Rafah was once the third-largest city in the Gaza Strip. It was home to around 200,000 people. Today it is a desolate moonscape of rubble and twisted iron. The city and its suburbs were systematically destroyed by the Israel Defence Forces (idf) during the two-year war against Hamas. Rafah’s population was forced to move to…
Hamas says it won’t disarm while the IDF is in Gaza and suggests a long-term truce or ‘storing’ its arms. Meanwhile, the IDF likely won’t leave half of Gaza until Hamas disarms. Hamas is trying to slow-play the Gaza ceasefire deal so that it can eke out as much wiggle room as possible and remain…
The four hostages whose remains are still being held by Gazan terror groups are Meny Godard, St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, Dror Or, and Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak. Hamas has information about each of the four deceased hostages whose remains are still being held in the Gaza Strip, sources familiar with the issue told Israel’s public broadcaster…
Israeli–American designer and brand founder Elie Tahari, 73, has cemented himself as an icon for working women in the New York fashion world and beyond. Now, he’s making an even bigger statement for women and what they can accomplish– debuting his latest collection with a bold twist – female IDF soldiers, including wounded veterans, strutting…
In the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas two years ago, high school teacher Josh Hirsch posted comments on social media in support of Israel. It was unrealistic for Hamas to expect a ceasefire, he wrote, as long as they were holding hostages. Soon afterward, a former student called for his…
Published on: Nov 07, 2025 12:40 am IST A look at the hostages left in Gaza, by the numbers Israel has celebrated the return of the last 20 living hostages who were held in Gaza under the first phase of the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire. A look at the hostages left in Gaza, by the numbers…
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The few buildings still standing in this expanse of northern Gaza protrude from the earth like broken bones. Around them, what was once a dense, urban neighborhood has been blown up, knocked down or otherwise crushed into debris and dust. The Israeli military on Wednesday led an AP photographer…
Two operations in northern Gaza were conducted and dismantled Hamas infrastructure, while undercover operations in the West Bank managed to detain Hamas operatives in Nablus. The IDF destroyed a Hamas compound in the Shejaia, northern Gaza, containing launchers and rockets, while a tunnel hundreds of meters long was located and destroyed in Jabaliya, the military…
“Being pro-Israel means telling hard truths,” Graham said. “The only path that keeps Israel Jewish and democratic is a two-state framework, when the conditions are real.” US Senator Lindsey Graham has a message for Israelis and his own party’s skeptics: There is no sustainable future for Israel without a political horizon that separates Israelis and…
The Trump peace plan for Gaza is in trouble, and Hamas is the culprit. The question is whether the Trump Administration understands that restraining Israel has given Hamas a free hand to sabotage the deal. PREMIUM Israeli soldiers sit on military vehicles near the Israel-Gaza border, Oct. 12. Insisting Israel wait for the return of…