What happened on day 547 of the war?
IDF revises report of Red Cross medics' killing • Hamas publishes hostage video • Former hostages Omer Wenkert, Liri Albag, and Gadi Moses speak at Tel Aviv rally • IDF strikes Hezbollah terrorists
Netanyahu lands in US ahead of meeting with Trump
Prime Minister Netanyahu has landed in Washington DC ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump.
IDF intercepts Hamas rockets fired at Ashkelon, Ashdod areas
The police said it was operating in an area of Ashkelon where an impact had been reported.
Some 10 rockets crossed into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip, the military said on Sunday, after rocket sirens sounded in the area of Ashdod and Ashkelon starting at 9:01 p.m. local time on Sunday.
Most of the rockets were intercepted, the IDF added.
Israel's emergency response service, Magen David Adom (MDA), said no reports of injuries had been received. However, MDA said its paramedics treated a number of individuals who were suffering from anxiety and who had been injured while running to shelter.
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Netanyahu leaves Hungary for the US early Sunday afternoon
The two will discuss issues including the hostage crisis, finishing the war in Gaza, and tariffs that were recently imposed by the Trump administration on Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew from Hungary to the United States early Sunday afternoon.
"I am leaving for the United States at the invitation of President Trump," the prime minister said, adding that the two will discuss issues including the hostage crisis, finishing the war in Gaza, and tariffs that were recently imposed by the Trump administration on Israel.
Go to the full article >>IDF strikes Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon
The Israeli air force struck two Hezbollah terrorists operating in an engineering vehicle in southern Lebanon, the military announced Sunday.
Go to the full article >>Iran downplays direct talks with US as ‘meaningless’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said, "We remain committed to diplomacy and are ready to try the path of indirect negotiations."
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that direct talks with the US would be “meaningless,” according to new comments on Sunday. The report at Al-Ain media in the UAE noted that “this came in response to statements by US President Donald Trump, who expressed his preference for this formula in any potential dialogue with Iran.”
The Iranian diplomat said that “direct negotiations with a party that constantly threatens the use of force, in violation of the UN Charter, and adopts contradictory positions are meaningless," Araqchi said in a statement issued by the Iranian Foreign Ministry. He added, "We remain committed to diplomacy and are ready to try the path of indirect negotiations."
Go to the full article >>US strikes Houthi targets in Hodeidah in western Yemen - report
The last time US strikes against the Yemen-based terror group were reported was late last March.
The US carried out five strikes on Houthi targets in the port of Hodeidah in western Yemen, Israel's public broadcaster KAN reported early Sunday, citing local Houthi reports.
The last time the US carried out strikes against the Yemen-based terror group was on Tuesday, according to US Central Command.
In late March, Yemeni media claimed there were 24 airstrikes on the Houthi-controlled cities of Sana'a, Saada, and the Al Jawf Governorate in the country's North, with 14 of the strikes being in the Yemeni capital alone.
Go to the full article >>Freed hostage Omer Wenkert to PM: 'Invite me to the cabinet, look me in the eyes'
"For 505 days, I was starved, humiliated, and beaten. Of those days, I spent 197 days alone, almost losing my sanity."
Former hostages Omer Wenkert, Liri Albag, and Gadi Moses spoke at a rally at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday, demanding that the Israeli government agree to a comprehensive deal that would return all Israeli hostages.
Go to the full article >>Hamas hostage video shows first sign of life of Maxim Herkin, family confirms
The video is the first sign of life of Herkin since his abduction on Otober 7.
Hamas released a teaser of a propaganda video on Saturday afternoon that showed hostages Bar Kupershtein and Maxim Herkin.
Go to the full article >>Netanyahu to visit White House on Monday to discuss tariffs with Trump
Discussion also expected to include American efforts to begin talks with Iran on new nuke deal, Gaza war, and hostages.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to fly to the US to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday and discuss the new tariffs imposed on Israel, the nuclear crisis with Iran, the war in Gaza, and the hostages, four sources familiar with the matter told Walla.
Go to the full article >>IDF tries to reset mistaken killing of 14 Red Cross workers
After killing the Red Cross workers, the IDF still believed them to be Hamas based on examining six of the bodies.
The IDF on Saturday night tried to reset the narrative of its mistaken killing of 14 Red Cross officials and the wounding of one additional official in what has turned out to be one of the worst IDF attacks on international aid workers in the war.
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 Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities.
- 59 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 a.m.
- Netanyahu confirmed the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire on January 17, 2025.