September 2, 2024

Hostage families tell government: Destroy Hamas

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich visits the Gvura Forum protest tent near the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, Sept. 1, 2024. Credit: Gvura Forum/Facebook. by Amelie Botbol (JNS) — Members of the Gvura Forum converged on the Prime Minister’s Office in […]
September 2, 2024

Biden, advisors meet to discuss hostages, Biden says Netanyahu not doing enough

U.S. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and key advisers meet following the revelation over the weekend that Hamas terrorists killed six hostages, including a U.S. citizen, in the White House Situation Room, Washington, Sept. 2, 2024. Credit: White […]
September 2, 2024

Netanyahu: IDF control of Philadelphi Corridor determines Israel’s future

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in Jerusalem during a televised address to the nation, Sept. 2, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90. (JNS) — The Israel Defense Forces will stay on Gaza’s border with Egypt to prevent Hamas from rebuilding its […]
September 2, 2024

Anti-Israel rallies aren’t antisemitic? Sure.

A pro-Palestine rally in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Oct. 13, 2023. Credit: Hladnikm via Wikimedia Commons. by Ben Cohen (JNS) — Amid the current debate over whether a new front will open up in Israel’s war against Hamas and its regional […]
September 1, 2024

Trump: Hamas killed hostages because of ‘complete lack of U.S. strength, leadership’

Former U.S. President Donald Trump at an Arizona for Trump rally at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz., on Aug. 23, 2024. Credit: Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons. (JNS) — Some 12 hours after Israel announced that it retrieved and identified the […]
September 1, 2024

UN chief slammed for “crocodile tears” over slain Israeli hostages

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the situation in Gaza on May 7, 2024. Credit: Mark Garten/U.N. Photo. (JNS) — António Guterres, the United Nations secretary-general who has long been accused of Jew-hatred and anti-Israel bias, drew widespread criticism […]
September 1, 2024

Sinwar’s accomplices blame everyone but Hamas for murder of hostages

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to reporters at the Kirya base in Tel Aviv, Oct. 26, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90. by Caroline Glick (JNS) — On Oct. 7, Hamas terrorists snatched Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Carmel Gat, 39, Eden Yerushalmi, […]
September 1, 2024

As American hostage’s body found in Gaza, Biden vows Hamas leaders “will pay”

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin, parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin seen on a screen during the Israeli Premier League match between Hapoel Hadera and Hapoel Jerusalem at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, Aug. 31, 2024. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90. […]
September 1, 2024

Twice as many Gazans as previously thought took part in Oct. 7

Palestinians take control of an Israeli Merkava battle tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023. Photo by Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images. (JNS) — Some 7,000 Gazans […]
September 1, 2024

Netanyahu: Whoever murders hostages does not want a deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial ceremony for Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, on Aug. 4, 2024. Photo by Naama Grynbaum/POOL . (JNS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sept. 1 that […]
August 30, 2024

Rescued Israeli hostage reveals cruel final days of fellow captive

Qaid Farhan Alkadi (left) and Arie Zalmanovicz. Credit: Courtesy. by Ilya Egorov (Israel Hayom) — Rescued hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi on Aug. 29 shed light on his time in Hamas captivity and the tragic death of another captive, Arie Zalmanovicz, […]