Sa’ar: Hamas, PIJ creating a new front against Israel in Syria

Sa’ar further addressed the new Syrian government led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, dubbing it “a Jihadist Islamist terror group.” By JERUSALEM POST STAFFFEBRUARY 25, 2025 10:46 Newly appointed Israeli minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Saar attends a replacing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90) Hamas and […]

Trump Revokes Biden’s Policy Tying US Arms Sales to Humanitarian Aid

By David Israel  – 27 Shevat 5785 – February 25, 2025 The Trump administration last Friday rescinded a Biden-era regulation that ensured that allies such as Israel won’t use US-made weapons in violation of “international humanitarian law,” which was understood as Israel’s obligation to truck tons of goods into the Gaza Strip, to be acquired […]

First time in 20 years: IDF tanks set to operate in Jenin in the West Bank

This marks the first time in 20 years that tanks will be used in operations in the West Bank against terrorists. By JERUSALEM POST STAFFFEBRUARY 23, 2025 10:32Updated: FEBRUARY 23, 2025 10:46 Reported photo of IDF tanks operating in the Jenin area of the West Bank, Feburary 22, 2025.(photo credit: Screenshot/Telegram) IDF tanks are set to […]

Hamas on prisoner release delay: ‘Humiliating the hostages? Lies in order to break ceasefire’

Hamas claimed that the ceremonies don’t insult the released hostages and that they “reflect the humane and dignified treatment of them.” REUTERS JERUSALEM POST STAFF FEBRUARY 23, 2025 10:58Updated: FEBRUARY 23, 2025 11:12 Hamas on Sunday condemned Israel’s decision to postpone the release of Palestinian security prisoners, saying its claim that the hostages’ handover ceremonies […]

Iraq positions itself for diplomatic role in MidEast region – analysis

It’s only recently that Iraq itself has increased ties with Saudi Arabia, helping pave the road to Saudi-Iran reconciliation. Now, it hopes to do more. By SETH J. FRANTZMANFEBRUARY 23, 2025 08:55  Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani attends a press conference, in Baghdad, Iraq April 22, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI) Iraq’s foreign ministry said last […]

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 […]