Alongside the reports on initial discussions in the Diplomatic-Security Cabinet regarding the post-war situation in Gaza, it is highly advisable to downgrade expectations: there are no good options in Gaza. Had there been any, they would already have been implemented, on one of the many opportunities throughout the long history of this conflict. When it […]
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Tuesday morning the names of four fallen soldiers. Later in the day, the names of an additional five were disclosed, raising the death toll of the Gaza ground operation to 185. The majority of the fallen soldiers fell in a battle that took place in the center of the […]
MK Ofer Cassif said that 'While those who have explicitly called for the destruction of Gaza by fire or atomic bomb are sitting at the cabinet table, I face expulsion on unproven charges of 'supporting armed struggle against Israel'
The soldiers killed are Gavriel Bloom, 27; David Schwartz, 26; Yakir Hexter, 26; Roi Tal, 19; Roi Avraham Maimon, 24; Akiva Yasinskiy, 35; Amit Moshe Shahar, 25; Denis Krokhmalov Veksler, 32; Ron Efrimi, 26
Some 3 three months after dozens of IDF armored vehicles were hit in a Hamas attack on October 7, the Ministry of Defense is poised to get 60 new tactical utility vehicles from Flyer Defense to replace them. The advanced mobility Flyer-72s will be symbolically named Be'eri, in memory of the Kibbutz where dozens […]
Out of the gray skies over the Palmachim air base near Yavne, the sound of an engine erupted and was followed by the narrow body and extraordinarily broad wings of a Hermes 450 (Zik) drone cruising in all its glory. In a few hours, the Zik or a similar drone would launch a deadly […]
The victim had no criminal record, and is the third homicide victim since the start of 2024 in Israel's Arab community. Police suspect the motive of the shooting is related to a loan he took in the gray market
At 6:59 pm on October 17, it seemed that the course of the war was about to change, and not in our favor when a rocket exploded in the Al-Ahli (Al-Ma'amadani) Hospital in the Zeitoun neighborhood in the Gaza Strip. Reporters from the Al-Jazeera TV channel were among the first to arrive at the […]
It is easy to see that the dirt field and ruins located at the edge of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, in the heart of the Gaza Strip, was once a densely populated residential neighborhood. Here a withered lawn, there a few chickens pecking indifferently among armored vehicles. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and […]
Israel is saying in English and whispering in Hebrew that the third stage of the war in Gaza has begun - shifting from large-scale air and ground fighting to targeted operations ■ The assassination of the head of the Radwan Force was a message to senior Hezbollah officials ■ Blinken is here to promote a solution for Gaza and Lebanon, but his hosts in Jerusalem are skeptical
Israel claims responsibility for assassinating the chief of Hezbollah's drone unit ■ Nine IDF soldiers killed in Gaza Strip on Monday ■ IDF launches probe to tank fire that caused death of six soldiers ■ Blinken meets with Israeli leaders in fourth wartime visit, says Israel must allow Palestinians to return to homes in north Gaza ■ Blinken calls genocide charge on Israel 'meritless,' as U.K.'s Cameron says he is 'worried' Israel may have breached international law ■ Israel's foreign ministry denies engaging in plans to transfer Gaza residents out of Strip
Mauritian attorney Pramila Patten, the first United Nations official ever sent to Israel for this purpose, was invited by the Foreign Ministry and has been granted investigative powers
The former Chief Justice's international standing and unique history make him the right appointment for the case filed against Israel on charge of genocide. But it is important that the values he represents are not only exemplified externally but also truly embraced at home