Tag: Operation Swords of Iron
FM Cohen hosts French counterpart in Tel Aviv
Paris can play a "positive and significant role" in preventing all-out war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen told his French counterpart Catherine Colonna in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
Colonna emphasized during...
Qatar uses Israeli hostages to extend lifeline to Hamas
While the U.S. pressures Qatar to expel Hamas leaders from its territory, Doha is instead trying to leverage its mediation to secure the terrorist groups’ future in the Gulf state.
“Qatar is under very heavy pressure from...
Netanyahu: ‘I will not replace Hamastan with Fatahstan’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized his determined opposition to the Palestinian Authority taking over the Gaza Strip in a post-Hamas world, speaking during a nationally televised press conference at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv...
Israeli hostage, 27, confirmed murdered in Hamas captivity
The family of Inbar Haiman has received confirmation from the Israel Defense Forces that the 27-year-old was murdered in captivity by Hamas, the Hostage and Missing Families Forum said on Saturday.
Haiman was captured by...
Herzog lights Chanukah candles at ‘Hostage Square’ in Tel Aviv
Israeli President Isaac Herzog lit Chanukah candles on Thursday night at “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv along with families of captives being held by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
“Chanukah is a holiday of...
Senior US official: With ‘American blood on his hands,’ Sinwar’s ‘days are numbered’
Hamas senior leader Yahya Sinwar’s days “are numbered,” a senior Biden administration official said on Thursday, pledging that “justice will be served.”
Coinciding with a visit to the region by U.S. National Security Advisor Jake...
Telling the story of the heroes of Oct. 7
Eran the potato farmer. Rachel the food hostess. Michaela the midwife.
All three are residents of the northwestern Negev who were caught in Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre; all three are heroes who were able to...
Hamas used UNRWA and USAID sacks to build tunnels
The discovery of U.N. and USAID sacks being used by Hamas to construct terror tunnels in Gaza raises new questions about the security of humanitarian aid falling into the hands of the Islamist group.
Israeli...
Israeli forces recover bodies of three hostages from Gaza
Israel Defense Forces soldiers have recovered the body of hostage Elia Toledano, the military announced on Friday morning.
The body of the 28-year-old Toledano was identified by medical and rabbinical officials, as well as the...
UK ambassador to Israel: British Jews must feel safe
Simon Walters, the British ambassador to Israel, arrived in the Jewish state a few months ago, when talk of Israel-Saudi normalization was the main topic in the region. But on Oct. 7, the Hamas...