Daily News Surrounding Israel

Israel at War: Week 44

What’s in a number? It depends on the source. Saturday, in a joint operation with Shin Bet, the IDF made a precision strike on a Al-Taabin compound in northern Gaza…

News Digest — 8/13/24

Police officers, security forces, and security volunteers have been deployed around the Old City of Jerusalem to guard the thousands of worshipers…

News Digest — 8/12/24

Iran might carry out an attack on Israel in the coming days, potentially even before the upcoming Thursday summit (15th) on the hostage deal negotiations…

News Digest — 8/9/24

Forces from the IDF’s 98th Division on Friday morning (9th) began operational activity in the Khan Yunis area. The operation follows intelligence indicating the…

News Digest — 8/8/24

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran and Hezbollah of proactive attacks, while Tehran spoke of the Jewish state’s annihilation…

News Digest —8/7/24

IDF Arabic Spokesperson Avichai Adraee warned Gazan residents in the Beit Hanoun area of Gaza, including those in the Manshiyya and…

A Glimpse of Gog and Magog?

In Ezekiel 38-39 the Bible reveals a coming attack on Israel from “the north parts”(38:15). The country to the furthest north of Israel is Russia…

Stop and Pray for Israel NOW!

Please take a moment and pray for Israel. Iran has promised retaliation for the death of Ismail Haniyeh on Iranian soil…

News Digest — 8/6/24

On Monday (5th), Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi hosted Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, Commander…

News Digest — 8/5/24

For the second time in months, Israelis are sitting and waiting, as Iran and its proxies have promised to exact revenge on the Jewish state…

News Digest — 8/2/24

Israel is in a state of “high readiness” against any scenario, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday (1st) as the United States intensified…

News Digest — 8/1/24

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening (7/31) addressed the growing threats on Israel after it dealt “crushing blows” to Iran’s proxies…

Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Killed

Ismail Haniyeh, chairman of Hamas’s political bureau and longtime terrorizer of Israel, was killed in Iran early on Wednesday morning…

News Digest — 7/31/24

In a stunning development, multiple Iranian television channels reported Wednesday morning (31st) the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh…

News Digest — 7/30/24

Sixteen children wounded in the Hezbollah rocket attack on the northern Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on Saturday (27th) are still hospitalized…

Israel at War: Week 42

Following the deadly attack on Saturday on the soccer field in Majdal Shams, funerals were held for eleven of the children on Sunday…

News Digest — 7/29/24

Israel’s Druze community was reeling in shock after a Hezbollah rocket killed 12 youth and injured another 39 on a soccer field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams…

News Digest — 7/26/24

An Israeli military officer seriously wounded in a car-ramming attack outside a military base in central Israel earlier this month has succumbed to his wounds…

News Digest — 7/25/24

At least three Israeli men were hurt on Thursday (25th) in a terror attack on the West Bank.  The three were shot from a passing car…

News Digest — 7/24/24

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to present a new plan to combat Iran’s regional aggression…

News Digest — 7/23/24

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Plane, Wings of Zion, Landed In the U.S. Monday night (22nd) at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington DC…

Israel at War: Week 41

Over the weekend Israel retaliated on Yemen’s Houthis, a militant minority, that launched a drone attack on Tel Aviv…

News Digest — 7/22/24

The IDF on Saturday (20th) struck Houthi military targets and enemy infrastructure at the port of Hudaydah in western Yemen…

News Digest — 7/19/24

A drone attack was allegedly carried out on Ben Yehuda Street on the corner of Shalom Aleichem near the US Consulate after loud…

News Digest — 7/18/24

The Knesset voted by a wide majority Wednesday night (17th), in favor of a resolution rejecting…

News Digest — 7/17/24

Around 100 rockets targeted several different areas of northern Israel in three separate…

Israel at War: Week 40

“Patience is a virtue,” and the IDF demonstrated that patience in the attack on a Hamas compound that took out some key leaders…

News Digest — 7/16/24

A barrage of 20 rockets was fired on Monday evening (15th) by Hezbollah from Lebanon towards…

News Digest — 7/15/24

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US President Joe Biden in Washington on July 22nd, two days ahead of the premier’s speech…

News Digest — 7/12/24

The IDF reported on Friday morning (12th) that Master Sergeant (Res.) Valeri Chefonov,33, from Netanya, a vehicle officer of the 228th Brigade’s 9308th Battalion, was killed Thursday…

News Digest — 7/11/24

“Beirut, your time is coming!” a video warned, following Hezbollah’s rocket barrage on Tuesday (9th).  “Get ready, you’re running out of time…”

News Digest — 7/10/24

Hezbollah confirmed on Tuesday (9th) that Yasir Nimr Qaranbash, the former bodyguard of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and the one…

News Digest — 7/9/24

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is affiliated with the opposition and is based in Britain, reported two explosions…

News Digest — 7/8/24

IDF ground troops killed over 30 terrorists in the Rafah area in the past day, while overnight, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) carried out…

News Digest — 7/5/24

On this Fourth of July, I want to thank the American people for being true to…

News Digest — 7/3/24

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi on Tuesday (2nd) visited the resting areas in the Kerem Shalom area, accompanied by…

News Digest 7/2/24

An Israeli soldier was killed and another was seriously wounded by a roadside bomb during…

Israel at War: Week 38

In two related stories, twenty rockets were released into Israel from Gaza Monday Morning. Iron Dome eliminated some of the rockets, while others…

News Digest — 6/28/24

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with a JINSA (Jewish Institute for National Security of America, based in Washington, DC) delegation of generals and admirals…

News Digest — 6/27/24

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog toured northern Israel on Wednesday (26th), as months of…

Hamas Rejected U.S. Hostage Deal

U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller on Tuesday confirmed Hamas rejected U.S. President Joe Biden’s…

News Digest — 6/26/24

A fire broke out on Tuesday evening (25th), around 10:00 pm in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of…

News Digest — 6/25/24

A sister of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was reportedly killed in an IDF attack…

News Digest — 6/24/24

Two members of a rapid-response squad were injured on Sunday evening (23rd) by an anti-tank…

News Digest — 6/21/24

Hezbollah has prevented its members from using cell phones when passing between the terror organization’s…

News Digest — 6/20/24

Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah addressed the war with Israel Wednesday (19th), stating…

News Digest — 6/19/24

Foreign Minister Israel Katz warned on Tuesday (18th) that the Hezbollah terrorist organization would be destroyed…

News Digest — 6/18/24

The Israeli Defense Forces has made significant progress in the ongoing operation against Hamas forces…

Israel at War: Week 36

Over the past week 11 IDF soldiers died in the Gaza campaign. Eight of those deaths caused by a blast in Rafah…

News Digest — 6/17/24

Meeting with commanders serving in Rafah on Sunday (16th), IDF Southern Command Chief Mag. Gen. Yaron Finkelman said that fighting…

News Digest — 6/14/24

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (13th) visited the special anti-terrorism unit base, together with National Security Minister…

News Digest — 6/13/24

Approximately 250 rockets were launched on Wednesday (12th) towards northern Israel, disrupting…

News Digest — 6/12/24

Hezbollah announced the death of a senior commander in an alleged Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on Tuesday night (11th), as the terror group fired…

News Digest — 6/11/24

The Wall Street Journal, on Monday night (10th) revealed condemning correspondence between…

Israel at War: Week 35

It seems that the numbers Hamas has used to detail Israel’s causing civilian deaths in large numbers are not accurate…

News Digest — 6/10/24

A cell of Hezbollah operatives launched anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli fighter jets over southern…

News Digest — 6/7/24

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress on…

News Digest — 6/6/24

IAF fighter jets, directed by IDF intelligence and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) early Thursday morning (6th) conducted a precise strike on…

News Digest — 6/5/24

Wednesday morning (5th), the US embassy in Beirut said, “At 8:30 am, local time, small arms fire was reported…

News Digest — 6/4/24

Firefighters early Tuesday (4th) battled blazes across northern Israel, as they continued to rage after being sparked the day before by…

Israel at War: Week 34

Proposals, Protestors, and Plans summarize the current situation in Israel. President Biden has said, “It’s time for…

News Digest — 5/31/24

On Friday morning (31st) the IDF said its 98th Division had wrapped up a nearly three-weeks long operation in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya, during which…

News Digest — 5/30/24

Israel launched air attacks on Syria’s central region as well as the coastal city of…

News Digest — 5/29/24

Terrorists from the military wing of Hamas from Tulkarm continue to shoot at the nearby village of…

News Digest — 5/28/24

Two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were intercepted after midnight Monday (27th) over the city of…

News Digest — 5/24/24

Three drones launched at Israel by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq were shot down by…

News Digest — 5/23/24

House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday (22nd) he spoke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and they are working to…

Israel Will Not Resettle Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his “day after” plan following the conclusion of the…

News Digest — 5/22/24

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant pushed back Tuesday (21st) against the International Criminal Court  in The Hague, after ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan revealed…

News Digest — 5/21/24

An immense majority of 100 out of 120 members of Knesset from the coalition and opposition signed a statement on Monday (20th) condemning…

Israel at War: Week 32

With many developments over the weekend, here’s a few stories of current interest…

News Digest — 5/20/24

After 16 hours contact was lost with a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahhim Raisi and…

News Digest — 5/17/24

Despite US warnings about avoiding a full invasion, Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced that…

News Digest — 5/16/24

A Hezbollah drone struck an IDF air force base in the north on Wednesday (15th), the IDF cleared…

News Digest — 5/15/24

IDF Division 98 on Tuesday (14th) killed dozens of Hamas terrorists in Jabalya in northern Gaza in the largest…

Antisemitism Strikes Again!

Israeli singer Eden Golan wins 5th place in Eurovision’s contest. Protests and calls to ban Israel from Eurovision 2024…

Israel at War: Week 31

At Israel’s wartime Memorial Day last evening celebrations began in the bloodiest year in over 50 years…

News Digest — 5/13/24

Israel marked its first Post-Oct. 7 Memorial Day beginning Sunday (12th) at…

News Digest — 5/10/24

With Israel’s Independence Day coming up next Tuesday (14th), the Central Bureau of Statistics has released new data regarding the country’s…

News Digest — 5/9/24

Israel Defense Forces ground troops on Wednesday (8th) continued the offensive against…