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 […]

Hezbollah likely to strike if Hamas rejects compromise deal, Israel believes

“It’s important for you to know that we are facing a significant week with ongoing negotiations in Cairo, fighting in Gaza, and border conflicts in the North,” Hagari stated. ANNA BARSKY AUGUST 24, 2024 22:41Updated: AUGUST 24, 2024 22:44Supporters listen to the speech of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, during a commemorative ceremony marking the […]

Hezbollah publishes footage of strike to Meron base

Hezbollah publishes footage of strike on IDF base in Meron, using an Iranian Almas missile. Israel National News   Aug 24, 2024, 11:49 PM (GMT+3) n 00:28 Play 00:00 01:16 Mute Settings PIPEnter fullscreen Play חיזבאללה מפרסם את סרטון תקיפת יב”א 506חיזבאללה Hezbollah on Saturday night published footage of its attack on the IDF’s air control base in […]

ISIS responsible for knife attack at festival in Germany killing three, police detain suspect

Local police said they were not yet able to comment and it is unclear whether the background of the attack was criminal or terrorism. By REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFFAUGUST 24, 2024 00:12Updated: AUGUST 24, 2024 23:51  The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack in the German city of Solingen that […]

Report: Egypt rejected Israeli offer to build 8 watchtowers along Philadelphi Corridor on Gaza’s southern border

Today, 1:31 pm   View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024. (Oren Cohen/Flash90) Egypt rejected an Israeli proposal to build eight watchtowers along the Philadelphi Corridor during talks in Cairo this week to close a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas, according to an Egyptian report. The Al-Ghad outlet […]

Top Hamas official says terror group sending delegation to Cairo but won’t attend hostage-truce negotiations

By Agencies and ToI StaffToday, 10:54 am   A senior Hamas official said the Palestinian terror group is sending a delegation to Cairo today, but that they will not attend Gaza ceasefire-hostage talks. “The delegation will meet with senior Egyptian intelligence officials to be briefed on developments in the ongoing round of Gaza ceasefire talks… but this does […]

Several people dead, wounded in stabbing attack in Solingen, Germany

Local police said they were not yet able to comment and it is unclear whether the background of the attack was criminal or terrorism. REUTERS JERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 24, 2024 00:12Updated: AUGUST 24, 2024 01:20 Several individuals were killed on Friday night when a man knifed passers-by at random at a festival in the […]

Netanyahu denies that any deal is ready in statement to former hostages, hostage’s families

Netanyahu defended his position, telling the families, “To overcome an ideology, you have to use a lot of force or eliminate it.” JERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 24, 2024 00:46 Hostage survivors and relatives of those still held in Gaza met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, in his office in Jerusalem on […]