(JTA) — Israeli officials have notified the relatives of 199 people that their loved ones are believed to be hostages in Gaza, an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said on Monday.
The number marked a sharp revision of the army’s previous estimate...
Eliyahu Freedman, JTA
• Published October 16, 2023
HAIFA (JTA) — Before boarding a ship departing from Israel, Ariela Keshet explained that she has attended three funerals this week — two for soldiers killed in Israel’s war with Hamas, and one for a victim of the terror group’s massacre at an...
(JTA) — A handful of Israeli government officials — but not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — have acknowledged and taken responsibility for the failures that contributed to the Hamas attack Oct. 7 that left thousands of Israelis dead, wounded...
By Nicky Blackburn, Israel21C
• Published October 15, 2023
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...
Jewish News Syndicate
• Published October 15, 2023
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,...
Jewish News Syndicate
• Published October 15, 2023
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...
Rabbi Yonason Goldson, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published October 12, 2023
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,...
BY PHILISSA CRAMER, JTA
• Published October 12, 2023
(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...
