Author: mackenzie

Since the start of the Gaza war on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel’s enemies have launched a multifront attack, all supported by Iranian-backed terror proxies. And now, a new Iranian threat has emerged – this time from the sea. On Thursday, Iran launched a new drone carrier vessel, which will be integrated into its Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval force. The new carrier is designed to assist Iran in launching drones from a shorter range, making it harder for enemies to detect the launch. Iran’s news agency Tasnim reported, “The Shahid Beheshti, a former container vessel, is equipped with a 180-meter (590-foot)…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip and allow Gaza residents to leave voluntarily, calling it “the first good idea that I’ve heard.” In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Netanyahu expressed support for Trump’s proposal, while attempting to clarify some media misrepresentations of the idea. “The actual idea of allowing first Gazans who want to leave to leave – I mean, what’s wrong with that?” Netanyahu asked. The prime minister also countered reports that Trump was calling for the forced displacement of Gaza residents. “They…

Gadi Mozes, 80, maintained a morning walking routine and kept a journal, while the IDF lookouts refrained from eating leavened food on Passover and fasted on Yom Kippur. Keith Siegel, a vegetarian, was forced to eat meat due to food shortages. Yarden Bibas and Ofer Calderon were held in cages during their first days in captivity, while Emily Damari, after being shot twice, was transferred to a UNRWA facility without medical care. These are some of the first testimonies emerging after the release of 13 Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals, who spent over 15 months in Hamas captivity. Siegel…

The Shin Bet security agency announced on Thursday that it thwarted a bus bombing in Jerusalem, in coordination with the Israel Defense Forces. The terror cell, consisting of five terrorists affiliated with both the Hamas and Fatah movements, was arrested in the Ramallah area between November and December of last year. The cell planned to reach the separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank, and to detonate an explosive charge that would allow it to infiltrate the country, echoing the events of October 7 on a smaller scale. The terror cell would then plant and detonate an explosive charge…

Hamas officially confirmed Thursday that its military commander, Mohammed Deif, was killed during the war, nearly six months after the IDF announced his elimination. Hamas spokesperson Abu Ubaida also confirmed the deaths of Deif’s deputy, Khan Younis Brigade commander Rafa Salama, as well as senior operatives Marwan Issa, Ghazi Abu Tama’a, Raad Thabet, Ahmed Ghandour and Ayman Nofal. Deif, the architect of Hamas’ military capabilities and mastermind behind the October 7 attacks, was killed in an airstrike in Khan Younis on July 13, according to an earlier IDF statement. For weeks after the strike, Israeli intelligence gathered evidence to confirm…

The IDF said another Hamas terrorist who participated in the killing and abduction of female surveillance soldiers at the Nahal Oz post on October 7 was killed in a separate strike a month ago, shortly before the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took effect. Abu Aseed, a member of Hamas’s Shati Battalion, was involved in the attack on the Nahal Oz post and was seen abducting Levy who was released last week. The IDF said he was killed in a September strike. Video footage of the abduction showed Aseed dragging a bound and bleeding Levy by her hair from the…

Hamas terrorists on Thursday, January 23, reportedly executed several individuals accused of being “collaborators” with Israel in the Gaza Strip, as shown in a video on a Telegram account. According to a report in Israeli media, the video, posted to Gaza Now’s Telegram account, depicts more than a dozen armed Hamas terrorists, many wearing uniforms, firing on three men who are lying on the ground. The accompanying caption reads: “The moment of punishing the agents of the Zionist occupation who caused the killing of thousands of our Palestinian people in Gaza.” The authenticity of the video has not yet been…

The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday said it shot down a surveillance drone launched by the Hezbollah terror group toward Israel. No sirens sounded amid the incident, the military noted in its statement, adding: “The IDF will not allow terror activities by the Hezbollah terror organization in Lebanon, and will act to remove any threat to Israel or its citizens.” It was the first such incident since a ceasefire deal went into effect in late November, after more than a year of fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed terror group, and a violation by Hezbollah of the agreement, which forbids the…

Eight hostages abducted during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel were released by Palestinian terror groups on Thursday under an ongoing ceasefire deal with Hamas, returning to Israel after 482 days in captivity in Gaza. Seven of them were freed in a long, chaotic process in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis that prompted fury in Israel. The three Israelis are IDF surveillance soldier Agam Berger, 20, and civilians Arbel Yehoud, 29, and Gadi Mozes, 80. The Thai nationals are Thenna Pongsak, Sathian Suwannakham, Sriaoun Watchara, Seathao Bannawat, and Rumnao Surasak. Yehoud, Mozes and the five Thais were released in an…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement to the media after the release of the three Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity today. “Agam, Arbel, Gadi – welcome home! The entire State of Israel embraces you, as do my wife Sara and I,” Netanyahu said. “This release was achieved, first of all, thanks to our heroic soldiers, and it was also achieved thanks to the steadfast and determined stand that we took during the negotiations,” he said. He stated, “We will not accept violations of the agreement. During the release of our hostages today, we all saw shocking scenes. We made…