Hamas again rejects hostage deal proposal

This evening Hamas rejects proposal for a hostage deal and accuses ‘the US administration for sowing false hopes, by talking about an imminent agreement’ Israel National News   Aug 25, 2024, 9:41 PM (GMT+3) HamasSwords of IronHostages in Gaza 1 minutes Hostages in GazaMiriam Alster/Flash90 On Sunday evening Hamas again rejected a proposal for a hostage […]

Jewish extremism is threatening Israel’s legitimacy – opinion

Unchecked violence by extremist settlers threatens to undermine Israel’s international legitimacy and could lead to increased global isolation ROMY LEIBLER/THE MEDIA LINE AUGUST 25, 2024 12:43 The recent attacks by unruly hilltop youth in the village of Jit are the latest in a long-standing pattern of violence. For more stories from The Media Line go […]

US, Israeli defense officials discuss preemptive Hezbollah strike

August 25, 2024 Defense Minister tells Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that Israel acted against an “imminent threat.” By World Israel News Staff Defense Minister Yoav Gallant phoned his American counterpart, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, following Israel’s preemptive strike on Hezbollah early Sunday morning. According to Hebrew-language media reports, the Israeli air force destroyed […]

Hamas threatens hostages’ families using captives’ own phones

August 25, 2024 Israeli women who were released from Hamas captivity hold a press conference in Tel Aviv, February 7, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90) The terrorists’ demands included paying a ransom in exchange for information on their loved ones. By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News Families of Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip have reported […]

Hezbollah claims ‘first phase’ of its attack is complete – so what comes next? – analysis

Hezbollah says that these attacks will “take time,” implying that the large barrages of rockets early on Sunday morning are only one wave of attacks. SETH J. FRANTZMAN AUGUST 25, 2024 10:50Updated: AUGUST 25, 2024 11:02 Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, hold up posters of assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr, […]

Report: Hezbollah planned to launch precision missiles at Mossad headquarters

Foiled massive Hezbollah attack was reportedly meant to include the launch of precision-guided missiles at the Glilot area where the Mossad headquarters and 8200 Intelligence Unit base are located. Israel National News   Aug 25, 2024, 10:17 AM (GMT+3) MossadHezbollahPrecision Missiles 1 minutes rockets fired from Lebaon (archive)Eyal Margolin/Flash 90 The Hezbollah terrorist organization reportedly planned […]

One hundred Israeli air force jets preemptively hit thousands of Hezbollah targets

Hezbollah announced that it had launched an attack on Israel in retaliation for the killing of Fuad Shukr in Beirut. YONAH JEREMY BOB MATHILDA HELLER TOVAH LAZAROFF AUGUST 25, 2024 05:27Updated:   Interception of Hezbollah rocket above Safed. 25 August 2024. Courtesy of Yonatan Verstandig The IDF and Hezbollah entered a new, much more dangerous […]