Monday, 6 January 2025 | A Hamas official on Sunday commented on the ongoing negotiations for a hostage deal with Israel, telling Reuters that the terrorist organization “approved a list of 34 hostages presented by Israel to be exchanged in a possible ceasefire deal.” According to the official, Hamas has stipulated that any agreement depends
Continue Reading »Monday, 6 January 2025 | An IDF soldier was swiftly evacuated from Brazil after the anti-Israel group Hind Rajab Foundation initiated legal proceedings against him. The foundation claimed the soldier was involved in alleged war crimes. This prompted Israel’s Foreign Ministry to act urgently, coordinating with the IDF to identify and extricate the soldier from
Continue Reading »Friday, 3 January 2025 | The Israel Defense Forces [IDF] on Thursday evening released bodycam footage of its September 8 special forces raid of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [IRGC] arms facility used by Hezbollah in northwestern Syria. “Tonight, we reveal a special operation that took place in the heart of Syria in early September,
Continue Reading »Friday, 3 January 2025 | Sirens blared across central Israel from the Sharon Plains, through the Metropolitan Tel Aviv area, the Central Plains, the metropolitan Jerusalem area and parts of the West Bank [Judea and Samaria] early on Friday after a missile was launched in Yemen targeting Israel. “A missile that was launched from Yemen
Continue Reading »Friday, 3 January 2025 | Egypt’s newly appointed foreign minister, Badr Abdel Aaty, called his even fresher counterpart in Syria, Asaad Al-Shaibani, to congratulate him on assuming office. Two points are worth noting: First, al-Shaibani is merely an interim foreign minister and can be replaced at any moment; Second, unlike other Arab states, Egypt has
Continue Reading »Friday, 3 January 2025 | The organizers and leaders of the anti-Israel protests in the US and Canada, including on university campuses, continue to ignore the real suffering of the Palestinians living under the Palestinian Authority [PA] in the West Bank [Judea and Samaria] and the Iran-backed Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. These
Continue Reading »Thursday, 2 January 2025 | Two Israeli nationals remain hospitalized and on ventilators following a deadly ramming and shooting attack in New Orleans’ French Quarter on New Year’s Eve, Elad Shoshan, Israel’s consul to the US Southwest and deputy consul general, told Ynetnews on Thursday. One victim is stable and not in life-threatening condition, while
Continue Reading »Thursday, 2 January 2025 | The Palestinian Authority [PA] announced further restrictions against Al Jazeera on Wednesday evening, suspending the Qatari state-owned network’s broadcasts throughout Judea and Samaria and banning its journalists from operating in all areas under the control of the PA. Ramallah decided to block Al Jazeera and “suspend the work [permits] of
Continue Reading »Thursday, 2 January 2025 | Barbara Leaf, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, left her meeting with Ahmad Al-Sharaa, Syria’s de facto leader, highly satisfied. The press conference scheduled for the conclusion of the event was canceled under the pretext of security concerns. However, after 12 years of American diplomatic disengagement,
Continue Reading »Thursday, 2 January 2025 | As early as ninth grade, students destined for Israel’s primary intelligence agencies Mossad [Israeli intelligence agency] and Shin Bet [Israeli internal security organization] are identified and enrolled in the elite Odem program, where they adopt code letters in place of full names. Jointly run by the Defense Ministry, Education Ministry,
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