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Evyatar David: ‘Torturous video of my skeletal brother is meant to break us, but it won’t’

Ilay David cannot bring himself to watch the footage of his emaciated brother

By Amelie Botbol

3 min read

Evyatar, whose family say he is being starved by Hamas, is now believed to weigh as little as six stone

Palestinians receive lentil soup at a food distribution point in Gaza City on August 2, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By Jonathan Arkush

It is Hamas that starves Gaza – but Israel should flood the Strip with food

5 min read

Evyatar David was emaciated in the latest Hamas hostage video

By The JC Leader

Starved Israeli hostages don’t fit the script – so they didn’t make the front page

3 min read

Steve Witkoff

US envoy Witkoff says there is ‘no starvation’ in Gaza following aid site visits

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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Hamas claims that West’s recognition of Palestinian state ‘is one of the fruits of October 7’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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Hamas releases video of starving hostage forced to ‘dig his own grave’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) greets President of France Emmanuel Macron at 10 Downing Street ahead of a France/UK Summit on July 10, 2025 (Image: Getty)

By Shany Mor

How the West handed Hamas a win and killed the ceasefire

4 min read

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Hostage talks collapse as Israel and Hamas both announce withdrawal

The terror group said it wouldn’t come back to the table until more aid entered Gaza, while Israel’s far-right finance minister claimed only the its ‘total surrender’ would be accepted

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

August 1, 2025 13:47

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (c) has seemingly confirmed that Israel will not engage in any more ceasefire negotiations with Hamas (Image: Getty)

Islamic Jihad airs video of hostage Rom Braslavski ‘on the brink of death’

Appearing weak with a strained voice, Braslavski said he spends 24 hours a day on a mattress and often tied up

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

August 1, 2025 13:13

Rom Braslavski said he was 'on the brink of death' in a six-minute video released by Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Hamas documents reveal October 7 terrorists had ‘manual’ for hostage-taking in ‘cognitive warfare’ campaign

New research from the Washington Institute found that terrorists targeted women and children for abduction due to their ‘utility for emotional impact’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

August 1, 2025 09:42

Hamas targeted women and children as for abduction on October 7 due to their 'emotional impact', according to a new report (Image: Getty)

By Jake Wallis Simons

I was sceptical Starmer made Labour safe for Jews to return – sadly I was right

The prime minister appeared to back Israel after October 7, then buckled under pressure from backbenchers until it got to the point where he’s being literally congratulated by Hamas

3 min read

July 31, 2025 14:41

Sir Keir Starmer and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn during a campaign speech on December 6, 2019 in London, England. (Image: Getty)

Canada becomes third G7 nation to announce it will recognise Palestine at UN conference

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the decision was ‘predicated on the Palestinian Authority’s commitment to much-needed reforms’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

July 31, 2025 09:40

Canada has announced it will recognise a Palestinian State at a UN General Assembly meeting in September (Image: Getty)

IDF releases video of alleged Hamas terrorists stealing aid from truck

The IDF yesterday released footage allegedly showing Hamas militants looting an aid truck that was bringing essentials into Gaza

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

July 30, 2025 16:01

The footage allegedly shows Hamas terrorists looting the aid truck (Image: X/Israeli Defense Forces)

Arab League issues first condemnation of October 7 and urges Hamas to disarm

Nations including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey all signed a declaration backing a two-state solution

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 30, 2025 13:35

The Arab League has, for the first time, condemned Hamas' attacks on October 7 and called for the terror group to disarm (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Starmer’s Palestine recognition ‘threat’ undermines the prospects for peace

It is hard to imagine a more self-defeating foreign policy move. Promising statehood unless a ceasefire is reached all but guarantees that Hamas will keep rejecting the very truce Britain says it wants

3 min read

July 30, 2025 09:20

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces plans to recognise a Palestinian state at No. 10 Downing Street on July 29, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Israel’s intractable war in Gaza

While moral opinion is subjective, facts are not. Even committed Zionists must not let compassion cloud reality by accusing the Jewish state of crimes it clearly has not committed

4 min read

July 29, 2025 14:27

An Israeli tanks passes near a banner with photos of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza (Image: Getty)

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Hamas

Evyatar David: ‘Torturous video of my skeletal brother is meant to break us, but it won’t’

It is Hamas that starves Gaza – but Israel should flood the Strip with food

Starved Israeli hostages don’t fit the script – so they didn’t make the front page

US envoy Witkoff says there is ‘no starvation’ in Gaza following aid site visits

Hamas claims that West’s recognition of Palestinian state ‘is one of the fruits of October 7’

Hamas releases video of starving hostage forced to ‘dig his own grave’

How the West handed Hamas a win and killed the ceasefire

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Hostage talks collapse as Israel and Hamas both announce withdrawal

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