Tag: Swords of Iron
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...
Lammy urges end to war on Hamas, decries ‘intolerable’ suffering in Gaza
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy during meetings with Israeli officials in Jerusalem on Sunday and Monday pressed the need for a hostage deal with the Hamas terrorist group to bring an end to the...
Offensive anti-Israel protests at Holocaust memorials
It is with profound concern that I address the recent plans for an anti-Israel protest in front of the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
This deeply disturbing and offensive protest desecrates the memory...
Woman recalls daunting meeting with Hamas leader Sinwar in captivity
For 55 harrowing days, Sapir Cohen endured captivity at the hands of Hamas in Gaza.
Her ordeal began with her abduction from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7 and ended with her release in a swap for...
Israel, Hamas agree to hostage deal framework, PA-led force in Gaza
The Hamas terror group has agreed to a hostages-for-ceasefire framework and mediators are negotiating the details and implementation, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday night.
The Post‘s David Ignatius said that though the framework is in place, officials...
The trauma of pregnancy by rape added to the anguish of captivity
Relatives of women held by Hamas in Gaza participated this week in a briefing on sexual violence and forced pregnancies, as hostages mark nine months in captivity.
“I have five children. They are all beautiful...
Rescued hostage sues US nonprofit for ties to Gaza journalist who held him
Almog Meir Jan, one of four hostages rescued in a daring IDF raid, filed suit on Tuesday against a U.S. nonprofit for employing the Arab journalist who held him captive, thereby aiding and abetting...
‘Now is the time to close a deal that includes everyone,’ hostage’s mother pleads
“Matan is going through the torments of hell, through torture. I don’t have a way to help him. I can’t even know whether or not he is alive,” Anat Angrest, whose son Matan is...
IDF takes out Rafah terror cell that fired five rockets
The Israeli Air Force on Thursday morning eliminated a group of terrorists who less than 30 minutes earlier fired five rockets from Rafah in southern Gaza at Israeli border communities.
Israel’s aerial defense array intercepted...