U.S. President Joe Biden issued a statement on Monday about American citizens impacted in Israel. It is as follows:
As we continue to account for the horrors of the appalling terrorist assault against Israel this weekend and the hundreds of innocent...
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(JTA) — A massive military operation is underway to place Gaza under a “complete siege,” Israel’s defense minister said on Monday, 48 hours after a surprise attack by Hamas left 900 Israelis dead, thousands wounded...
(JTA) — In a public address nearly three days after southern Israel was overrun with Hamas attackers who killed 900 people and kidnapped 100, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had begun a war that would end with the terror group’s...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 9, 2023
As the war in Israel continues into its third day, the St. Louis Jewish community can help those affected by the violence and destruction. The Jewish Federation of St. Louis has launched the Israel Emergency Fund to provide services, support, and hope...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — I was chanting from the Torah in synagogue when the first siren went off. It was the morning of Simchat Torah, the holiday celebrating our commitment to read the entire Torah over the course of the year, starting with Genesis and concluding...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. State Department confirmed that there were at least nine Americans among the hundreds of people killed after Hamas invasion of Israel.
“At this time, we can confirm the deaths of nine U.S. citizens,” said a State Department...
Saturday's Hamas assault is the 2023 version of the 1973 Yom Kippur war. The complete surprise—the governing paradigm, the collapse of the lines of defense—is very reminiscent of what happened here exactly 50 years ago.
In a well-synchronized and...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel faced a “long and difficult war” as it reeled from an unprecedented assault from Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip the day before, saying that its retaliatory attacks on the dense coastal...
(JTA) — Argentina’s Jewish community is reeling after at least four people with local roots were killed in the Hamas attack on Israel Saturday, while several others are missing and feared kidnapped or dead.
The distress is being acutely felt...
(JTA) — One, just out of the army, told his dad “I love you” and “I’m sorry” then disappeared. One who just joined the army has no family nearby, so a stranger is keeping him company in the hospital. One was a peace activist.
These are...
Lisa Keys, Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA
• Published October 8, 2023
(New York Jewish Week) — As Israel continued to clear the Gaza border area of Hamas attackers, and came to grips with an attack that killed 700 people, hundreds of people came to rally in support of the country outside the United Nations on Sunday afternoon.
But...
The Pentagon announced on Sunday that it's sending "additional equipment and resources, including munitions" to the Israel Defense Forces while redirecting a Carrier Strike Group to the Eastern Mediterranean.
The security assistance "will begin moving...
