Tag: Swords of Iron
Hersh Goldberg-Polin laid to rest in Jerusalem
Slain Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin was laid to rest at Jerusalem’s Har HaMenuchot cemetery on Monday, two days after his body was retrieved from a tunnel in southern Gaza.
Ahead of the funeral ceremony, which started at...
On petitions, hostages and hypocritical rabbis
More than 90 rabbis and cantors signed a letter this month to Israel’s prime minister, demanding that Israel cease firing at Hamas and release a large number of terrorists to gain the release of...
Two soldiers killed in action in Gaza; IDF death toll since Oct. 7 totals...
Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed in action in the Gaza Strip, the military announced on Wednesday.
One of the slain soldiers was named as Master Sgt. (res.) Yohay Hay Glam, 32, of the...
Father of captive soldier pushes for bipartisan support in US
“We, the families of the hostages, would have wanted to see some calm in the region that would expedite the negotiations,” Ruby Chen, the father of American-Israeli IDF Sgt. Itay Chen, 19, told JNS on Sunday.
“But...
Israel tightens ring around still elusive Hamas leader
Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, 61, has abandoned the tunnels and taken to cross-dressing as a woman to escape detection, Britain’s Daily Express reported on Monday, leading social-media wags to dub the mastermind behind the Oct. 7...
Like father, like son
After seven months fighting Hamas terrorists in Gaza with his elite military reserve unit, 32-year-old Eyal Ghanam is now heading to the country’s volatile northern border for a two-month stint.
For Ghanam, a member of...
Erdoğan vows to push international community to pressure Jerusalem
Turkey will continue to support the Palestinians’ “just cause” and push the international community to increase pressure on Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told visiting Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday.
Erdoğan and Abbas met...
Will Netanyahu replace Defense Minister Gallant?
Recent Israeli media reports indicated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would fire his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, over key political disagreements following Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress and meeting with President...
A frazzled Israel on tenterhooks braces for Iranian attack
There were near-hourly threats from Iranian officials of an impending attack.
The omnipresent former Israeli generals and defense analysts were working overtime in the television news studios, where even in a news-saturated country the dizzying...
IDF field observers’ families reveal new images of daughters in captivity
The families of five female Israel Defense Forces soldiers abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 released new photos of their daughters Tuesday night.
The images, released by the Hostage and Missing Families Forum, show Liri Albag, Karina...