IDF launches ‘Gideon’s Chariots’ Gaza offensive, Trump admin. looks to Libya in new relocation plan
Police officer wounded in suspected stabbing • Hostage deal talks show no progress • ICC prosecutor on leave amid sexual misconduct probe
US developing plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya, NBC News reports
Palestinians, according to one source, may be incentivised to leave with the promise of a stipend and housing.
The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate as much as one million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, NBC News reported on Friday, citing five people with knowledge of the matter.
Citing two people with direct knowledge and a former US official, NBC also reported that the plan is under serious enough consideration that the US has discussed it with Libya's leadership.
Go to the full article >>Terrorists dressed as women to transfer Edan Alexander across Gaza, released hostage recounts
Edan Alexander described only being given seawater and dirty bread to consume during his year in captivity.
Edan Alexander, an American-Israeli released from Hamas captivity on Monday, revealed details of his time as a hostage on Friday when he was released from the hospital, N12 reported.
Alexander told his family that he was moved around Gaza from hiding place to hiding place, at one point travelling through a busy market in a donkey cart alongside a terrorist disguised as a woman.
Go to the full article >>WATCH: IDF begins renewed offensive in Gaza with operation 'Gideon’s Chariots'
The military said that it had launched several strikes and deployed forces to secure swaths of land in the Gaza Strip to renew its offensive in the enclave.
The IDF announced that it had begun Operation "Gideon's Chariots" in Gaza in a Friday night statement.
The military said that it had launched several strikes and deployed forces to seize swaths of land in the Gaza Strip to renew its offensive in the enclave.
The Jerusalem Post reported that the IDF, in cooperation with the Shin Bet, struck over 150 terrorist targets in Gaza on Friday.
The Air Force has attacked the Gaza Strip 60 times since Friday morning, with a bomb being heard every four minutes, Maariv reported. The IAF also targeted Beit Lahiya and Jabalya in northern Gaza with heavy airstrikes overnight on Thursday.
Go to the full article >>Gaza deal negotiations show no progress, Israeli source tells 'Post'
"The impression received is that the Israelis came to Doha to thwart the talks and find justification for renewing the war in Gaza," a foreign source said.
There has been no progress three days into the Gaza deal negotiations in Doha, Qatar, an Israeli source told The Jerusalem Post on Friday.
Go to the full article >>Assailant wounds police officer in suspected stabbing attack
The suspect was neutralized at the scene and the wounded individual was evacuated for medical treatment at Shaare Zedek.
A 25-year-old police officer was wounded in a suspected stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, police and Magen David Adom reported.
Go to the full article >>IDF evacuates Gazans in North ahead of large-scale ground op.
The move is intended to prepare the ground for the next phase of the operation, which is a broad ground offensive against Hamas.
The IDF began a wide-scale operation to evacuate the Palestinian population from northern Gaza on Friday ahead of a significant ground operation as part of the effort to topple Hamas rule and return the hostages.
Go to the full article >>IDF strikes three Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen
On Wednesday, the IDF issued evacuation warnings, without attacking.
The IDF is striking the Hodeidah, Ras Isa, and Al-Salif ports in Yemen after the Houthis continued launching missiles at Israel, an Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post on Friday, following reports in Sky News in Arabic.
It is unclear if the IDF gave an evacuation warning as it did for previous strikes, however, on Wednesday, it did issue evacuation warnings, without attacking.
Go to the full article >>ICC prosecutor Karim Khan on leave from position amid sexual misconduct probe
A statement was expected later Friday announcing that Khan was going on administrative leave, one source in the prosecutor's office said.
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has stepped down temporarily as a probe into his alleged sexual misconduct by United Nations investigators nears its end, court sources told Reuters on Friday.
Go to the full article >>IAF strikes over 150 Gaza terror targets, ground forces expand operations
IAF's strikes targeted Beit Lahiya and Jabalya in northern Gaza with heavy airstrikes on Thursday overnight, The Jerusalem Post has learned
The Israel Air Force, with intelligence from the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), struck over 150 terrorist targets throughout the Gaza Strip, including anti-tank missile posts, terror cells, military structures, and operational centers utilized by terrorists to carry out attacks against IDF soldiers, the military confirmed on Friday.
The IAF targeted Beit Lahiya and Jabalya in northern Gaza with heavy airstrikes on Thursday overnight, The Jerusalem Post learned.
Go to the full article >>Trump: 'People are starving' in Gaza, US will address it
"We're monitoring what's happening in Gaza and we're going to address it - people are starving there," Trump said during his tour in Abu Dhabi.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that "we're monitoring what's happening in Gaza and we're going to address it - people are starving there," while concluding his Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi.
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.
- 58 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.