Tag: Swords of Iron
Netanyahu aide to face indictment in leaked documents case
Forces are arrayed along political lines in the leaked documents case involving the Prime Minister’s Office, with its supporters sharply challenging the accusation that one of its staff endangered state security by passing classified...
Israel will not allow Hamas to govern Gaza again, Netanyahu vows
Hamas continues to frustrate ongoing hostages-for-ceasefire negotiations in the hopes of ending the war and returning to power in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday.
"The...
Biden meets with families of American-Israeli hostages
President Joe Biden met on Thursday with families of American Israelis held hostage by the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, and "reaffirmed the Biden-Harris administration's commitment to getting the hostages home to...
IDF major KIA in Gaza, bringing the military’s death toll to 783
An Israel Defense Forces reservist was killed fighting Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Monday evening.
IDF Maj. (res.) Itamar Levin Fridman, 34, from the Red Sea city of Eilat,...
Protesters storm French Football Federation over Israel game
Scores of anti-Israel protesters burst into the French Football Federation offices in Paris on Monday, and demanded the cancellation of an upcoming Nations League game between France and the Jewish state.
In video footage posted...
IDF launches first ultra-Orthodox combat brigade
The formation of a new ultra-Orthodox infantry brigade is advancing despite tensions surrounding the haredi military service exemption bill and ongoing demonstrations by ultra-Orthodox protesters at the Jerusalem recruitment office.
The first wave of combat...
Study: US Jews bought 134% more Israeli Judaica since Oct. 7
American Jews have increased their purchases of Israeli-made Judaica by 134% since the outbreak of the Swords of Iron War, according to a study by Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) business management students.
Led by...
Freed Israeli hostage shares photo from Gaza captivity
"Sitting there in a Gaza tunnel, captured on camera, pleading to return home"—with these words, Agam Goldstein-Almog, a survivor of Hamas captivity, opened her poignant post shared on Sunday, nearly a year after her release.
Goldstein-Almog,...
Israel Security Agency gets new deputy chief
The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) announced on Wednesday the appointment of a new deputy chief, in a move approved by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The new deputy, identified only by the first Hebrew...
IDF chief: If Iran attacks again, it will be hit ‘very, very hard’
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi on Tuesday warned that Jerusalem retains the capacity to strike strategic sites in Iran if the mullahs continue directly attacking the Israeli home front.
“If...