ISRAEL NEWSLINKS
> U.S. and Allies Reach for Last Resort to Get Aid to Gazans; The U.S. and its allies are turning to airdrops of aid into Gaza, a stopgap measure reflecting the impasse they face in addressing a humanitarian crisis and ending the Israel-Hamas war. - WSJ 3.4.24
> UN team says rape, gang rape likely occurred during Hamas attack on Israel - Reuters 3.4.24
> UN team says Hamas likely carried out sexual violence in Israel on 7 October - BBC 3.4.24
At Least 104 Palestinians Killed During Gaza Food Distribution - VOA 2.29.24
VIDEO: Over 100 Palestinians killed by Israeli army while waiting for aid, Gaza authorities say [Warning: Sensitive Footage] - Reuters 2.29.24
Israeli Forces Fire on Crowds Near Gaza Aid Trucks; Israel’s military and Palestinian witnesses and officials gave conflicting versions of an event that Gaza health officials said killed more than 100 Palestinians and left more than 700 injured. - WSJ 2.29.24
Hamas Is Losing Every Battle in Gaza. It Still Thinks It Could Win the War. On the run, leader Yahya Sinwar is betting the militant Islamists can achieve a political victory by surviving Israel’s onslaught. - WSJ 2.29.24
Israel presses on with settlement plans despite US criticism - Reuters 2.28.24
One quarter of Gaza's people one step away from famine, UN says - Reuters 2.27.24
Israel and Hamas indicate no deal is imminent after Biden signals Gaza cease-fire could be close - AP 2.27.24
Presidential candidates, activists praise 'sacrifice' of U.S. airman who burned himself alive to protest Israel; Aaron Bushnell shouted, 'Free Palestine,' as his body burned in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC on Sunday - Fox 2.27.24
Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, Hamas fires rockets amid truce talks; Fighting in the Gaza Strip escalated on Thursday with some of the most intense Israeli bombardment of the war and Hamas demonstrated its ability to rocket Tel Aviv, even as the foes engaged in the most serious talks for weeks on a new truce. - Reuters 12.21.23
Hamas says no hostage releases unless Israel stops attacks - UPI 12.21.23
Northern Gaza no longer has a functional hospital, WHO says - Reuters 12.21.23
Israel orders more evacuations in Khan Younis after US blocks Gaza ceasefire call; Israel ordered residents out of the centre of Gaza's main southern city Khan Younis on Saturday and pounded the length of the enclave, after the United States wielded its U.N. Security Council veto to shield its ally from a demand for a ceasefire. - Reuters 12.9.23
Israel, Hamas Engage in Fiercest Fighting of War; Israel is looking to decisively finish its operations in and around Gaza City while launching its offensive in the south. - WSJ 12.4.23
Iran issues chilling threat to Israel after deadly airstrike - Washington Examiner 12.4.23
Israel Weighs Plan to Flood Gaza Tunnels With Seawater; The move could drive out Hamas fighters but threatens to foul Gaza’s freshwater supply and damage infrastructure. - WSJ 12.4.23
Hamas scuttled truce to avoid releasing Israeli rape victims, State Department suggests - Washington Examiner 12.4.23
U.S. says Israel's new settlements in West Bank are 'inconsistent' with international law - Reuters 2.23.24
U.S. blocks ceasefire call with third UN veto in Israel-Hamas war - Reuters 2.20.24
Israel Is Building Road Bisecting Gaza in Next Phase of War; The East-West road is meant to facilitate movement of troops and logistical support. - WSJ 2.20.24
Israel grants Intel $3.2 billion for new $25 billion chip plant - Reuters 12.26.23
Israel orders more evacuations in Khan Younis after US blocks Gaza ceasefire call; Israel ordered residents out of the centre of Gaza's main southern city Khan Younis on Saturday and pounded the length of the enclave, after the United States wielded its U.N. Security Council veto to shield its ally from a demand for a ceasefire. - Reuters 12.9.23
Israel, Hamas Engage in Fiercest Fighting of War; Israel is looking to decisively finish its operations in and around Gaza City while launching its offensive in the south. - WSJ 12.4.23
Iran issues chilling threat to Israel after deadly airstrike - Washington Examiner 12.4.23
Israel Weighs Plan to Flood Gaza Tunnels With Seawater; The move could drive out Hamas fighters but threatens to foul Gaza’s freshwater supply and damage infrastructure. - WSJ 12.4.23
Hamas scuttled truce to avoid releasing Israeli rape victims, State Department suggests - Washington Examiner 12.4.23
Negotiators Press for Extended Israel-Hamas Truce; Negotiators Press for Extended Israel-Hamas Truce An agreement would likely require Israel and Hamas to make hard-to-swallow concessions, such as trading Israeli soldiers for potentially thousands of Palestinian prisoners. - WSJ 11.28.23
Latest Updates: Hamas Hands Over Fifth Group of Hostages - WSJ 11.28.23
Gaza Is Falling Into ‘Absolute Chaos,’ Aid Groups Say - WSJ 11.28.23
Volunteers Flock to Israel to Fill Vacant Jobs, One Plane Load at a Time - WSJ 11.28.23
Hamas Releases First Group of Hostages Under Truce Deal; Israeli Hostages, Palestinian Prisoners Released in Cease-Fire Deal; Hamas handed over 24 hostages taken from Israel while Israel released Palestinian prisoners, the first phase of an exchange as part of a deal that has paused fighting. - WSJ 11.24.23
13 Israelis, 10 Thais and a Philippines Citizen Released - WSJ 11.24.23
For Biden, Israel Hostage Deal Provides Reprieve From Political Pressure - WSJ 11.24.23
Inside the Secret Israel-Hamas Negotiations to Release 50 Hostages - WSJ 11.24.23
Israel-Hamas war: Four-day truce agreed, 50 hostages to go free - Reuters 11.22.23
Deal Is a Hard-Fought Diplomatic Win But Brings New Risks - WSJ 11.22.23
Israel, Hamas Agree to Four-Day Pause in Fighting With Hostage Deal; In the first major diplomatic breakthrough since the war started Oct. 7, Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to free 50 civilian hostages in return for the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails and a four-day pause in fighting. - WSJ 11.22.23
VIDEO: Israeli Gaza Offensive Intensifies Ahead of Potential Hostage Deal With Hamas - WSJ 11.21.23
Netanyahu, Hamas leader indicate deal on Gaza truce and hostages is close; The leader of Hamas said on Tuesday a truce deal with Israel was close and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped for good news soon about hostages, the most optimistic signals so far of a deal to pause the war in Gaza and free captives. - Reuters 11.21.23
Netanyahu summons Israeli war cabinet as signs grow of a hostage deal - Reuters 11.21.23
S. African lawmakers vote to suspend diplomatic ties with Israel, shut embassy - Reuters 11.21.23
BRICS countries discuss Gaza conflict but don't agree on joint declaration - Reuters 11.21.23
Israeli Forces Reach Gate of Gaza’s Largest Hospital - WSJ 11.13.23
Protests sweep around the globe as Israel’s war in Gaza grinds on - Reuters 11.13.23
Israeli tanks at gates of Gaza City’s largest hospital as 21 terrorists are killed at another medical facility - NY Post 11.13.23
Israeli tanks outside Gaza hospital, Biden hopes for 'less intrusive' action - Reuters 11.13.23
Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital Crippled as Power Runs Out and Israeli Forces Move Closer - WSJ 11.11.23
Israel's war on Hamas homes in on Gaza hospitals - Reuters 11.11.23
U.S. voices concern over killing of Palestinians as Gaza death toll tops 11,000 - Reuters 11.10.23
Latest Updates: Hezbollah Chief Says He Didn’t Know About Hamas Attacks in Advance - WSJ 11.3.23
Israel’s Quest to Identify Every Victim of Hamas Leaves Scientists Exhausted, Traumatized - WSJ 11.3.23
For Israel, a War Unlike Any Other; The existential threat hanging over the country has united Israelis, whose divisions were so evident over the past year, but a reckoning is near for the failed leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu, Yossi Klein Halevi writes. - WSJ 11.3.23
Israel says it has encircled Gaza City - Reuters 11.2.23
House Passes GOP’s Israel Aid Package as Disputes Simmer Over Ukraine, Border - WSJ 11.2.23
House passes Israel aid package, but it is dead on arrival in the Senate - Washington Examiner 11.2.23
U.S. All but Stopped Spying on Hamas in Years After 9/11; The CIA outsourced intelligence gathering on Palestinian groups to Israel after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, focusing instead on the hunt for al Qaeda and Islamic State leaders. - WSJ 11.1.23
Israel wages ground campaign in Gaza, communications blackout eases - Reuters 10.29.23
Israel agrees to delay Gaza offensive to allow U.S. missile defense placement; Israel has reportedly agreed to delay its pending invasion of Gaza until the United States can get missile defenses in place to protect against a predicted uptick in terrorist attacks - NY Post 10.25.23
VIDEO ANALYSIS: Gaza Hospital Hit By Failed Rocket Meant for Israel ...
Gaza families wear ID bracelets to avoid burial in mass graves - Reuters 10.25.23
VIDEO: "Israeli firepower pushing deeper into Lebanon to hit Hezbollah targets" - Fox/ SCW 10.24.23
Israel Steps Up Bombings; More Aid Arrives; Western leaders support Israel while urging it to protect civilians. Efforts continued to free hostages ...
Israel Steps Up Bombings in Gaza; More Aid Arrives; Over 300 targets struck during past day; President Biden and other Western leaders expressed support for Israel while urging it to protect civilians. Efforts continued to free the more than 220 hostages held in Gaza. - WSJ 10.23.23
Israeli soldiers skirmish with Hamas inside Gaza amid air strikes; Israel pounded hundreds of targets in Gaza from the air on Monday while its soldiers fought Hamas militants during raids into the besieged Palestinian enclave where deaths are soaring and civilians are trapped in harrowing conditions. - Reuters 10.23.23
Israel-Hamas War Revives Interest in U.S. Production of Iron Dome Missiles - WSJ 10.23.23
Israel to intensify Gaza strikes, U.S. pushes for more aid; Israel pounded southern Gaza with air strikes and said it would intensify attacks in the north, as Palestinians ran low on food, water, medicines and fuel. The strikes came after Israel called on Gazans to move south out of harm's way. - Reuters 10.21.23
Interrogation video details horrific acts of brutality by Hamas during attack on Israel - Fox 10.21.23
Israel vows to 'increase the attacks' on Hamas targets in Gaza as allies race to free hostages; Israel vowed to accelerate its air and artillery assaults against Hamas targets in Gaza Saturday ahead of an expected ground offensive. - NY Post 10.21.23
Israel strikes militant compound under West Bank mosque, military says - Reuters 10.21.23
About 100,000 protesters join pro-Palestinian march through London - Reuters 10.21.23
U.S. pushes UN to back Israel self-defense, demand Iran stop arms to Hamas - Reuters 10.21.23
Israel-Lebanon violence flares; six Hezbollah fighters killed - Reuters 10.21.23
A brief history of Gaza's centuries of war - Reuters 10.13.23
Gaza Receives First Aid Trucks Since Hamas Attack; Convoy enters as Egypt border opens briefly, but humanitarian agencies say deliveries fall short of Palestinian needs. - WSJ 10.21.23
Hamas’s Gaza Chief, Once a Prisoner in Israel, Is Now a ‘Dead Man Walking’; Israeli officials blame Yahya Sinwar for the Oct. 7 attacks and have vowed to kill him. - WSJ 10.21.23
Two American Hostages Released as U.S. Pressures Israel to Delay Gaza Invasion; Calls mount for further releases as Israel prepares for ground operations against Hamas - WSJ 10.20.23
NY Times defends rehiring Gaza journalist who praised Hitler - 10.20.23
Israel vows to 'fight until victory' after Hamas releases two U.S. hostagesIsrael vows to 'fight until victory' after Hamas releases two U.S. hostages - Reuters 10.20.23
DHS Homeland Security officer on leave after revealed she worked for PLO and wrote 'F--k Israel' post - NY Post/SCW 10.19.23
U.S., Experts Say Evidence Suggests Palestinian Rocket Hit Gaza Hospital; Middle East convulses even as Western intelligence discounts claims that an Israeli strike caused the deadly explosion - WSJ 10.18.23
Explosion at Gaza Hospital Kills More Than 500, Palestinian Officials Say Palestinian Islamic Jihad denies Israel charge that it caused blast; Palestinian officials, Hamas blame Israel - WSJ 10.17.23
Israel agrees to delay Gaza offensive to allow U.S. missile defense placement; Israel has reportedly agreed to delay its pending invasion of Gaza until the United States can get missile defenses in place to protect against a predicted uptick in terrorist attacks - NY Post 10.25.23
VIDEO ANALYSIS: Gaza Hospital Hit By Failed Rocket Meant for Israel ...
Gaza families wear ID bracelets to avoid burial in mass graves - Reuters 10.25.23
VIDEO: "Israeli firepower pushing deeper into Lebanon to hit Hezbollah targets" - Fox/ SCW 10.24.23
Israel Steps Up Bombings; More Aid Arrives; Western leaders support Israel while urging it to protect civilians. Efforts continued to free hostages ...
Israel Steps Up Bombings in Gaza; More Aid Arrives; Over 300 targets struck during past day; President Biden and other Western leaders expressed support for Israel while urging it to protect civilians. Efforts continued to free the more than 220 hostages held in Gaza. - WSJ 10.23.23
Israeli soldiers skirmish with Hamas inside Gaza amid air strikes; Israel pounded hundreds of targets in Gaza from the air on Monday while its soldiers fought Hamas militants during raids into the besieged Palestinian enclave where deaths are soaring and civilians are trapped in harrowing conditions. - Reuters 10.23.23
Israel-Hamas War Revives Interest in U.S. Production of Iron Dome Missiles - WSJ 10.23.23
VIDEO: 'Video Analysis Shows Gaza Hospital Hit By Failed Rocket Meant for Israel' - WSJ/SCW 10.22.23
Israel to intensify Gaza strikes, U.S. pushes for more aid; Israel pounded southern Gaza with air strikes and said it would intensify attacks in the north, as Palestinians ran low on food, water, medicines and fuel. The strikes came after Israel called on Gazans to move south out of harm's way. - Reuters 10.21.23
Interrogation video details horrific acts of brutality by Hamas during attack on Israel - Fox 10.21.23
Israel vows to 'increase the attacks' on Hamas targets in Gaza as allies race to free hostages; Israel vowed to accelerate its air and artillery assaults against Hamas targets in Gaza Saturday ahead of an expected ground offensive. - NY Post 10.21.23
Israel strikes militant compound under West Bank mosque, military says - Reuters 10.21.23
About 100,000 protesters join pro-Palestinian march through London - Reuters 10.21.23
U.S. pushes UN to back Israel self-defense, demand Iran stop arms to Hamas - Reuters 10.21.23
Israel-Lebanon violence flares; six Hezbollah fighters killed - Reuters 10.21.23
A brief history of Gaza's centuries of war - Reuters 10.13.23
Gaza Receives First Aid Trucks Since Hamas Attack; Convoy enters as Egypt border opens briefly, but humanitarian agencies say deliveries fall short of Palestinian needs. - WSJ 10.21.23
Hamas’s Gaza Chief, Once a Prisoner in Israel, Is Now a ‘Dead Man Walking’; Israeli officials blame Yahya Sinwar for the Oct. 7 attacks and have vowed to kill him. - WSJ 10.21.23
Two American Hostages Released as U.S. Pressures Israel to Delay Gaza Invasion; Calls mount for further releases as Israel prepares for ground operations against Hamas - WSJ 10.20.23
NY Times defends rehiring Gaza journalist who praised Hitler - 10.20.23
Israel vows to 'fight until victory' after Hamas releases two U.S. hostagesIsrael vows to 'fight until victory' after Hamas releases two U.S. hostages - Reuters 10.20.23
DHS Homeland Security officer on leave after revealed she worked for PLO and wrote 'F--k Israel' post - NY Post/SCW 10.19.23
U.S., Experts Say Evidence Suggests Palestinian Rocket Hit Gaza Hospital; Middle East convulses even as Western intelligence discounts claims that an Israeli strike caused the deadly explosion - WSJ 10.18.23
VIDEO: Blast at Gaza Hospital Kills at Least 500 - WSJ 10.17.23
Tehran Fans Flames Of Escalation Fears With Warning On Israeli-Hamas War - RFE/RL 10.17.23
Explosion at Gaza Hospital Kills More Than 500, Palestinian Officials Say Palestinian Islamic Jihad denies Israel charge that it caused blast; Palestinian officials, Hamas blame Israel - WSJ 10.17.23
Biden to visit Israel on Wednesday; Iran issues warning - Reuters 10.16.23
U.S. sends 'be ready to deploy' order to some troops - Fox 10.16.23
Pentagon prepares 2,000 U.S. troops for potential deployment in support of Israel - NY Post 10.16.23
U.S. and Israel to develop aid plan for Gaza civilians, Blinken says - Reuters 10.16.23
Israel’s Mossad spy agency accuses Al Jazeera of revealing army positions to Hamas - NY Post 10.16.23
Illinois man charged with hate crime in fatal stabbing of Muslim boy - Reuters 10.16.23
Ivy League history professor calls Hamas terror attack 'exhilarating' and 'exciting' - NY Post 10.16.23
U.S. and Israel to develop aid plan for Gaza civilians, Blinken says - Reuters 10.16.23
Hamas releases video of 21-year-old woman taken hostage - KTLA 10.16.23
Israel vows to demolish Hamas as troops prepare to move on shattered Gaza - Reuters 10.15.23
Israel prepares ground assault on Gaza as Palestinians flee - Reuters 10.14.23
Hamas Fighters’ Orders: ‘Kill as Many People as Possible'; Documents found on dead militants after last weekend’s assault on Israel indicate massacres were a central objective. - WSJ 10.14.23
U.S. Presses Arab Leaders to Help Prevent Escalation - WSJ 10.14.23
70 Palestinians in convoy fleeing northern Gaza killed by airstrike, Israel denies involvement - NY Post 10.14.23
France deploys 7,000 troops after The Louvre, Versailles get bomb threats, teacher stabbed in 'Islamist terror'; The Louvre Museum and the Palace of Versailles were both closed after receiving bomb threats a day after a Chechen immigrant on France's extremist watchlist stabbed a teacher to death - NY Post 10.14.23
Palestinians flee northern Gaza as Israel masses troops for assault - Reuters 10.14.23
Hezbollah says it attacked five Israeli outposts in disputed Shebaa Farms area - Reuters 10.14.23
As Israel bombards Gaza, bakeries run out of bread, water runs low - Reuters 10.14.23
U.S. advises its citizens in Gaza to move closer to Egypt's Rafah crossing - Reuters 10.14.23
Arab states say Palestinians must stay on their land as war escalates - Reuters 10.14.23
Israeli military says troops make first ground raids into Gaza - Reuters 10.13.23
Israeli shelling strikes Lebanese army post after infiltration warning - Reuters 10.13.23
Reuters videographer killed in southern Lebanon - Reuters 10.13.23
Gaza Residents Brace for Israeli Offensive After Evacuation Demand; United Nations warns relocation of more than a million people to enclave’s south would be devastating for civilians - WSJ 10.13.23
'Take me out': Demand for private jet flights out of Israel surges - Reuters 10.13.23
NYC officials beef up police presence for Friday 'global day of Jihad' despite 'no specific, credible threats'; NYPD has increased uniformed deployments to 'ensure public safety out of an abundance of caution' - Fox 10.12.23
Israel Aims to Dismantle Hamas as U.S. Tries to Prevent Wider War; Secretary of State Blinken, in Tel Aviv, urges Israel to avoid civilian casualties - WSJ 10.12.23
How many Israeli babies have been aborted since 1948? Estimates range from 800,000 to 2 million It’s time to urgently strengthen and expand Israel’s pro-life movement - All Israel 10.12.23
Blinken reacts to horrific images of Hamas atrocities against innocent Israeli babies - Fox 10.12.23
Hundreds of U.S. families stranded in Israel plead with State Dept for help - Fox 10.12.23
Hamas official admits years of planning went into attacks - Fox 10.12.23
Israel drops flyers in Gaza warning Palestinians to shelter - Fox 10.12.23
Hamas Invasion Rewrites Rules in Middle East - WSJ 10.12.23
At Israel-Lebanon Border, Fears Grow of a Second Front - WSJ 10.12.23
Blaming Israel for Hamas Attacks Sparks Backlash Across U.S. As debates span colleges, politics and workplaces, critics of the nation dodge reputational and professional damage. - WSJ 10.12.23
My Son Is an American Captive of Hamas; ‘I love you,’ he texted me Saturday morning. ‘I’m sorry.’ I don’t know where he is or if he’s alive. - WSJ 10.12.23
Israel Flight Cancellations, Ticket Prices Leave Some Stranded - WSJ 10.12.23
Israel Sought to Contain Hamas for Years. Now It Faces a Potentially Costly Fight to Eliminate It. Israel is preparing an operation intended either to decisively end Hamas’s hold on Gaza or gut the group’s military capabilities entirely. - WSJ 10.10.23
How a secretive Hamas commander masterminded the attack on Israel - Reuters 10.10.23
A brief history of Gaza's 75 years of woe - Reuters 10.10.23
Israel Intensifies Airstrikes on Gaza as It Plans for Ground War The Israeli military massed forces for a ground invasion of Gaza as Israeli officials warned of a lengthy and destructive war, amid fears in the Middle East of a broader regional conflict. - WSJ 10.10.23
Hamas threatens to execute Israeli hostages; including toddlers; Israel in desperate race to free them - NY Post - SCW 10.9.23
Iran Helped Hamas Plan Attack on Israel; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gave the final go-ahead in Beirut - WSJ/ SCW 10.9.23
VIDEO: How the Hamas Attack on Israel Unfolded - WSJ/ SCW 10.7.23
Israel-Gaza War: Biden cash to Iran, Gaza under congressional scrutiny after Hamas attack - Washington Examiner - SCW Newswatch - 10.9.23
Hamas terrorist shared sick photos of Israeli grandma’s body on her Facebook after butchering her - NY Post 10.9.23
Israeli family of five, including three young kids, murdered by Hamas after taking shelter in safe room - NY Post 10.9.23
Family pleads for return of grandma, 85, taken hostage in Gaza - NY Post 10.9.23
Israel Shells Lebanon Amid Fears of Multifront Escalation; Tensions in and around Israel are high after a deadly two-day military operation in the occupied West Bank. - WSJ 7.6.23
Israel Expands Operations Against Iranian Nuclear, Military Assets; Israel is targeting a broader range of key targets in a series of covert operations, people familiar with the new strategy say - WSJ 6.20.22
Five Palestinians killed as Israeli forces raid West Bank camp; At least 91 were wounded as Israeli soldiers stormed the Jenin camp, backed by the rare use of helicopter gunships. - Al Jazeera 6.19.23
Israel raid on Jenin: Three dead and dozens wounded after firefight breaks out - Washington Examiner 6.19.23
Israel Strikes Iran Amid International Push to Contain Tehran; Israel carried out a drone strike targeting a defense compound in Iran, as the U.S. and Israel look for ways to contain Tehran’s nuclear and military ambitions. - WSJ 1.29.23
Israel appears to have been behind drone strike on Iran factory, U.S. official says - Reuters 1.29.23
Israel says ‘high possibility’ its army killed Shireen Abu Akleh; Israel says it will not launch a criminal investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist who was shot in the head. - Al Jazeera 9.5.22
Israel Expands Operations Against Iranian Nuclear, Military Assets; Israel is targeting a broader range of key targets in a series of covert operations, people familiar with the new strategy say - WSJ 6.20.22
Israel successfully tests new laser missile defense system: The Israeli-made laser system, known as the "Iron Beam," is designed to complement a series of aerial defense systems, including the more costly rocket-intercepting Iron Dome. - Defense News 4.15.22
Israel successfully tests new laser missile defense system: The Israeli-made laser system, known as the "Iron Beam," is designed to complement a series of aerial defense systems, including the more costly rocket-intercepting Iron Dome. - Defense News 4.15.22
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