Since the war with Hamas erupted so unexpectedly and savagely early on Saturday morning, killing over 1,200 Israelis, wounding another 3,000, and with 150 taken hostage, we have been flooded here at ISRAEL21c by a stream of thoughts, prayers and good...

The Israel Defense Forces displayed a large amount of weaponry, documents and sensitive material on Sunday that it had confiscated from Hamas terrorists, who penetrated into Israel a week ago. The cache included bombs, rocket-propelled grenades,...

Israel resumed the flow of water to the southern Gaza Strip, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told CNN on Sunday. “I have been in touch with my Israeli counterparts just within the last hour, who report to me that they have, in fact, turned...

(JTA) — Dozens of national Jewish groups, campus organizations and state legislators signed a letter to more than 500 university presidents demanding that they withdraw their schools’ recognition of and funding for Students for Justice in Palestine. The...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces urged AIPAC and its followers to stick with Israel as it attacks Hamas even when “the going gets ugly” and “the scenes out of Gaza will be hard to stomach.” Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus,...

(JTA) — Some Jewish institutions are closing down for the day Friday amid fears about Hamas-inspired violence abroad, although the FBI and major Jewish security groups say they are not aware of specific threats against Jewish targets in the United...

The Israel Defense Forces has marked Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar and the entire leadership of the Hamas terror regime as targets for elimination ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive, five days after Israel suffered the worst massacre in...

My son thought he was going to Israel to spend the holidays with his sister and fiancee.  Now he’s stationed at the Lebanon-Syria border. He completed his three years in an elite combat unit about five years ago, went to work in the travel industry,...

(JTA) — Former president Donald Trump touted himself as “the best friend Israel has ever had” while criticizing Israel’s leadership during a speech in Florida on Thursday night in response to Hamas’ attack on Israel. Trump also praised Hezbollah...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden said he is designating experts to help in the effort to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas. The announcement came following U.S. confirmation that there are Americans among the more than 100 captives...

Yarden Avnor is a Tel Aviv-based Israeli-American. For the past week she has been staying with her father, who lives in St. Louis. Avnor is an Ph.D. clinical neuropsychology student at the University of Haifa and she is associated with the Washington...

TEL AVIV (JTA) — One of the earliest shocking atrocities to emerge from Hamas’ invasion of Israel on Saturday happened at the Tribe of Nova music festival, an all-night rave near Kibbutz Re’im on the Gaza border. Terrorists descended upon the...