What happened on day 550 of the war?
Israeli military strikes terror targets throughout Gaza • Only 25% of Hamas tunnels destroyed • High Court freezes firing of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar until later decision
Security forces detain Palestinian attempting to infiltrate Judea, Samaria Division HQ
Security forces apprehended a Palestinian individual who attempted to infiltrate the Judea and Samaria Division Headquarters, the IDF said Wednesday evening.
Go to the full article >>Netanyahu, Mossad chief, meet with CIA Director John Ratcliffe
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mossad Chief David Barnea met with CIA Director John Ratcliffe in the prime minister's office on Wednesday evening.
Go to the full article >>WTO says trade between US, China could decrease by as much as 80%
The World Trade Organization on Wednesday estimated the U.S.- China trade tensions could cut the trade of goods between two economies by as much as 80%.
Go to the full article >>Wall Street leaps after Trump announces 90-day tariff pause
Trump declared a 90-day pause on reciprocal and 10% tariffs that he had unveiled initially last week, while raising duties on China to 125%.
Wall Street's main indexes jumped on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump authorized a 90-day pause on tariffs, effective immediately.
Go to the full article >>WATCH: 'Post' visits key Gaza corridor, which cuts off connection between Rafah, Khan Yunis
The IDF is building the Morag Corridor to divide Rafah from Khan Yunis, weaken Hamas holdouts, and increase pressure for a new hostage deal.
The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday joined the first media visit to Gaza since the January 19 ceasefire as well as the renewal of hostilities on March 18 to tour the Morag Corridor, which the IDF is building into a strategic route for cutting off the deep southern Gaza region of Rafah from the mid-southern Gaza region of Khan Yunis.
Expanding the Morag Corridor area into a series of military positions and clearing a large portion of Palestinian structures in the area to make it impossible to mount a surprise attack above land without being seen is being led by the IDF's 36th Division and its commander Brig.-Gen. Moran Omer.
Moran and his commander, the Commanding Officer Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Yaniv Asor also joined the visit.
Go to the full article >>'Post' reporter Yonah Jeremy Bob visits junction of Morag between Rafah, Khan Yunis in Gaza
Jerusalem Post reporter Yonah Jeremy Bob visits the junction of Morag between Rafah and Khan Yunis in Gaza
Rooting out all Hamas terrorists could take a year, or years, IDF sources say - exclusive
Katz to 'Post': Philadelphi constitutes ongoing major smuggling threat - despite prior top IDF official denials
Although the IDF is making consistent progress against Hamas on many fronts, IDF sources acknowledged to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that it could easily take a full year or even years to fully root out the terror group.
The starting point of the conversation was the recent success of the IDF killing 300 Hamas terrorists and the success prior to the January 19 ceasefire of having killed 18,000-20,000, but then combining that picture with the fact that Hamas may have another 25,000 or more fighters, and that currently the IDF is focusing lots of energy on killing Hamas's remaining fighters in Rafah.
In other words, the IDF has killed many Hamas fighters, and few are left to resist it in Rafah from the original 4,000-8,000 terrorists, but if the largest group of known and consolidated fighters the military is going after is a few hundred, and it is up against an enemy that has 25,000, then finding and rooting out that enemy could be a long process.
Go to the full article >>'Post' reporter Yonah Jeremy Bob reports from northern Rafah
The Jerusalem Post's Yonah Jeremy Bob reported from northern Rafah.
Israeli air force jet crashes in Lebanon due to technical malfunction
The IDF clarified that there is no concern over security issues nor over an information leak.
An Israeli air force jet crashed in Lebanon due to a technical malfunction, the IDF announced on Wednesday.
Go to the full article >>IDF, Mossad, Shin Bet heads not invited to security cabinet discussion
Officially, security agency heads were not invited to attend given the meeting would be a briefing on PMs visits to Hungary and Washington.
The IDF Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, Mossad Director David Barnea, and the Shin Bet head, Ronen Bar, were not invited to a security cabinet discussion scheduled for Wednesday evening.
The explanation provided was that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened the meeting for a diplomatic briefing on his visit to Hungary and Washington, and therefore, the heads of the security agencies were not invited to attend.
However, the meeting comes against the backdrop of the High Court of Justice's Tuesday decision to order freezing Bar's dismissal.
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.