Tag: Operation Swords of Iron
A mother prays for a sign of life from her captive son
“I love you, stay strong, survive.”
These are the words Rachel Goldberg utters daily since Hamas terrorists kidnapped her son Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, during the organization's Oct. 7 massacre of 1,200 people in the northwestern...
Signs of a long war
It didn't take long after Oct.7 to realize that this war would not be over in a couple of days. Routing out one of the best-funded and -equipped terrorist groups in the world and securing...
Tenth of Tevet fast day to be marked amid war against Hamas
A group of Israeli Zionist Orthodox rabbis which aims to bridge the gaps between religious and secular Jews is calling for an upcoming Jewish fast day to serve as a national day of prayer,...
Gallant in Eilat: If Houthis keep attacking, we’ll know what to do
If the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen continue to attack Eilat with missiles, the State of Israel will “know what to do,” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said during a visit to the Red Sea city...
Ben-Gvir: Reverse decision to allow Palestinian workers into Israel
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday called on National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi to reverse a decision to allow some 8,000 Palestinian laborers to work in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria...
IDF dog cam shows hostages escaping, days before deaths by friendly fire
GoPro camera footage obtained from an IDF dog shows how Golani Brigade infantrymen killed terrorists holding three Israeli hostages, allowing them to escape. Five days later, the escaped hostages were mistaken for terrorists and...
Hamas in secret talks with Fatah about post-war alliance
The "political" wing of the Hamas terrorist group is holding secret talks in Doha with its Fatah rivals about forming an alliance after the war in Gaza ends, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
These discussions...
Seinfeld visits Be’eri during solidarity visit to Israel
American Jewish comedian Jerry Seinfeld on Tuesday toured Kibbutz Be'eri, one of the Gaza border communities whose residents were murdered during Hamas's Oct. 7 onslaught on the northwestern Negev.
The entertainer, who is of Ashkenazi and...
Israel signals readiness for another hostage exchange
Israeli leaders have signaled their willingness to negotiate another hostage exchange with AFP reporting that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh will visit Egypt on Wednesday to hold talks.
Hamas still holds 129 hostages. One hundred ten have been...
IDF hits over 300 targets in Gaza; hundreds of terrorists surrender
Israeli ground, air and naval forces struck more than 300 targets in the Gaza Strip over the past day, causing heavy Hamas casualties and destroying terror infrastructure, the Israel Defense Forces reported on Wednesday...