People look at names on a wall of fallen Israeli soldiers from the recent war at the Memorial hall for fallen soldiers on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, on November 7, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** חרבות ברזל חיילים מלחמה עזה לבנון נופלים שמות JERUSALEM — Israelis observed a minute of silence on Tuesday morning in memory of the victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel and the 348 soldiers killed since the assault, on its one-month anniversary. Israelis are marking the anniversary as a day of mourning over the attack, in which more than…
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Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in Gaza outside the Defense Ministry Headquarters in Tel Aviv, November 4, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neubergr/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מלחמה חטופים משפחות תל אביב חרבות עצרת ברזל מלחמה TEL AVIV, Israel — Thousands of people have joined a demonstration in Tel Aviv organized by families of some 240 hostages being held in the Gaza Strip. “Now!” the crowd chanted repeatedly, calling for hostages to be freed without delay after nearly a month in captivity. Many held pictures of the hostages, who include children…
Police guard while Israelis protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the Prime Minister Residence in Jerusalem, November 4, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מלחמה חטופים חרבות ברזל מלחמה בית ראש הממשלה JERUSALEM — Thousands of Israelis are protesting outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in central Jerusalem, calling on the Israeli leader to resign in the wake of the bloody Oct. 7 Hamas rampage that sparked the latest Israel-Hamas war. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group Netanyahu has so far refused to…
Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes as it seen from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 3, 2023. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** בניין הפגזה אש עשן חרבות ברזל הפצצה עזה REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — President Joe Biden suggested Saturday there have been some advances in U.S. attempts to persuade Israel to pause military strikes on Gaza for humanitarian reasons. In a brief exchange with reporters as he left St. Edmond Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Biden was asked if there was progress, and he responded, “Yes,” but did not share specifics. This…
Palestinian workers stand in line at the reopened Erez crossing to Israel, after Israel ends a ban on workers from Gaza, in Gaza City, on September 28, 2023. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** עזה פלסטינים גבול ארז JERUSALEM — Israel will stop providing funding to the Palestinian Authority earmarked for the Gaza Strip and will bar Palestinians in Gaza from working in Israel, the country said in a statement. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group Though Hamas seized control of Gaza from the Palestinian Authority in…
People waving the Israeli flags as they protest against Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres outside the UN Headquarters in Jerusalem, October 25, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 GENEVA — Israeli officials are going back on their promised refusal to grant entry visas to U.N. officials. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group Martin Griffiths, the head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, tweeted Monday that he was in Israel — less than a week after Israel’s U.N. ambassador said it had “refused” to grant…
FILE – U.S. military helicopters at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon continues to provide weapons shipments almost on a daily basis to Israel, Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters Monday. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group Despite the rising number of civilian casualties, “we are not putting any limits on how Israel uses weapons,” Singh said. “That is really up to the Israeli Defense Force to use and how they are going to conduct their operations.” Singh…
FILE – Mossad chief David Barnea attends a ceremony marking Remembrance Day for Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, on May 3, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 QATAR (VINnews) – According to veteran reporter Barak Ravid of Axios, Mossad director David Barnea visited Qatar over the weekend and met senior Qatari officials to discuss trying to secure the release of the more than 235 hostages. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group Ravid quoted two sources with direct knowledge of the…
The residential building that was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza a few days ago, in Tel Aviv, October 29, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** תל אביב רקטה נפילה פגיעה בבנין חרבות ברזל WASHINGTON — The World Bank reported Monday that oil prices could be pushed into “uncharted waters” if the violence between Israel and Hamas intensifies, which could result in increased food prices worldwide. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group The World Bank’s Commodity Markets Outlook found that while the effects on oil…
An IDF officer was badly wounded and a soldier moderately wounded Saturday night during different operations against terrorists in the Gaza Strip, in a war the military says is being executed in “stages.” The officer was hit by a mortar shell fired at IDF forces that had entered the northern part of the coastal enclave to destroy enemy position. The solder was wounded in a different clash with terrorists in the same general area, who had tried to attack his unit. Both were taken to hospital in Israel and their families have been informed.