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The father of murdered IDF Cpl. Noa Marciano has revealed his daughter’s death in Hamas terrorist captivity came through the malicious actions of a civilian doctor with the moment she was killed documented in a video he was sent.

Freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander returned this week to the Gaza border in IDF uniform and warned the Hamas terrorists who held him underground for 584 days that “you gave me hell — I’ll give you hell back,” saying his story “does not end with survival; it continues with service.”

Israel will deploy its first full-power Iron Beam laser defense battery by year’s end, with senior defense officials declaring the system will “fundamentally change the rules of engagement on the battlefield” as the Jewish state braces for continued clashes with Iran and its terror proxies.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday presented detailed information about a massive underground “terror stronghold” constructed by Hamas beneath the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanun.

The terrorists of Hamas returned the remains of three more slain hostages to Israel on Sunday. All three were Israeli soldiers who were killed attempting to repel the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. The terrorists dragged their bodies back to Gaza to use as bargaining chips.

Hamas returned the body of American-Israeli Capt. Omer Neutra to Israel on Sunday, a bittersweet handover his father marked with Jeremiah’s line that “your children shall return to their own land” — “Our Omer is on Israeli soil … so much pain, and so much relief.”

During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” New York City mayoral candidate Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) said that his remarks in 2023 that “when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it’s been laced by the

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, said on Wednesday that Hamas violated the terms of the Gaza ceasefire deal when it attacked a group of Israeli soldiers on Tuesday, killing one of them.

Israel and Hamas both said that the ceasefire in Gaza will resume, despite an exchange of attacks that began on Tuesday when Hamas terrorists fired on Israeli soldiers, killing one, and staged a fake return of remains.

Hamas was caught on video faking the retrieval of a body of one of the 13 dead Israeli hostages whose bodies it was supposed to hand over two weeks ago under President Donald Trump’s ceasefire agreement.

The ceasefire in Gaza is holding, despite the fact that Hamas is violating it by executing rivals in public, delaying the transfer of the bodies of Israeli hostages, and even attacking Israeli soldiers on patrol.

The final Israeli hostages to be released by Hamas as part of President Donald Trump’s peace deal were reunited with their families on Monday — parents, children, brothers, sisters, lovers, friends, and neighbors.

Israeli Hostage Evyatar David, whom Hamas forced to dig his own grave in a tunnel, is now safely back in Israel, freed and returned as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s deal to end the war in Gaza.

TEL AVIV—As the fragile ceasefire in Gaza holds, Israel anticipates the release of all remaining Israeli hostages, including its final 20 living hostages, from Hamas captivity Monday morning, under the first phase of a historic U.S.-brokered peace plan spearheaded by President Donald Trump.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation Sunday night on the eve of the return of the remaining hostages to Israel, calling it “an evening of tears and joy,” while warning that the threat to Israel’s security “is not over.”

My fellow commanders, I salute you. You are the heroic generation of the war. I salute your dear families who, with boundless devotion, gave this country all they could give.

Trump-brokered Gaza ceasefire is now in effect, the IDF announced, confirming they’d withdrawn their troops to the initial agreed line.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) pulled troops out of Gaza and withdrew to agreed ceasefire lines within the territory as a ceasefire with Hamas brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect on Friday morning.

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has killed many top leaders of Hamas and greatly weakened the terrorist organization, prompting other gangs and militias to step into the power vacuum.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night said Israel is “on the verge of a very great achievement,” expressing hope that a deal could be reached in the coming days to bring home all remaining hostages in one phase while the IDF maintains control inside Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is advancing deeper into Gaza City in its continued assault on the last Hamas strongholds, battling terrorists in small groups and seeking to thwart ambushes, with considerable success.

Microsoft has announced that it has stopped providing cloud services and AI tools to a division of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, following an investigation into a report from the Guardian about the IDF’s Unit 8200 building a system for tracking Palestinians’ phone calls.

Freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander will return to duty as a soldier with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), he announced Thursday.

A terrorist driving a humanitarian aid truck headed for Gaza killed two Israeli soldiers at the border between Jordan and Israel on Thursday.

IDF Spokesperson Brigadier General Effie Defrin declared Tuesday evening that “Hamas has turned Gaza City into the largest human shield in history” as Israeli forces expanded ground operations in the terror group’s central stronghold.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that Israel carried out a strike against Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar, following deadly attacks in Jerusalem and Gaza.

Israel eliminated the Palestinian terrorist who called his parents to brag that he had murdered ten Jews on October 7, 2023, according to reports in the Israeli media on Saturday, citing Palestinian media sources.

The Israeli military has begun deploying the “Atalef” or “Bat” suicide drone, placing the UAV directly in the hands of ground platoons as the IDF gears up for a decisive new phase in Gaza City, while accusing Hamas of deliberately forcing civilians to remain in the city to shield its operations and manipulate international opinion.

Israeli defense minister Israel Katz issued an ultimatum to Hamas: surrender, release all hostages, and disarm, or see Gaza City — the group’s last stronghold — destroyed.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is preparing for the second and decisive phase of its attack on the final Hamas positions in Gaza City, in an operation that has been dubbed “Gideon’s Chariots II.”

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Sunday that an attack on Abu Obeidah, the iconic Hamas spokesman, had been successful, and that he was dead.

Israeli forces launched a precision strike on Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida in Gaza City on Saturday evening, with Israeli officials expressing “cautious optimism” that the terror group’s propaganda chief was eliminated, though his death has not been confirmed.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Saturday that the so-called Houthi “prime minister” and several other senior Houthi leaders had been killed in an airstrike last week in Yemen’s capital city, Sana’a.

Israeli forces launched their most dramatic strike in Yemen yet Thursday, targeting a high-level gathering of Houthi leadership as the Iran-backed terror group’s chief delivered a nationally televised address, with Defense Minister Israel Katz declaring: “Whoever raises a hand against Israel, his hand will be cut off.”

Israel revealed Tuesday that there were several terrorists among the dead in Monday’s strike on a hospital in Gaza — though Israeli officials were not attempting to excuse the strike, which they said was done improperly.

Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, responded Monday to the tragic strike at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital that killed 20 people by invoking President Dwight Eisenhower’s words about the grim realities of war.