Tag: Israel at War
PA to immediately reward families of Oct. 7 terrorists with nearly $3 million
The Palestinian Authority will pay nearly $3 million to the families of slain Hamas terrorists who slaughtered civilians in Gaza border communities on Oct. 7, Palestinian Media Watch reports.
The corpses of 1,500 Hamas terrorists were found...
Netanyahu to Putin: We ‘won’t stop until Hamas is destroyed’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday that Israel intends to eliminate the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza.
"The prime minister made it clear that Israel had been attacked by brutal and...
EU announces humanitarian air corridor, triples Gaza aid
The European Union announced on Monday that it would launch a humanitarian air corridor to Gaza through Egypt, with the first flights expected this week.
"Palestinians in Gaza are in need of humanitarian help and...
Biden to visit Israel; IDF pummels Gaza ahead of expected ground op
U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Israel this week in a show of support, as the IDF continues to strike Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip ahead of an anticipated ground offensive.
"On Wednesday, I'll...
Reflections of a father
Written on Friday afternoon, Erev Shabbat, Oct. 13, 2023
It has been a week since the war started, and I feel a need to write.
I am not a writer. I am not writing this for...
PA chief Mahmoud Abbas condemns violence ‘on both sides’
Five days after a murderous terror spree by Hamas—infiltrating Israel’s southern border from the Gaza Strip and leaving 1,300 dead, thousands wounded and as many as 150 civilians taken captive—Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas...
Pentagon Spox: ‘Our message to Israel is that we stand with you’
Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder has been close to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin since Hamas attacked Israel and Israel launched “Operation Swords of Iron” on Oct. 7.
The Biden administration has...
IDF chief Halevi vows to probe mistakes, ‘but now is the time for war’
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi admitted the army failed to protect Israel's citizens and properly guard the border fence with the Gaza Strip in a speech to reporters on Thursday.
That failure...
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...