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Says Israel is the victim of genocide • "We cannot bend under global pressure no matter what. We have to eradicate Hamas. If we don’t, humanity will pay a huge price."

Says Israel is the victim of genocide • "We cannot bend under global pressure no matter what. We have to eradicate Hamas. If we don’t, humanity will pay a huge price."

  International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan will visit Israel at the request of Israeli survivors and the families of victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks from Gaza, the court said on Thursday. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Khan will also visit Ramallah in the West Bank to meet […]

Eight Israeli hostages were released after the extension of the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

A widely spread video from the attack on the Nova rave showed the hostage, Noa Argamani, captured by Hamas terrorists and driven away on a motorcycle. 'Please know that we did everything we could to get you released,' her mother told her over the video

The option to expel Hamas terrorists and their families from the Strip aims to make it easier to rebuild Gaza after the war.

  Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed to extend their cease-fire by another day, just minutes before it was set to expire. The truce in Gaza appeared increasingly tenuous as most women and children held by the terrorists have already been released in swaps for Palestinian prisoners. As word of the extension came Thursday morning, […]

There are 12 terrorists and two jokers included in the deck. Some of the seedy characters include senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh; Hamas' leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar.

At this point, the delusion that Israel can both continue the fighting and further the release of more hostages is likely to be dispelled. Another deal will be needed, and it will be harder to achieve, due to the price Hamas will demand from Israel

Four killed, six wounded in Jerusalem shooting attack ■ Qatar: Israel-Hamas cease-fire will continue Thursday ■ Israel receives list of hostages due to be freed on Thursday ■ 16 hostages released from Hamas captivity on Wednesday: 12 Israelis and four Thai nationals ■ U.S. Secretary of State Blinken touches down in Israel ■ At least 1,200 civilians and soldiers killed in Israel since Oct. 7; over 159 hostages still held in Gaza ■ Hamas-controlled health ministry: at least 14,000 dead in Gaza

'We still need time… but we are winning in increments': Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah praises the Hamas assault of October 7, but he is not hurrying to join the fight. For Hezbollah and its patron, Iran, conditions are not yet ripe for the big regional war

  Rimon Buchstab, a 36-year-old woman who was held captive by Hamas, was released on Tuesday after 50 days in captivity. Her husband Yagev, remains in Hamas captivity.  According to a relative of Yagev, Rimon shared a message from her partner: "He wanted to tell us that he loves us." Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, […]

The freed Israeli hostage, Yocheved Lifshitz, a peace activist from Kibbutz Nir Oz, has said she 'went through hell' during her two weeks in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip

The story of how members of Israel’s Bedouin community saved Jewish lives during the Hamas assault has gone underreported, but a nonprofit is aiming to change that. ‘Arab citizens were there for Jews when the state and the army were not,’ says its founder, Shir Nosatzki

Hamas runs a vast overseas business network that had largely escaped scrutiny, until October 7. Cracking down on it will be a critical part of the war effort

Twelve Israeli hostages, including several teenagers, were released as part of a cease-fire, prisoner swap deal with Hamas. Four Thai nationals were also released

Fourteen hostages freed from Gaza Strip on Wednesday arrive in Israel, including 10 Israelis ■ War cabinet discusses prolonging cease-fire ■ Defense Minister Gallant says IDF is 'ready to resume fighting immediately' ■ Blinken says will work on extending cease-fire to free more hostages ■ UN calls for 'irreversible' move toward two-state solution ■ Netanyahu: 'I didn't want to strengthen Hamas, we approved Qatari money to prevent humanitarian disaster' ■ At least 1,200 civilians and soldiers killed in Israel since Oct. 7; over 159 hostages still held in Gaza ■ Hamas-controlled health ministry: 14,854 dead in Gaza

The cease-fire may be extended to the weekend, if Hamas can convince Israel that it'll release another few hostages. While there are Hamas forces in the northern Gaza Strip, they effectively are no longer under the control of the leadership since their commanders and hundreds of fighters were killed

  Mia Leimberg and her mother Gabriela (57), who reside in Jerusalem, were part of the 10 kidnapped individuals released Tuesday on the fifth day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Operation Swords of Iron. Mia and Gabriela had arrived in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak that weekend for the Simchat Torah celebrations, staying at […]

Ten Israeli woman and two Thai nationals were kidnapped from their homes and taken into the Gaza Strip 53 days ago. They were released on Tuesday, as part of a temporary cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas