Israel at War Day 700: What's going on in Gaza, West Bank?
Israel strikes Gaza City • IDF troops kill suspected terrorist who threw a 'suspicious object' at West Bank checkpoint • Security forces arrest 70 suspected terrorists in West Bank in week-long op
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he departs for travel to Pennsylvania from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, July 15, 2025; illustrative.(photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST/FILE PHOTO)
COGAT reveals letter where Hamas blocks civil employees from evacuating northern Gaza
COGAT also explained that this was another example of Hamas “exploiting civilians as human shields, prioritizing its goals over the lives and safety of Gaza’s residents.”
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas and mourners attend the funeral of Al-Qassam fighters who were killed during the war between Israel and Hamas in the Al-Shati camp, in Gaza City, February 28, 2025. (photo credit: Khalil Kahlout/Flash90)Go to the full article > >
Emmanuel Macron acknowledges 700 days since Oct. 7, calls for release of hostages in X/Twitter post
Macron wrote the post in four different languages: English, French, Hebrew, and Arabic.
Trump says US in 'very deep' negotiations with Hamas, urges release of hostages
"Of the 20 people, there could be some who recently died," the US leader admitted.
ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFFUS President Donald Trump speaks with the media on the day of the signing of an executive order to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War", in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 5, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/BRIAN SNYDER)Go to the full article > >
WATCH: Kibbutz Be'eri residents sit for Shabbat dinner with only a symbolic quarter pita on plates
Kibbutz Be'eri, in the temporary dining hall at Kibbutz Hatzerim, identifies with the hostages' hunger and calls to end the war, bring hostage home, September 5, 2025. (Kibbutz Be'eri)
Security forces arrest 70 wanted suspected terrorists in West Bank in week-long op
Israeli moderately wounded after being struck with an iron rod in West Bank
After Civil Administration workers demolished an illegal outpost in the area and left the site, the shuttle carrying the approximately 20 workers was attacked by dozens of Jewish Israelis.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFA picture taken from the Palestinian village of Sair shows the Israeli settlement of Metzad on March 15, 2017.(photo credit: Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images)Go to the full article > >
'The gov't is waging a war of attrition against its citizens': Families mark 700 days of captivity
“700 days of captivity. Can anyone even grasp what that means?” former hostage Doron Steinbrecher asked crowds. “To be imprisoned, starved, terrified, longing, lonely for 700 days?"
IDF precision strike brings down a Hamas-used high-rise in Gaza City, shortly after residents were ordered to evacuate, September 5, 2025. (credit: TPS-IL)
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.
48 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.