Terrorist carries out stabbing atack in south Tel Aviv, IDF prepares for ceasefire in Gaza
Police thwart attack at Kalandiya crossing in West Bank • Israeli public split on war achievements • Israeli government approves hostage deal
IDF says its prepared for ceasefire, schools in Gaza envelope to start at 10 a.m. on Sunday
The IDF is prepared defensively and offensively until the ceasefire comes into effect on Sunday morning, the military announced in a statement.
Go to the full article >>IDF declares Nitzana Border Crossing a 'closed military zone'
Ahead of the planned start of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire on Sunday morning, the IDF has declared the area of the Nitzana Border Crossing a closed military zone as of tomorrow, to come into force on Sunday at 00:01.
Go to the full article >>Yemeni Houthis warn Red Sea 'hostile forces' against aggression on Yemen during Gaza ceasefire
Yemeni Houthis in the early hours of Sunday warned what they called "hostile forces in the Red Sea" to avoid "any aggression" against Yemen a ceasefire in Gaza.
Go to the full article >>Police thwart stabbing attack at Kalandiya crossing in the West Bank
A stabbing attack was thwarted at the Kalandiya crossing by Border Police in the West Bank near Jerusalem on Saturday, police stated.
Go to the full article >>IDF prepares new perimeter for Gaza security defense lines
The IDF said that its forces would be ready to fire on any Hamas or Islamic Jihad forces that violated any of the new security zones.
The IDF noted the importance of the 8:30 a.m. ceasefire, which goes into effect Sunday morning.
According to the military, it is prepared for the intake of three female hostages as of Sunday night.
Go to the full article >>Terrorist wounds several in stabbing attack in Florentine, Tel Aviv
The police believe that the event was a terror attack.
Several people were wounded in a stabbing attack on Levontin Street in Tel Aviv, the police announced Saturday afternoon.
Go to the full article >>Israeli hostages returning dead or alive depends on IDF, PIJ warns
"The people of the enemy prisoners must demand that the Zionist army stop the bombardment of the last hours, which is the reason for the killing of your children."
Abu Hamza, the spokesperson of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)'s military wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, called on the Israeli public to urge the IDF to stop strikes on the Gaza Strip before the ceasefire takes into effect, or they might harm or kill Israeli hostages before their release, in a statement on Telegram on Saturday.
"The people of the enemy prisoners must demand that the Zionist army stop the bombardment of the last hours, which is the reason for the killing of your children while the resistance is making the final field arrangements for their release," the statement began.
"The intensity of the Zionist bombardment leads us towards two paths, the first of which is that the families of the Zionist prisoners receive their children in coffins or [safely] in their homes, and the choice of the last hours is in the hands of the Zionist army alone," the warning concluded.
Go to the full article >>Lebanon's new president stresses urgency of Israeli withdrawal from south under truce deal
The Lebanese president told the UN's Guterres during a meeting in Beirut that continued Israeli breaches were a violation of Lebanese sovereignty and the agreed ceasefire deal.
Lebanon's new president Joseph Aoun stressed to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday the urgency of an Israeli military withdrawal as stipulated by a ceasefire deal that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war in November.
According to a statement by the Lebanese presidency on X, Aoun told Guterres during a meeting in Beirut that continued Israeli breaches were a violation of Lebanese sovereignty and the agreed ceasefire deal.
The ceasefire, which took effect on Nov. 27 and was brokered by the United States and France, requires Israeli forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon within 60 days, and for Hezbollah to remove all its fighters and weapons from the south.
Go to the full article >>Israelis split on whether gov't achieved its war goals in fight against Hamas, poll finds
Nearly half of survey respondents (45%) said that the government is partially meeting the war goals. Another 8% responded that it was fully meeting them.
A slight majority of Israelis believe that the government is either partially or fully meeting the war goals it set for itself, according to a Maariv survey published on Saturday.
Nearly half of survey respondents (45%) said that the government is partially meeting the war goals. Another 8% responded that it was fully meeting them.
On the other side, 36% of the public thought the government had failed to meet any of its goals. Another 11% said they did not know.
Go to the full article >>Israeli hostages returning dead or alive depends on IDF, PIJ warns
"The people of the enemy prisoners must demand that the Zionist army stop the bombardment of the last hours, which is the reason for the killing of your children."
Abu Hamza, the spokesperson of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)'s military wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, called on the Israeli public to urge the IDF to stop strikes on the Gaza Strip before the ceasefire takes into effect, or they might harm or kill Israeli hostages before their release, in a statement on Telegram on Saturday.
"The people of the enemy prisoners must demand that the Zionist army stop the bombardment of the last hours, which is the reason for the killing of your children while the resistance is making the final field arrangements for their release," the statement began.
Go to the full article >>Israel at War: What you need to know
- 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 Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities.
- 98 hostages remain in Gaza.
- 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says.
- The IDF launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on September 30.
- The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire came into effect on November 27 at 4:00 a.m.
- Netanyahu confirmed the first phase of the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire on January 17, 2025
- 735 terrorists that will be released as part of the hostage deal