Tag: Operation Swords of Iron
Israel betrayed?
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have a long phone conversation. The communiqué published by the White House briefing room says they spoke about humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza and Israeli...
Biden to pressure Israel on alternatives to Rafah op
The White House will present alternative plans designed to dissuade Jerusalem from carrying out a full-scale military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah when an Israeli delegation visits Washington early next week, Axios reported on...
Religious women in territories armor up
Religious women living on the frontlines in Judea and Samaria are taking up arms to defend their homes, particularly after the Oct. 7 massacre.
Srugim, a news site catering to the religious Zionist community, reported...
Israel must assemble a massive new arms stockpile
Israel’s major reliance on the United States for restocking an undersized arsenal in the weeks and months after Oct. 7 has emerged as a severe strategic challenge, a former Israeli defense official told JNS...
US could support limited Israeli op in Rafah—report
Washington has told Jerusalem it could support a limited IDF military operation against “high value” Hamas targets in Rafah in southern Gaza, according to a report published Wednesday in Politico.
The American news outlet wrote that...
Victim touring vs. victory touring
Jewish “mission tours” have been selling out. Itineraries are focused on the devastation that Hamas terrorists wrought in the Gaza Envelope on Oct. 7. Tours are showcasing the destruction of southern Israeli kibbutzim and...
Latin American local leaders pay solidarity visit to Israel
A delegation of Latin American governors and mayors visited Israel this week on a solidarity mission amid the Jewish state’s five-month-old war against Hamas in Gaza and a global increase in antisemitism.
The participants, including...
Israeli wounded in Negev terror stabbing
One person was wounded on Thursday in a terrorist attack at a gas station near Beit Kama in the northern Negev, close to the Bedouin city of Rahat.
Magen David Adom emergency medical personnel treated...
Freed Hamas hostage: Palestinian nurses cheered at sight of abductees
An Israeli-American woman who along with her teenage daughter was held hostage by Hamas said in an interview that aired on Wednesday that Palestinian nurses cheered when they were brought to a Gaza hospital.
Chicago-area resident Judith...
Knesset passes updated wartime budget
Israeli lawmakers approved the country’s amended war budget for 2024 on Wednesday afternoon after weeks of delay due to disagreements within the unity government. The budget bill was approved with 62 Knesset members in...