September 9, 2024

Cabinet ministers shown footage of “horrific” tunnel where hostages were kept, executed

The entrance to the tunnel in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, were the six murdered hostages were found on Aug. 31, 2024. Credit: IDF. (JNS) — Israeli Cabinet ministers on Sept. 8 were presented with video footage of the tunnel […]
September 9, 2024

Anti-government protestors in Israel and abroad playing the “useful” role Hamas’ Sinwar relies on

Israelis call for an immediate ceasefire deal with Hamas to secure the release of the hostages in Gaza, outside the Defense Ministry Headquarters in Tel Aviv, Sept. 7, 2024. Photo by Itai Ron/Flash90. by Gadi Taub (JNS) — When Hamas’s […]
September 8, 2024

Playing the world: Hamas’s secret instructions to exploit hostages, manipulate public opinion

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza City on April 13, 2022. Photo by Attia Muhammed/Flash90. by Miri Weissman (Israel Hayom) — Confidential documents obtained from the computer of a senior Hamas leader have unveiled the terror group’s calculated strategy to […]
September 6, 2024

“Peace partner” Egypt facilitating weapons smuggling to Hamas for years

Egyptian soldiers at an outpost at the Rafah border crossing between Sinai and the Gaza Strip. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90. by David Isaac (JNS) — Israel has uncovered 180 tunnels under the Philadelphi Corridor, Gaza’s strategic border with Sinai. […]
September 6, 2024

Charges against Hamas in response to hostage murders were actually done seven months ago

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers remarks during a Medal of Valor ceremony on May 16, 2022, in the East Room of the White House as U.S. President Joe Biden looks on. Credit: Adam Schultz/White House. by Anna Rahmanana (JNS) […]
September 5, 2024

Pentagon: There is no determination that Israel has violated international humanitarian law

Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 18, 2024. Credit: U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza/U.S. Department of Defense. (JNS) — A spokesman for the […]
September 5, 2024

Netanyahu: Hostage deal is not close, Hamas is holding things up

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on Sept. 2, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90. (JNS) — Talks with Hamas on a renewed deal to exchange hostages for terrorists are faltering due to the Islamist group’s […]
September 4, 2024

Poll: Majority of Israelis support Netanyahu’s positions on Philadelphi Corridor, oppose demonstrations

View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024. Photo by Oren Cohen/Flash90. by Caroline Glick (JNS) — An overwhelming majority of Israelis support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s negotiation positions regarding a […]
September 4, 2024

Friedman: U.S. pressure on Israel lowers the chance of Middle East peace

U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in February. IIS file. by Alex Traiman and Etgar Lefkovits (JNS) — Israel’s decisive defeat of Hamas in Gaza will facilitate regional peace with Saudi Arabia, whereas […]
September 3, 2024

After blaming him for lack of progress, Biden plans to talk to Netanyahu “eventually”

President Joe Biden talks on the phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 4, 2024. Photo by Adam Schultz/White House. (JNS) — Asked by a reporter if he has plans to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. […]
September 2, 2024

Autopsies show slain hostages killed days before their discovery

Families attend the funeral of slain hostage Eden Yerushalmi. at a cemetery in Petach Tikva. Eden was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Sept. 1, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90. (JNS) — The six hostages whose bodies were […]