HostagesHostage families demand final body be returned to Israel before stage two of peace planRan Gvili, 24, is credited with saving some 100 people on October 7 before being snatched into GazaBy Nathan Jeffay1 min read
Benjamin NetanyahuGerman Chancellor pledges to keep memory of Holocaust victims alive on visit to Yad VashemFriedrich Merz reaffirms modern Germany’s commitment to the Jewish state on first visit to Israel by European leader since Gaza ceasefireBy Eliana Jordan2 min read
IranIran accused of blackmailing Thailand to order farm workers home in exchange for hostagesThe country is said to have put Thailand under intense pressure to withdraw tends of thousands of workers in an effort to cause a food production crisis in IsraelBy Mark Wood1 min read
HostagesThe last hostage in Gaza: Israel pushes for return of Ran GviliRan Gvili, who is believed to be dead, is credited with rescuing some 100 people on October 7 before he was abductedBy Nathan Jeffay1 min read
IDFHistory is made as Israeli batteries are deployed to protect Germany from Russian missilesGermany has received Israel’s Arrow system in the first tranche of a $4bn defence dealBy Ben Conway2 min read
Sir Stephen FryStephen Fry and Miriam Margolyes among 200 public figures to call for Marwan Barghouti’s releaseBarghouti was convicted by an Israeli court of involvement in deadly terror attacks but has been held up by many as a prospective unity candidate to lead a future Palestinian stateBy Ben Conway2 min read
IsraelGuinness World Records no longer accepting submissions from Israel or Palestinian territoriesIsraeli NGO Matnat Chaim had hoped an upcoming gathering of 2,000 kidney donors would make it into next year's Guinness Book of World Records, but was denied.By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IranDid the Iranians release footage of their soldiers being blown up by Israeli strikes – and if so, why?A video that went viral on social media was mostly AI-generated, but not all of it, an expert tells the JCBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
Hostages‘I choose life’: Ex hostage Alon Ohel reveals brutal treatment at the hands of Hamas captorsAlon, who almost lost sight in one of his eyes due to a shrapnel injury, recounted his experiences of starvation and sexual assault at the hands of terroristsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Hostages‘Small remains’ returned by Hamas not linked to either hostage still in Gaza‘The efforts to bring them home will not stop until the mission is complete,’ said the Prime Minister’s OfficeBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
West BankThree IDF soldiers wounded in West Bank knife and ramming attacksBoth attackers were fatally shot while attempting further violenceBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
EurovisionIsrael’s future in Eurovision to be decided in controversial vote within daysEurovision experts claim the very future of the competition could hang in the balanceBy Siam Goorwich2 min read
TerrorismBritish pro-Palestine protesters ‘more at risk of radicalisation than I was,’ claims former jihadiNoor Dahri, a former member of the Lashkar e Tayyaba (LT) terror group, told the JC he sees the same ‘grievances’ being encouraged in British society by HamasBy Jamie Shapiro2 min read
FootballUefa held meetings with pro-Palestine campaigners ahead of vote on Israel ban despite Gaza ceasefireExecutives reportedly discussed with activists how to enforce a boycott against the Jewish stateBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
MusicBowie music executive condemns campaign to block Israelis from streaming musicVeteran music executive who has worked with Bowie and Rolling Stones condemns geo-blocking campaignBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
MedicineIsraeli scientists make breakthrough in search for cells which could help us live to 120Professor Alon Monsonego team discovered that ‘super centenarians’ in Japan displayed a much higher number of a specific type of cell, which control inflammation and help fight diseaseBy Jacob Jaffa3 min read
