Jerusalem has frozen the release of terrorists whose sentences were to be commuted under the ceasefire deal with Hamas, after “horrifying scenes” were witnessed during the release of Israeli hostages Arbel Yehud and Gadi Mozes on Thursday, according...
Eight hostages returned to Israel in two separate releases on Thursday, following scenes of chaos and intimidation as the terror groups that abducted them handed them over to the Red Cross.
Agam Berger, the last woman soldier remaining in Gaza, was...
Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special Middle East envoy, landed in Tel Aviv on a direct private flight from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday afternoon, according to reports in Israeli media.
Witkoff is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister...
Hamas has reportedly informed Israel that it will free eight hostages tomorrow, including two Israeli women and an elderly Israeli man.
The Israeli hostages reportedly to be released are civilians Arbel Yehud, 29, and Gadi Moses, 80, as well as soldier...
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Tuesday that the Trump administration froze a $50 million federal disbursement for “condoms in Gaza.”
The Office of Management and Budget and the newly-formed Department of Government Efficiency...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, will travel to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Witkoff will reportedly discuss advancing an agreement to normalize relations between Israel...
Akiva Van Koningsveld, JNS
• Published January 27, 2025
Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy, on Sunday described the ceasefire deal he helped broker between Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization as “the most worthy thing I could ever do in my life.”
Speaking alongside Israeli...
President Donald Trump says he has asked Jordan to accept Palestinians from Gaza and plans to press Egypt to do the same.
Trump said he spoke to Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Saturday, five days after being inaugurated for his second term and six...
President Donald Trump will allow the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, removing a hold his predecessor, Joe Biden, had placed on the ordnance.
The change comes during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that Trump played a key role in brokering....
Hamas has published the names of the four hostages it will release on Saturday, the second group of captives to go free in the initial phase of the ceasefire that began this week.
The four hostages expected to be released on Saturday are Daniela Gilboa,...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he hoped that Israel would not attack Iran’s nuclear faculties, but appeared to suggest that this was a possibility if the Islamic Republic does not accept a deal on its nuclear program.
“We’ll have...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Thursday that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, whom some are accusing of performing a Nazi salute at an inauguration celebration in Washington on Jan. 20, is “being falsely smeared.”
“Elon...
