Syria confirms talks with Israel ongoing, Qatar pursuing legal action against Israel at ICC
Dermer, Witkoff meet in London for hostage, Qatar talks • Nearly 550 Gazans leave Strip in a day • Hamas senior official appears in first interview since Doha strike
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, with a map of the Middle East (Illustrative). (photo credit: Chip Somodevilla, Ali Haj Suleiman, KeithBinns/Getty Images)
Hamas deploys terror forces, resources to West Bank, Israeli security sources claim
Hamas ramps up operations in the West Bank, expanding terror infrastructure and planning attacks against Israelis, while IDF operations intensify.
ByAMIR BOHBOTDefense Minister Israel Katz with IDF soldiers in the West Bank; illustrative.(photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X/ISRAEL KATZ)Go to the full article > >
Bernie Sanders claims Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Sanders, who is Jewish and had previously refrained from saying that Israel was committing a genocide against the Palestinians, called the Gaza War "a genocide".
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IDAN KWELLER US SENATOR Bernie Sanders speaks at a May Day rally in Philadelphia earlier this month. In a Senate committee meeting, Sanders said: ‘We can agree that antisemitism is unacceptable in all forms, but some of us happen to believe that the response of the Netanyahu government to the Hamas attack is al(photo credit: SARAH SILBIGER/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Haredi protesters storm convoy, wound two IDF soldiers
Qatari State Minister Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi announced in a post on X on Wednesday that Qatar was pursuing legal avenues to "respond to the Israeli aggression against the State of Qat
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFTHE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court building in The Hague: The ICC has no viable plan to bring to justice the Hamas leaders who conceived the mega-atrocity in Israel, or the terrorist organization’s supporters who slaughtered 1,200 civilians and seized 251 people as hostages on October 7, 2023(photo credit: PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Syria's Sharaa says talks with Israel could yield results 'in coming days'
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said talks with Israel on a security pact may conclude within days, stressing respect for Syria’s airspace and UN monitoring.
ByREUTERS (L-R) Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the backdrop of Syrian and Israeli flags (illustrative)(photo credit: REUTERS/KHALIL ASHAWI, Yair Sagi/POOL)Go to the full article > >
Armed Gaza clans turn on Hamas as IDF advances deeper into Gaza City
Local clans across Gaza are pushing back against Hamas control, forming understandings with the IDF and fighting in areas under pressure from Israel’s military offensive.
ByAMIR BOHBOT Palestinians from clans hold guns and melee weapons to secure aid trucks in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, June 25, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/DAWOUD ABU ALKAS)Go to the full article > >
Targeted Hamas senior official appears in first interview since Doha attack
The IDF targeted a group of senior Hamas officials in Doha, Qatar last Tuesday.
Dermer, Witkoff meet in London to discuss hostage talks, Qatar tensions - N12
A source told N12 that the US wants to restart negotiations between Israel and Hamas, and believes that they can begin within the next two weeks.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Hostage negotiators (L) Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and (R) Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.(photo credit: Getty Images/Alex Wong, Reuters/witkoff Evelyn Hockstein/Pool, Mlenny from Getty Images Signature)Go to the full article > >
EU proposes to end parts of free trade agreement with Israel, sanction 'extremist' Israelis
The EU is Israel's largest trading partner, and accounts for over 30% of Israel's total international trade.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERSThe European Commission's High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas, Commissioner for Trade Maros Sefcovic and Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica attend a press conference in Brussels, Belgium September 17, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/YVES HERMAN)Go to the full article > >
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.
