Netanyahu has rejected a proposal that the Palestinian Authority rule Gaza after the war and insisted that Israel have full security control in Gaza. On Monday night, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke at a joint press conference in Tel Aviv with the US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin during which Gallant insisted there would be no timetable set for the war and Austin urged a two-state solution. Although the Biden Administration has been urging Israel to enter into a new, less-intense phase of the war by the beginning of January 2024, in his remarks during the press conference, Gallant…
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JERUSALEM (JNS) – A prominent Christian evangelical organization in Jerusalem has renovated 140 underground bomb shelters in the Upper Galilee as intermittent Hezbollah attacks from Lebanon continue for the third straight month, the group announced on Monday. The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem funded the $775,000 project, refurbishing 73 shelters in the town of Shlomi and 67 in the city of Ma’alot-Tarshiha, both near the northern border. The shelters had fallen into disrepair since they were last used during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, with deficiencies including a lack of proper lighting, ventilation and plumbing.
With his praise, John Kirby seemingly walked back President Biden’s Tuesday comment that the IDF is “indiscriminately bombing” the Gaza Strip. U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby praised Israel’s military Wednesday for protecting Gazan civilians more than almost any other army would, including America itself. Referring to a grid of the Gaza Strip that the IDF issued two weeks ago that divided the enclave into hundreds of mini-combat zones so that it could warn those who live in specific areas to flee before its forces enter to clear them of Hamas terrorists, Kirby told journalists, “They have published online…
Tal Chaimi, H’yd, (left) and Joshua Mollel were murdered by Hamas and their bodies are being held in Gaza. Kibbutz Nir Yitchak announced on Wednesday evening that Tal Chaimi, H’yd, was murdered by Hamas on October 7th and his body is being held by Hamas. Chaimi, H’yd, 41, left behind his wife Ella and three children, nine-year-old twins and a six-year-old. He was part of Nir Yitzchak’s civilian defense team and left the house the morning of October 7th to protect the residents against the terrorists. He had been listed as missing ever since. The statement from the kibbutz said…
Suspects in a terror plot, revealing that seven terrorist operatives acting on behalf of Hamas were involved in a planned attack aimed at killing innocent citizens on European soil. “In recent years, and even more so after the murderous attack on October 7, Hamas strives to expand its operational capabilities around the world and in Europe, in particular, in order to realize its ambitions to hit Israeli, Jewish and Western targets at any cost,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. Danish police arrested several people in the early morning on Thursday suspected of planning terrorist attacks, two…
This is a developing story. A man was arrested on multiple charges including a hate crime after allegedly striking a Jewish man on his way to synagogue in the Los Angeles enclave of Beverly Hills on Saturday. The man, Jarris Silagi, 44, allegedly hit Raphael Nissel, 75, on the head and said, “Jew, give me your jewelry,” according to a report on the incident published by the L.A. Times. Nissel was treated for a laceration at the scene and continued on to his Orthodox synagogue, where he read Torah as planned, according to the report and a tweet by his…
Sgt. Major (res.) Ben Zussman, Hy’d, of Jerusalem fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip last week. Zussman, H’yd, was the son of Tzvi and Sarit Zussman of Jerusalem, the grandson of Edna and Aver Zussman, a part-time resident of Denver, and the great-grandson of the late Ben and Bernice Zussman of Denver. Before Zussman, z’l went into battle in the Gaza Strip, he wrote a letter to his family. Read his moving words below: “I’m writing you this message on the way to the base. If you’re reading this, something must have happened to me. As you know…
Batia Holin, a resident of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, is a photographer and peace activist who developed a friendship with a Gazan photographer. In February 2023, they arranged a joint exhibit of photos of Kfar Aza and his village in the Gaza Strip. Over 10,000 people viewed the images. They had plans for another exhibit in San Diego. In an interview with Channel 13, Holin revealed that on October 7th, she discovered that “her friend” had participated in the assault and passed the information and photos about her kibbutz to Hamas. How did she know? She said that she had no…
Hamas leader’s son spent the equivalent of two years’ salary for the average Gazan on jewelry. During a raid of Hamas strategic locations in Gaza, the IDF seized receipts that tell the story of Hamas’ financial exploitation of Gazans. These receipts, which were analyzed by IDF intelligence officials, detail the luxurious lifestyle of Hamas leaders while the majority of Palestinians in Gaza live in dire poverty. Although Hamas leaders often blame Israel for the desperate living conditions of Gazans, the receipts revealed that Moaz Haniyeh, the fourth son of Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh, spent an amount of money on jewelry…
Sharon Cunio, 34, and her twin daughters, Yuli and Emma, 3 were released from captivity in Gaza last week. Sharon’s sister, Danielle Aloni, and her daughter, Emilia, 5, were released three days earlier. Sharon’s husband and the twins’ father, David, remains in captivity. Both families were abducted on October 7th from Kibbutz Nir Oz. On Sunday evening, Ramos Aloni, Sharon and Danielle’s father, told Channel 12 News that in Gaza, the terrorists separated one of the twins, Yuli, from the rest of her family and they had no idea where she was. “On the second day, they took Yuli to…