Israelis briefly rejoiced as two elderly hostages were released by Hamas at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, where they were met by the International Red Cross and spirited back to Tel Aviv.
Jerusalem’s holiest sites normally heave with tourists and pilgrims, but terrorist attacks and Israel’s war-footing have led to a wholesale clear-out of the city.
The White House has promised a ‘continued flow’ of aid into Gaza, after a second convoy entered on Sunday, with UN aid chief calling it ‘a small glimmer of hope’, as Israel intensifies attacks on the besieged enclave.
The US has putting air defences on standby and signalled extra deployments to the Middle East for ‘regional deterrence’.
The world’s media descend on a battered Israeli seaside city to watch as tensions mount over a looming ground invasion of Gaza.
The southern Israeli village of Kfar Aza was noted for the extreme atrocities carried out by Hamas terrorists against its population. Two weeks after, the area remains preserved in its misery | WATCH
Civilian gun ownership has sharply increased across the country since Hamas terrorists massacred hundreds of innocent people on October 7.
No one’s talking about a war in the streets of Tel Aviv yet, of marauding gangs with machine guns. Not because it’s not possible, but because it’s their worst fear.
Footage released by the IDF showed precision airstrikes on at least 100 military targets in Gaza that killed members of the Hamas leadership.
With families killed, kidnapped or missing, the Israeli military is being used to enter villages and rescue the pets that have been left behind – including one found waiting for his murdered family to return.
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