DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian telecom provider Paltel says internet service in Gaza Strip has been cut off by Israeli bombardment. Services were cut Friday evening, following a heavy round of Israeli airstrikes that lit up the night sky over the darkened territory. The Palestinian Red Crescent, the main emergency service in Gaza, said it was cut off from its operations room in the strip because of the internet blackout. Photo by: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — One of the youngest hostages being held captive in Gaza by Hamas is a 9-month-old Argentine baby, according to the head of Argentina’s embassy in Israel. “The youngest hostage, a baby of only nine months, is Argentine. It’s very difficult to talk about such painful topics,” Francisco Tropepi told Vis á Vis, a news outlet focused on reporting related to Israel and the Jewish community in Argentina, in an interview. Tropepi did not reveal the baby’s identity. There are 21 Argentine citizens who remain missing and are presumed to be held hostage by Hamas, Foreign Minister…
The Writers Guild of America (WGA), the moving force behind Hollywood and the American entertainment industry, is usually vocal over matters of so-called “social justice”. Yet, in the face of the inhumane October 7 slaughter of more than 1,400 innocent Israeli civilians by the Hamas terror group, the Guild has been silent. Israeli-American screenwriter Dan Gordon resigned from the Writers Guild to protest its unwillingness to speak out against the massacres in Israel. Gordon, writer of The Hurricane, Wyatt Earp, and other films, is an IDF veteran and holds dual citizenship. Noting that the Guild has taken stands in support…
(October 27, 2023 / JNS) The Israel Defense Forces deployed tanks and soldiers into the Gaza Strip overnight on Thursday to carry out a second targeted raid in as many days, the military said. The incursion included infantry, combat engineering and armored forces, with drones and combat helicopters providing cover, according to the IDF. Additionally, artillery and airstrikes targeted Hamas terror assets, including command centers and anti-tank missile launch sites. Israeli tanks also rolled into the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday night in a pinpoint raid “as part of preparations for the next stages of combat.” Under the lead of…
(October 27, 2023 / JNS) Florida governor and U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Wednesday banned the Student for Justice in Palestine organization from operating on state college campuses. SJP, long accused of antisemitism and of threatening Jewish and pro-Israel students on campus, was banned for providing “harmful support for terrorist groups,” according to the State University System of Florida. National SJP, the organization’s umbrella group, has come under growing scrutiny after releasing a statement on Instagram describing Hamas’s bloody Oct. 7 invasion of the western Negev, in which it killed more than 1,400 people, wounded thousands more and took…
(October 26, 2023 / JNS) The “Lights of Hope” exhibit on Thursday night in Jerusalem served as a symbol of solidarity with the hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, aimed at raising international awareness of their plight. Representatives of the captives’ families took part in the inauguration event, which was sponsored by the Jerusalem Municipality, via the Ariel Company, at Pais Arena Square (formerly the Jerusalem Arena). The “Lights of Hope” exhibit at Pais Arena Square in Jerusalem illuminates the sky to raise awareness of those being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Oct. 26,…
A Jewish mother and her child in Washington D.C. experienced a distressing incident when a man obstructed a bike lane and subjected them to harassment and anti-Semitic abuse. The mother-of-three found herself facing an unlawful driver who refused to yield the bike lane for her and her toddler as they attempted to make their way to a school pickup. When she requested that the man move his large SUV out of the lane to ensure their safety, he callously responded, “I don’t give a [expletive removed] about your safety. Your life is not my concern.” In response to the escalating…
Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, of Louisiana, meets with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Joe Biden met with the new House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries at the White House on Thursday to discuss his request for nearly $106 billion for Israel, Ukraine and other national security needs. Johnson, a staunch conservative allied with Donald Trump, has shown little interest in providing additional money from Congress to support Ukraine in its war with Russia. Biden met briefly with Johnson and Jeffries before a…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed before the UN General Assembly several sites in the Lebanese capital of Beirut where he said Hezbollah attempted to convert ground-to-ground missiles to precision missiles. “Israel knows what you are doing, Israel knows where you are doing it, and Israel will not let you get away with it,” Netanyahu said while holding a placard with three different sites in the Lebanese capital accusing Hezbollah of “deliberately using the innocent people of Beirut as human shields.” In the past year; Hezbollah has been trying to build an infrastructure to convert ground-to-ground missiles to precision missiles in the…
NEW YORK – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disclosed on Thursday the existence of a facility in Iran’s capital that he referred to as an “atomic warehouse” full of material related to the country’s nuclear program, and yet undisclosed to the UN’s atomic watchdog agency, in a speech to the UN in New York . Seeking to pressure the International Atomic Energy Agency to pay attention to Israel’s findings and inspect the new site, Netanyahu declassified details of its contents and warned that Iran was in the process of clearing the facility since he revealed in April a special ops raid…