Israel said to complain of slowdown in US arms deliveries amid growing rift

US officials deny assertion by senior Israeli source that rapidity of shipments waned since start of war, say there’s no purposeful delay and policies remain unchanged By MICHAEL HOROVITZ  17 March 2024, 12:14 am   File: An Israeli fighter jet releases flares as it flies over the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Dec. 9, […]

US reveals UN ceasefire proposal, diminishes chance of Rafah op – report

JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 16, 2024 22:36 Israeli political officials have received an updated outline of the ceasefire proposal that the US will present to the UN, which allegedly focuses on an “immediate and lasting ceasefire,” Maariv reported on Saturday. According to the report, the new draft has more severe language regarding a ground operation […]

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade took part in October 7 massacre – report

JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 16, 2024 20:44 The Fatah-affiliated armed terrorist group, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, took part in the attack on October 7, according to a report by Kan News, quoting officials from the group on Saturday. The report also claimed that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs trained battalions in the West Bank and prepared them […]

Hamas Insists on Second Stage Deal Before Releasing Hostages

by i24 News   Posters in Paris broadcasting the plight of Israeli hostages in Gaza covered over with pro-Palestinian messages. Photo: Reuters/Magali Cohen This announcement was made by a senior Hamas official, as reported by KAN. The second phase of the proposed agreement, according to Hamas, must involve the cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal […]

Iranian Proxy Leaders Gather in Beirut to Expand War Plans

By Hana Levi Julian  – 7 Adar II 5784 – March 16, 2024   The leaders of regional Iranian proxy terrorist organizations gathered last week in Beirut to meet on strategies to escalate the conflict with Israel, according to a Houthi official who spoke on Saturday (March 16) with the AFP news agency. Representatives of Hamas, […]

IDF releases video of armed Palestinian shooting at Gazans while waiting for aid

IDF releases video of armed Palestinian shooting at Gazans while waiting for aid As the trucks carrying the aid entered, the gunmen continued firing while they looted the trucks. In addition to the shooting, civilians were also found to be run over by the trucks. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 15, 2024 00:35 Updated: MARCH […]

Hamas demands: 800 terrorists for 40 hostages

The terror organization is demanding that in the first stage, Israel would retreat from al-Rashid and Salah al-Din streets to allow the displaced Gazans to return to the northern Gaza Strip. Israel National News   Mar 16, 2024, 7:46 PM (GMT+2) HamasCeasefire AgreementHostages in Gaza   Hostages in Gaza being releasedFlash 90 Mossad Director David Barnea […]

Israeli War Cabinet Approves Plans for Rafah Operation

Hana Levi Julian7 Adar II 5784 – March 16, 2024 Photo Credit: Haim Zach (GPO) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with members of the War Cabinet, including Benny Gantz (on the right), October 18, 2023.     The War Cabinet led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved IDF plans for evacuation of civilians and a […]

Losing control of Gaza: Hamas crackdown on clans, civilians with new intensity – analysis

It appears now that Hamas is concerned it could be losing a grip on power. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 16, 2024 11:11 Masked Hamas men wave flags during the march in Jabalya refugee camp in North Gaza Strip, October 4, 2002(photo credit: REUTERS/AHMED JADALLAH)Hamas appears to be sensing that its rule may be in jeopardy […]

IDF probe: Palestinian gunmen killed Gazans waiting for aid, army did not fire

Military denies claims by Hamas health authorities that Israeli tanks and helicopters killed 21, wounded 150 others at Gaza City square By EMANUEL FABIAN  15 March 2024, 1:41 pmUpdated at 6:31 pm   Palestinians carry away the body of a man from the morgue of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, March 15, 2024. (AFP) The […]

Netanyahu approves Rafah operation, Israeli officials to head to Doha

TOVAH LAZAROFF MARCH 15, 2024 14:40 Updated: MARCH 15, 2024 14:44  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved a military operation for Rafah in Southern Gaza, that will also include the evacuation of civilians, his office said on Friday. An Israeli delegation is also expected to leave for Doha for hostage talks after the security cabinet […]

Ukraine drones hit Russia’s Syzran oil refinery, governor says

The Volga river region’s Syzran refinery was on fire but an attack on the Novokubyshev refinery was thwarted, Governor Dmitry Azarov said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. REUTERS MARCH 16, 2024 08:43   The governor of Russia’s Samara region said on Saturday that Ukrainian drones had struck two oil refineries belonging to […]

Israel’s strategic game of survival

If the government remains politically stable, if the military continues its brilliant fight in Gaza and if U.S. opinion remains supportive, Jerusalem can flip Hamas’s machinations on its head. (March 15, 2024 / JNS) Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer’s obscene call for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ouster from power on the Senate floor on […]

Iran reportedly pushed US to broker Gaza ceasefire during secret talks in Oman

NYT reports that US in turn asked for Tehran to halt attacks by its proxies in Yemen, Iraq and Syria, which Iranian officials claim they can’t do unless fighting ends in Gaza By TOI STAFFToday, 6:45 am   Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, left, meets with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Doha, Qatar, Oct. 14, 2023. […]