IDF begins Gaza City invasion, Israel continues to insist on comprehensive hostage deal
State Dept. fires press officer over Gaza policy disputes • UN chief Guterres calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire • Gantz's Blue and White party will support gov't in hostage vote
An Israeli military convoy manoeuvres in Gaza as seen from the Israeli side of the border, Israel August 20, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)
Ben-Gvir hangs pictures of ruined Gaza in jails to intimidate Palestinian prisoners, Barghouti says
“This is what they have to see in the morning when they go out for their yard hour. One of them, I think here (pointing), that’s his house," the minister said.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFNational Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen after a visit at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Old City, during the Tisha B’Av, August 3, 2025.(photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)Go to the full article > >
Israel opens new embassy in Zambia, once home to a historic Jewish community
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Zambian Foreign Minister Mulambo Haimbe opened the embassy together on Wednesday.
ByGRACE GILSON/JTAThe former synagogue of Livingstone, Zambia, is used today as a church.(photo credit: Courtesy Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft via JTA)Go to the full article > >
State Dept. fires press officer for disputes with Trump admin. over Gaza policies - report
Top press officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs Shahed Ghoreishi had several disputes with senior State Department officials, including over Gaza evacuation plans, Washington Post reported.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF An illustrative image of US President Donald Trump superimposed over displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.(photo credit: Canva, EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/REUTERS, Hatem Khaled/Reuters)Go to the full article > >
Petah Tikva teacher raped two 17-year-old students, barred from teaching for eight years
The 43-year-old English teacher has been determined unfit to work for the Education Ministry and will be barred from any government position involving children for eight years.
Heritage minister seeks to locate remains of Irgun's Altalena ship, shelled by IDF in 1948
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu described to Channel 14's The Patriots that there is still "pain" over the affair, which led to the deaths of 16 Irgun paramilitary members and three IDF soldiers.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFCivilians watch as smoke rises from the Altalena following the IDF shelling off the coast of Tel Aviv, June 1948.(photo credit: HANS PINN/WIKIPEDIA)Go to the full article > >
Court indicts teen for stealing thousands from Israeli synagogue, linked to break-in at second
The Beit She'an Juvenile Court indicted the 15-year-old boy who stole approximately 4,500 shekels from one synagogue and is linked to a break-in at a different synagogue in the city.
Gantz considers joining Netanyahu's government to push through Gaza hostage deal, MK confirms
His decision would counter expected opposition from National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Leader of the National Unity Party MK Benny Gantz leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 26, 2025.(photo credit: NOAM REVKIN FENTON/FLASH90)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 the Gaza border communities.
50 hostages remain in Gaza, while 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity.
The IDF launched large-scale attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13, 2025.
Israel struck key nuclear sites and killed senior Iranian military and IRGC officials.
28 Israelis killed, over 1,300 wounded, including several IDF soldiers, in Iranian attacks.
