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A video posted by the Hostage and Missing Families Forum on Thursday showed a sign of life from Maxim Herkin and Bar Kuperstein, who were abducted from the Nova music festival during the massacre in Oct. Hamas posted a video of the two in May but their families asked for parts of the videos to be kept from public view, until Thursday. “We are dead with a pulse, we do not feel human,” the hostages said. “We are again 30 meters underground.” The families of hostages called for the government to return all of the captives held in Gaza for…

According to a state-sponsored news agency in Iran, the Iranian government has decided to ban IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi from entering the country, as well as any surveillance cameras at its nuclear facilities. “Iran will no longer allow Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), or the installation of surveillance cameras at its nuclear facilities, a top Iranian lawmaker announced,” the Mehr news agency reported. “Hamid Reza Haji Babaei, Vice Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, said on Saturday that Iran’s decision stems from the discovery of sensitive facility data within documents obtained from the…

As the war with Iran gives way to a tenuous ceasefire, Israel is entering a new phase of uncertainty. While the sirens have quieted, the long-term repercussions of the conflict continue to ripple across the country. For hundreds of thousands of Israelis, the ceasefire does not bring relief from food insecurity or economic hardship. The emergency may look different now, but the need is no less urgent. In response, Leket Israel, the country’s largest food rescue organization, is continuing full-force operations to ensure that vulnerable populations are not left behind. Throughout the crisis, Leket Israel has demonstrated the resilience and…

The footage, circulated on social media, depicts Hamas members beating civilians in alleyways and dark streets, and even opening fire on them. According to Alian, the brutal violence is directed at Palestinians suspected of “violating the public order” imposed by the terror group in Gaza. “To the people of Gaza: the savage and blatant abuse inflicted by the Hamas terror organization is destroying your lives,” Alian said in a message to Gazans. “These horrifying displays of Hamas’ cruelty and evil are tools to instill fear and suppress the population, all in the name of preserving the organization’s grip on power.”…

Nearly two months after his release from Hamas captivity, 21-year-old Edan Alexander is set to meet former U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday. The visit, confirmed by the White House, comes after what officials describe as a deeply personal effort by Trump to help secure the dual Israeli-American citizen’s freedom. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that both Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump are “looking forward” to hosting Alexander and his family in the Oval Office. The meeting is scheduled to take place at noon. Continue reading this article on i24news.tv

As Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei remains unseen for nearly a week, a wave of uncertainty is sweeping through Iran—both within the country’s ruling elite and across its restless streets. Behind closed doors, political factions are scrambling for influence in the shadow of the absent leader, while on the ground, security forces have launched an aggressive internal crackdown following the recent military confrontation with Israel. According to reporting by The New York Times, Khamenei’s silence has unsettled the political establishment, triggering a scramble among top officials to shape the country’s path forward. Multiple senior Iranian officials revealed that rival camps are…

During Israel’s Operation Rising Lion, the Syrian government under president Ahmed al-Sharaa allowed Israel to fly through its airspace without hindrance. “Every blow to Iran is pure benefit to al-Sharaa’s regime,” University of Haifa Professor Amatzia Baram explained to Hebrew-language news site Maariv. Ahmed Al-Sharaa helped topple the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria last year. Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024, was a long-time ally of the Iranian regime. Baram said that Al-Sharaa is “quietly grateful to us for what we’ve done,” since Iran is an enemy of both Israel and the new Syrian government. “The Iranians are…

Two days after the conclusion of Operation Rising Lion and the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, the commander of the Hatzerim Air Base reviewed the airstrikes against Iran. “We see with our own eyes the nuclear facilities below us as we bomb them”, said the commander of Hatzerim Base in an interview with Kan Reshet Bet. “We see the ground-to-ground missile sites, and also the fire and smoke we left behind in every strike.” The IAF planes taking off together and gathering from all of Israel’s air force bases caused a combination of encouragement and anxiety to the pilots. “You…

Following Thursday morning’s missile barrage that struck several civilian targets, including the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva, Israeli leaders sharply escalated their rhetoric, publicly stating for the first time that ending the ayatollah regime in Tehran is among Israel’s war objectives. “Iran’s terrorist tyrants launched missiles at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba and at a civilian population in the center of the country,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. “We will exact the full price from the tyrants in Tehran,” he added. Defense Minister Israel Katz was even harsher in his statements, saying he and Netanyahu have “instructed the…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed on Sunday that Iran’s Islamic regime plotted to assassinate President Donald Trump, viewing him as a central impediment to its nuclear ambitions. “They want to kill him. He’s enemy number one. He’s a decisive leader. He never took the path that others took to try to bargain with them in a way that is weak, giving them basically a pathway to enrich uranium, which means a pathway to the bomb, padding it with billions and billions of dollars,” Netanyahu told Fox News. “He took up this fake agreement and basically tore it up. He killed…