Tag: Operation Swords of Iron
Hamas official: Oct. 7 was a scaled-down model of final war of liberation
On Jan. 16, 2024, 100 days after Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack, Bassem Na'im, a member of the terror group's political bureau and formerly a health minister in the Hamas government, published an article...
Biden and Blinken’s disastrous plans
During his interview with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Davos on Jan. 17, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman asked what a potential future book by Blinken would be named. Blinken answered: “Best Laid...
To secure peace, don’t restrain Israel
Throughout its 75-year history, the State of Israel has always been forced to fight with one arm tied behind its back.
In the 1956 Suez Canal crisis, pressure from both the United States and the...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is different this year
As the author of two post-Holocaust novels and a former high school history teacher, my guiding assumption before the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel was that the Holocaust was a unique event in...
‘If you are reading these words, something probably happened to me’
Among the 21 soldiers who died in Monday's building collapse in Maghazi, the central Gaza Strip, was Master Sgt. (res.) Elkana Vizel, 35, a resident of Bnei Dekalim in southern Israel. Vizel, married to Galit...
IDF continues Khan Yunis assault, killing many terrorists
Israel Defense Forces troops continue to score operational successes during intense combat in the southern Gaza terror stronghold of Khan Yunis, increasing pressure on Hamas by eliminating many of its terrorist squads, the military...
Most Jewish Israelis against freeing hostages for end of war
Sixty percent of Jewish Israelis oppose a deal that would see the remaining hostages returned in exchange for releasing all Palestinian security prisoners and an end to hostilities in Gaza, according to an Israel...
In evacuated northern kibbutz, signs of Hezbollah abound
Founded in 1916, Kfar Giladi is one of Israel’s oldest kibbutzim. Located less than a mile from the Lebanese village of Odaisseh, it is currently evacuated. Nisan Zeevi is a member of the kibbutz's...
Nova festival massacre survivors in France to recount horrors
A delegation of survivors of the Oct. 7 Supernova music festival massacre arrived in France this week for what the Israeli Foreign Ministry described as a “special outreach mission.”
The delegation includes Michal Ohana, 27, Yuval Vakanin,...
Christian rally at Knesset in solidarity with Israel
Scores of Christian supporters from around the world gathered in Israel’s parliament on Tuesday, marking the 20th anniversary of the Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus in a show of solidarity amid the war against Hamas...