War In Israel
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, 2024. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2163505945-1200x667.jpg)
Netanyahu tells Congress Israel ‘will not relent’ until it defeats Hamas
Ben Sales, JTA
• Published July 24, 2024
![Or Garti takes a selfie with her campers at Camp Ben Frankel.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Campers-1200x675.jpg)
An ‘American Dream’: How 18 Israeli kids spent their summer at Camp Ben Frankel
BY MOLLY LEVINE, JEWISH LIGHT INTERN
• Published July 24, 2024
![Family members of Israeli hostages held in Gaza meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, D.C., July 22, 2023. (Israeli Government Press Office)](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Hostage-families-1200x675.jpg)
Netanyahu meets with hostage families in DC as pressure mounts for a deal
Philissa Cramer, JTA
• Published July 23, 2024
![Pictures of civilians held hostage by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, in Jerusalem, Nov. 22, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Hostage-Wall-1200x675.jpg)
Israel, Hamas agree to hostage deal framework, PA-led force in Gaza
Akiva Van Koningsveld, JNS
• Published July 11, 2024
![A statue of Anne Frank in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nov. 26, 2010. The statue was defaced with graffiti reading Gaza on July 9, 2024. (Gus Maussen via Creative Commons)](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Anne-Frank-Statue-Amsterdam-1200x675.jpg)
Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam tagged with ‘Gaza’ graffiti
Andrew Lapin, JTA
• Published July 10, 2024
![The most important tattoo I ever did’: Artists volunteer to ink Oct. 7 survivors](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/tatoow-1200x675.jpg)
“The most important tattoo I ever did’: Artists volunteer to ink Oct. 7 survivors
By Rebecca Massel, The Forward
• Published July 8, 2024
![Mothers of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza protest for their release outside the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, July 8, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/07-08-2024-hostages-1200x669.webp)
Netanyahu issues list of demands for ceasefire deal as pressure mounts
Ron Kampeas, JTA
• Published July 8, 2024
![Police officers use water cannons as haredi Orthodox Jewish men block a main highway during a protest against drafting into the Israeli army on June 2, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Haradi-Jews-1200x675.jpg)
Haredim warn of ‘religious war’ after Israel Supreme Court orders yeshiva draft
By Susan Greene, JTA
• Published June 25, 2024
![An undated photo of Hersh Goldberg-Polin. (Jon Polin)](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/10-8-2023-Hersh-Goldberg-Polin-1200x667.jpg)
Netanyahu recommits to Biden’s proposed hostage deal after families release grim video
Ron Kampeas
• Published June 24, 2024
![UNRWA distributes flour to Palestinian refugees in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, Nov. 22, 2023. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/01-26-2024-UNRWA-1200x669.webp)
Victims of Oct. 7 attack sue UNRWA for allegedly laundering money for Hamas
Ron Kampeas, JTA
• Published June 24, 2024
![Twelve tough questions and simple answers about Israel](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Israel-Independence-Legal-1200x675.jpg)
Twelve tough questions and simple answers about Israel
Gil Troy, (Jewish Journal via JNS)
• Published June 24, 2024
![All 18 the Israeli children and teens arrived safely in the US](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Ben-Frankel-Campers-1200x675.jpg)
Camp Ben Frankel welcomes 18 Israeli youngsters for summer session
BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published June 23, 2024
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