Hackers post stills from Evyatar David hostage video, Hamas delegation visits Turkey
Hamas delegation visits Turkey • Syria forms committee to investigate clashes in Sweida • Anti-Zionist Israeli-American Jew onboard the Handala interviewed
Members of Hamas with the backdrop of the Gaza Strip, amid reports that Hamas has lost control of much of its territory. (photo credit: Shutterstock/Ali Chehade Farhat, REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
American Jewish Committee donates $25K to Gaza church damaged by Israeli strike
The donation is notable because it marks a rare if not unprecedented donation by a mainstream US Jewish group toward Gaza Palestinians while Israel is at war.
ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTAA view shows the damage at the Holy Family Church which was hit in an Israeli strike on Thursday, in Gaza City July 18, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Khamis Al-Rifi)Go to the full article > >
Hackers post stills from Evyatar David hostage video on Israeli basketball teams’ websites
The family of Evyatar has not approved the publication of his video, nor images of it.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF A poster with a photograph of Evyatar David, who is held hostage in Gaza, is placed on a table in front of Ilay David, his brother, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee roundtable discussion with family members of hostages held in Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, on Capitol Hill(photo credit: REUTERS/Nathan Howard)Go to the full article > >
'Israel brought this on itself,' Anti-Zionist Israeli-American Jew onboard the Handala claims
Israeli-American Bob Sobri, one of the activists who was on the Handala Freedom Flotilla that was intercepted on its way to Gaza, blames Israel for the Gaza war.
ByYOAV ETIELActivists wash the deck of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship 'Handala' as they prepare to sail for Gaza in an attempt to break a long-standing Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Marsa, Malta August 16, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI)Go to the full article > >
Hamas delegation visits Turkey, officials condemn 'genocide' in Gaza
Turkish FM Hakan Fidan claimed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not serious about reaching a ceasefire deal.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends an interview with Reuters, in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/YVES HERMAN)Go to the full article > >
France to halt all Gaza evacuations, deport Gazan student over antisemitic, Nazi social media posts
The French Foreign Ministry is reviewing how evacuated student Nour Atallah was allowed into the country despite the antisemitic social media activity.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech after a meeting with European partners to suggest a negotiated solution to end the conflict between Iran and Israel at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Quai d'Orsay) in Paris, France, June 19, 2025.(photo credit: JULIEN DE ROSA/Pool via REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Trump eyes bringing Azerbaijan, Central Asian nations into Abraham Accords, sources say
As part of the Abraham Accords, inked in 2020 and 2021 during Trump's first term in office, four Muslim-majority countries agreed to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel after US mediation.
ByREUTERS Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed wave, after an Abraham Accords signing ceremony at the White House in 2020.(photo credit: TOM BRENNER/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Trump orders nuclear submarines to move near Russia in response to Medvedev threats
"I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that," Trump said.
ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFFUS President Donald Trump points a finger as he delivers remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 31, 2025(photo credit: reuters/kent nishimura)Go to the full article > >
Hamas: Israel's response to ceasefire proposal 'not encouraging
Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across the Gaza border communities.
50 hostages remain in Gaza, while 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity.
The IDF launched large-scale attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13, 2025.
Israel struck key nuclear sites and killed senior Iranian military and IRGC officials.
28 Israelis killed, over 1,300 wounded, including several IDF soldiers, in Iranian attacks.
