Daily Archives: May 8, 2024
Hagari: Hamas terror will continue after Rafah operation
Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said on Wednesday that Hamas will still pose a threat even after a military operation in Rafah city, its last stronghold in the Gaza Strip.
Speaking at...
Elite Israel Police officer dies of wounds sustained during Samaria raid
An Israeli Border Police officer wounded in Saturday night’s counterterror raid near the Samaria city of Tulkarem succumbed to his wounds on Wednesday.
Chief Inspector Yatev Lev Halevi, an officer from the Yamam National Counter-Terrorism...
In seizing Rafah crossing, Israel turns tables on Hamas’s stalling tactics
The decision by Israel’s War Cabinet to order the Israel Defense Forces to seize Rafah Crossing is strategically significant, as it will negatively impact Hamas’s ability to smuggle weapons and people back and forth...
Austin confirms US holding up weapons shipment over Rafah
U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to hold up a delivery of thousands of heavy bombs to the Israel Defense Forces was taken in the context of Jerusalem’s plans to carry out a large-scale ground...
U of Amsterdam releases list of Israeli research partners
Lawmakers in the Netherlands are furious over the University of Amsterdam’s decision to release a list of Israeli research partners in an attempt to appease violent pro-Palestinian rioters.
MP Claire Martens-America of the ruling People’s...
Hostages Forum asks ICRC to press Hamas for access to captives
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum sent a letter on Tuesday to Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and Kate Forbes, president of the International Federation of Red...
Replacing America
It’s been said that the last thing a fish is likely to be aware of is water. By the same token, the last thing most Americans are likely to be aware of is the...
Netanyahu talks hostage negotiations with visiting CIA chief
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted CIA Director William Burns at his office in Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon for talks on the ongoing indirect hostage negotiations with Hamas.
Burns first held a private discussion with...
Hamas fires at Kerem Shalom crossing hours after reopening
Hamas fired rockets at Kerem Shalom on Wednesday afternoon, hours after Israel reopened the crossing for the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
A deadly Hamas rocket attack from Rafah on Sunday had caused the...
Gaza ‘chief rabbi’ dupes staff of UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese
Hillel Neuer, executive director of U.N. Watch, is calling for an investigation of Francesca Albanese after a staff member for the U.N. special rapporteur for the Palestinian-controlled territories appeared to ask that an honorarium...