Tag: IDF
Older couple survives three Hamas assaults on home in Kibbutz Yitzhak
“You're not going out. You are not going out.”
Those were 63-year-old Vivian Roitman's fateful words to her 72-year-old husband Menachem on the morning of Oct. 7, after the Hamas terrorists who had ransacked their...
A desolate Sderot waits for the rockets to stop
SDEROT, Israel—This city, at its closest barely a half-mile from the Gaza Strip, lies forlorn, its storefronts shuttered and its tens of thousands of residents mostly gone.
An eerie hush, punctuated by the booms of...
Northern Israel shelters amid suspected Hezbollah infiltration
Air-raid sirens blared across northern Israel on Wednesday night amid claims of drones and paragliders crossing the border from Lebanon.
Alerts were set off in cities including Haifa, Tiberias, Beit She'an, Kiryat Shmona, Metula, Nahariya...
Jerusalem: Gaza op will leave Hamas with ‘zero’ military capabilities
The ongoing Israel Defense Forces offensive will leave Gaza's ruling Hamas terrorist organization with "zero military capabilities and zero motivation to carry out attacks" for decades, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Israeli government moves to shut down Al Jazeera’s local bureau
Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi initiated emergency regulations on Wednesday to shut down Al Jazeera's operations in Israel.
The regulations will be discussed at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday night.
A spokesperson from Karhi’s office declined JNS's request...
Israel’s leaders must act with absolute and unshakeable resolve
By nightfall on Oct. 7, several publications had reached out to me, asking me to write something about the horrendous events of that day. I was forced to tell them that I could not...
11 Americans killed in Hamas attacks
Hamas killed at least 11 American citizens in this weekend's surprise attack from Gaza, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement on Monday.
Several other countries also reported their citizens are among the dead...
Israel denies negotiating with Hamas for release of hostages
As Israel entered its third day of war with Hamas, an Israeli official denied Jerusalem was negotiating for the release of hostages held by the terror group via Qatar.
An Israeli senior official confirmed to...
Hamas to restart weekly Gaza border riots
Hamas has decided to restart the "Great March of Return" at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel.
The decision was made on Wednesday by the "Supreme National Authority for the Great March of Return and...
Gov’t plans to pass haredi draft law in the fall
Israel's governing coalition intends to pass a law regulating the draft into the Israel Defense Forces of haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, Jewish men during this fall's parliamentary session, temporarily delaying its judicial reform program.
"This is...