Relatives and freed hostages thanked U.S. President Trump for 'prioritizing the hostage crisis since day one of his presidency,' and urged Prime Minister Netanyahu to reach a comprehensive deal during their planned meeting in Washington next week
Internal discussions reflect the pressures the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon has faced since reaching a truce with Israel in late November 2024 amid seismic shifts in the national and regional power balance
Both 19 years old, Sergeant Yair Eliyahu was killed in an operational accident, while Sergeant Asaf Zamir was killed in combat in the southern Gaza Strip
Any hope of extricating ourselves from the Gaza quagmire rests with two people: the capricious president in Washington and the sane Israeli army chief ■ Eisenkot, who unveiled his plan to unify the opposition, has thoroughness, integrity, clean hands and a clear head – but not an ounce of charisma ■ And what role could Benny Gantz land – if he behaves himself?
Inching his way to a deal, U.S. President Trump must maneuver between the guarantees Hamas is demanding and Netanyahu's constraints ■ Hamas' Qatar-based external leadership now has the upper hand over the local leaders in the Strip ■ Even the IDF admits the Gaza food distribution plan is failing
The Israeli army first arrived at the Gaza-border moshav at 10:31 A.M. and left five hours later - while hundreds of terrorists were still in the area. The security squads were again left alone for three and a half hours; five of them were killed
This announcement comes after Trump’s administration warned that any institution that was involved with BDS would no longer be eligible for federal research grants.
70 years after the Kafr Qasem massacre defined the principle that Israeli soldiers must refuse 'manifestly illegal orders', IDF testimonies from Gaza raise urgent questions about how, and even whether, that standard is still upheld. 'A soldier should simply refuse to obey,' says one expert
Data from Maccabi, Leumit and Meuhedet, which together insure about 5 million Israelis, show an increase of approximately 100 percent in the number of PTSD diagnoses among those aged 18 and over. Mental health NGO ERAN says it received more than 13,000 calls during the war with Iran
Despite rare visibility in Israel's political spotlight, Israel's often spineless opposition offers little more than vague platitudes, infighting, and hollow alternatives to a fanatical government defined by extremism and war
Israeli academics are outraged by the ostracism they have been facing since the start of the war and before it, but they should instead condemn the military for destroying Gaza's higher education and denounce Israeli universities that benefit reservists
The proposal reportedly includes the release of 10 living hostages and the bodies of 18 deceased hostages in five phases over the course of 60 days to Israel, with sources saying the U.S., Egypt and Qatar gave Hamas strong guarantees for implementing the agreement