Iran Fears Being Dumped by Russia for American Deal on Ukraine

By David Israel  – 25 Shevat 5785 – February 23, 2025 Three B-2 Spirit bombers taxi into place on the flight line as part of the stealth bomber’s first Bomber Task Force Europe deployment to Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, Aug. 31, 2021. An editorial in the Iranian newspaper Jomhuri Eslami cautioned Iranian authorities recently that […]

Kibbutz Nir Oz mourns Shiri Bibas as loving mother’s remains returned

Kibbutz Nir Oz announced that Shiri Bibas had been murdered in Hamas captivity an hour after the body arrived at the Institute of Forensic Medicine; the Institute has not yet confirmed this. By NOA FEIGENBAUM, JERUSALEM POST STAFFFEBRUARY 21, 2025 21:11Updated: FEBRUARY 22, 2025 09:41  Shiri Bibas’s remains returned to Israel from the Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025(photo […]

Trump says he’s ‘not forcing’ plan to take over Gaza after pushback

Donald Trump briefly mused about Israel’s decision, in 2005, to unilaterally evacuate its settlements and soldiers from Gaza. By ANDREW LAPIN/JTAFEBRUARY 22, 2025 03:35Updated: FEBRUARY 22, 2025 09:31  Illustrative image of US President Donald Trump.(photo credit: Canva, Melina Mara/Pool via REUTERS, REUTERS/IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA) US President Donald Trump said Friday he would “recommend” — but was “not forcing” […]

Shiri Bibas’s body returned to Israel; officials assess she was ‘brutally’ murdered with sons in Gaza

Announcement comes after Hamas finally delivers body overnight, a day after her 2 young sons were determined to have been murdered in cold blood by terrorists in Strip By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian  This undated photo provided by Hostages Family Forum shows Shiri Bibas, who was abducted and taken to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family […]

Islamic Republic ‘prepared for any possible conflict’ against Israel, IRGC general says – report

Hajizadeh justified ballistic missile attacks against Israel, saying it was due to Israel’s “misconception that Iran would not take direct action.” By JERUSALEM POST STAFFFEBRUARY 19, 2025 10:15Updated: FEBRUARY 19, 2025 10:39  Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps elite Aerospace force(photo credit: TASNIM NEWS AGENCY/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS) The Islamic Republic’s Aerospace Force is ready […]

Hamas: We Will Not Leave Gaza and Will Not Lay Down our Arms

By David Israel  – 21 Shevat 5785 – February 19, 2025 After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized that any future agreement on Gaza must include the dismantling of Hamas’s military infrastructure and prevent the Palestinian Authority from gaining control of the Strip, Hamas reiterated its rejection of these conditions. Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem stated on […]

Hostages held for over a decade slated to come home Saturday

February 19, 2025 Captives Avera Mengistu (l) and Hisham Al Sayed. (Facebook) Avera Mengistu, 38, and Hisham al-Sayyed, 37, to be released on Saturday, alongside four other Israeli captives. By World Israel News Staff Two Israeli hostages held in captivity by the Hamas terror group for more than ten years are expected to be released […]

Iran threatens fresh missile attack on Israel ‘in due time’

 February 19, 2025 Israeli security forces at the scene where a missile fired from Iran hit a school in the town of Gedera, October 1, 2024. (Flash90/Liron Moldovan) IRGC deputy commander-in-chief says Iran will attack Israel with ballistic missiles for a third time, in the near future. By World Israel News Staff A senior Iranian […]

Netanyahu reiterates neither Hamas nor Palestinian Authority will rule Gaza after the war

17 February 2025, 2:35 pm   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the courtroom at the Tel Aviv District Court for the 10th day of his testimony in his corruption trial, February 17, 2025. (Gideon Markowicz/ POOL) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterates that “as I promised, the day after the war in Gaza, neither Hamas […]

Trump’s Gaza plan should be given a fighting chance – opinion

Many Gazans, particularly the young, are interested in leaving and have declared this over the years in polls and with their feet. By ARI ZIVOTOFSKYFEBRUARY 18, 2025 01:05  A PALESTINIAN man pushes a child on a wheelchair amid the rubble of buildings destroyed in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, this week.(photo credit: Hatem Khaled/Reuters) President […]

‘All options on the table’ for stopping Iran’s nuke program, says top Trump advisor

 February 18, 2025 Mike Waltz.(YouTube/Screenshot) Michael Waltz, President Trump’s National Security Advisor, says the president is ‘dead serious’ about preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, says ‘all options are on the table’ to block Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. By World Israel News Staff The Trump administration is committed to prevented Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, a […]

Lebanese army says it has deployed in southern border villages after IDF withdrawal

IDF remains in 5 posts in south Lebanon * Katz warns Israel will ‘forcefully’ enforce truce * Egypt said to propose Gaza ‘secure areas’ where Palestinians will live as Strip rebuilt By ToI StaffToday, 5:31 am   This picture taken from a position along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon shows vehicles of the United Nations […]

Poll: Majority of Israelis fear massacre in Judea and Samaria

A survey reveals that 62% of Israelis fear an attack similar to the October 7th massacre from Palestinians in Judea and Samaria. Israel National News   Feb 18, 2025, 10:04 AM (GMT+2) Hamas invasion of IsraelYousef Mohammed/FLASH90 A new survey conducted by the Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs (JCFA) reveals a concerning statistic: the majority of […]