigation into Palestinian activist and poet Mohammed El-Kurd over his remarks at an anti-Israel protest over the weekend, which were widely denounced as antisemitic incitement, the Met announced on...