Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rejected a proposal for a Gaza war truce by Hamas, saying victory was within reach and only total defeat of the movement that rules the blockaded strip would ensure Israel's security. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram "We are on the path to total victory. Victory […]
A drone strike hit a car in the Iraqi capital Wednesday night, killing three members of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah militia including a high-ranking commander, militia officials said. The strike occurred on a main thoroughfare in the Mashtal neighborhood in eastern Baghdad. A crowd gathered as emergency response teams picked through the wreckage. Two […]
In Israel, families of over 100 hostages still held by Hamas are forced to beg for meetings with members of the cabinet and updates on the prospect of a cease-fire deal that could bring them home
Itzik Elrov posted an image in which Israel's Transportation Minister is seen wearing a dress fashioned from blood-drenched popcorn. His questioning by police reflects the deepening influence of Ben-Gvir's 'gang ethos' over Israeli cops, a top observer says
Hamas proposes 135-day cease-fire plan ■ PM Netanyahu calls Hamas proposal "delusional" ■ New round of Qatari/Egyptian-mediated talks towards hostage release deal is set to begin Thursday ■ Saudi Arabia says no normalization with Israel without an independent Palestinian state ■ Here's what you need to know 124 days into the war
A Tel Aviv judge recently ruled that Palestinians threatened due to their sexual orientation can apply for asylum in Israel. The foreign ministry posted a tweet celebrating the ruling, then deleted it
The yet-to-be-named service would offer an all-in-one package of programming that would include television channels such as ESPN, TNT and FS1, as well as sports content that is streamed.
The West Bank and Gaza have some assets on which to build a thriving economy, but the liabilities are greater. The Biden plan fails to address that problem
Some 100 relatives of the 42 French-Israeli victims attend the event in Paris, with President Emmanuel Macron declaring that '68 million French citizens are in mourning today.' One grieving mother tells the media, 'In Israel, we feel invisible, thanks to France, my daughter will not be forgotten'
The allegations against the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees were presented in an Israeli intelligence brief, originally reported on in the Wall Street Journal. U.K.'s Channel 4 claims it 'contains no evidence' for Israel's allegations against UNRWA's workers
The 2011 Hamas-Israel hostage deal, which I helped negotiate, set a price of over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for one Israeli soldier. It should have been the very last time Israel had to ransom its citizens, but today, Hamas has the upper hand
Even if the prime minister and defense minister aim to weaken Hamas' standing in the negotiation, their endless talk about Hamas leaders' assassination seems to have replaced actions
Eden Golan, 20, who was nominated after winning Israel's singing TV show HaKokhav Haba, will face the controversy that is already swirling around Israel's participation in the international singing contest
A chance comment from an Israeli veteran with PTSD set writer-director Eliran Peled off on a seven-year odyssey. The end result is his 1967-set 'Victory,' a colorful yet surprisingly complex musical that is all too relevant to today's Israel
During the expanded meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Prime Minister Netanyahu on Wednesday, the senior American diplomat was shown photos of a giant tunnel that was exposed in recent days underneath the central headquarters of UNRWA in the Gaza Strip, Israel Hayom has learned. The meeting was attended by senior […]
Israeli banks began blocking accounts of Jewish settlers in compliance with the Biden administration's sanctions on four Israeli settlers due to attacks on Palestinians. Who are they and what are the possible ramifications for the future?
Hamas leadership in Gaza and abroad understands full well that it is only the hostage issue that can make tens of thousands of Israelis take to the streets and it is only this struggle that forces Netanyahu to deal with difficult questions