Tag: Israel at War
Ben-Gvir: IDF must stay in Netzarim Corridor
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Thursday visited Israeli communities near Gaza and the Netzarim Corridor that divides the Strip between north and south. He warned against IDF withdrawal from the corridor and advocating...
CIA chief heading to Doha to advance Gaza ceasefire
CIA Director Bill Burns is set to meet with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha on Wednesday to bridge the remaining gaps in Gaza ceasefire talks.
A source familiar...
Netanyahu, Katz review IDF deployment on border with Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led an assessment of the Israel Defense Forces deployment on the northern border with Syria on Tuesday afternoon, his office said.
Netanyahu visited the Mt. Hermon peak with Defense Minister...
Syria’s al-Julani vows adherence to 1974 agreement with Israel
The leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that spearheaded the toppling of the Assad regime on Dec. 8 said on Monday that the rebel alliance in Damascus would continue to uphold...
Katz: ‘We are the closest to a hostage deal since the last one’
"We are the closest to a hostage deal since the last one," Defense Minister Israel Katz told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday.
One-hundred-and-five captives—81 Israelis and 24 foreign nationals—were released during...
In first since 1967, Syrian mayor meets Israeli officers
Community leaders in the Syrian side of the Golan, including at least one mayor, openly met with IDF officers holding the area, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday.
That revelation coincided with reports of a desire by...
‘NY Times’ confirms Hamas presence in UN schools
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the U.N. agency mainly responsible for education and social services in the Gaza Strip, employed Hamas members, The New York...
Katz orders IDF to create security zone beyond border with Syria
Defense Minister Israel Katz has ordered the Israel Defense Forces to create a secure area free of "heavy strategic weapons and terror infrastructure" beyond the buffer zone with Syria, the Defense Ministry announced Monday.
Katz said he...
Netanyahu to hostage families: Assad’s fall could facilitate deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told representatives of hostages' families groups on Sunday that the fall of the Assad regime, weakened by Israel's determined stand against Hezbollah and Hamas, could help advance a deal for...
Trump voices the moral clarity on hostages the world needed
We don’t know yet what impact President-elect Donald Trump’s bombshell statement about the fate of the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas will be. But in one post on his Truth Social site, he neatly summarized...