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New Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar targeted in IDF strike on Khan Younis hospital

Israeli officials are ‘cautiously optimistic’ the terror group’s military leader was eliminated in the bunker-busting attack

By JC Reporter

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The IDF has confirmed its strike at the European Hospital in Khan Younis was targeting Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar (Pictured: The aftermath of Israeli strikes in Khan Younis; Image: Getty)

Masked Palestinian militants stand next to one of the coffins on stage, with an altered portrait of Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu in the background, before handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025. Hamas handed over on February 20 coffins believed to contain the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including those of the Bibas family who became symbols of the ordeal that has gripped Israel since the Gaza war began. The transfer of the bodies is the first by Hamas since its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered the war, and is taking place under a fragile ceasefire that has seen living hostages exchanged for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Backing Palestinian sovereignty now would reward and strengthen Hamas

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Edan Alexander (C) reunited with his family after being released by Hamas (Image: X/@AvivaKlompas)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 586: Edan Alexander reveals Hamas torture

By Nathan Jeffay

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Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 585: Edan Alexander comes home

By Nathan Jeffay

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Hostages

Who is Edan Alexander?

By Jacob Jaffa

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BBC Arabic journalist Layla Bashar Al-Kloub, who won a British Council award, has previously condemned the 'Zionist entity'. (LinkedIn)

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BBC journalist who praised Holocaust revisionist announced winner of British Council award

By Imogen Garfinkel

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President Trump is reported to oppose Israel's latest Gaza offensive, viewing it as a 'missed opportunity' (Image: Getty)

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JC Israel Briefing Day 584: Trump sees new Gaza offensive as ‘missed opportunity’

By Nathan Jeffay

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Hamas to release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander

Israel was reportedly not involved in negotiations to free the 21-year-old

By JC Reporter

1 min read

May 11, 2025 19:41

Hamas says it has lost contact with the terrorists holding Edan Alexander in Gaza (Image: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

JC Israel Briefing Day 581: IDF renews counter-terror operations in Lebanon and West Bank

Plus, Trump to skip Israel on Middle East tour

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

May 9, 2025 08:17

The IDF has renewed its campaign of airstrikes in southern Lebanon (Image: Flash90)

By Shany Mor

The West’s two-tier international law doesn’t harm just Israel

European diplomats invoke legal norms that don’t exist – and in doing so make the plight of the hostages far worse and the war much longer and deadlier for both sides

4 min read

May 8, 2025 14:18

Israeli troops deploy at a position near the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, on May 8, 2025 (Photo: Getty Images)

JC Israel Briefing Day 580: One week left to strike hostage deal, claims Katz

Plus, US and Israel seek to sideline Hamas and PA in post-war governance plans

By Nathan Jeffay

2 min read

May 8, 2025 08:21

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has claimed that the prospect of a hostage deal will 'vanish' when US President Trump concludes his tour of the Middle East next week (Image: Getty)

By John Nathan

Up Hamas, down sense: The music industry’s moral failure

The growing support for Kneecap despite their pro-Hamas comments reflects the culture of self-righteous ignorance that dominates the anti-Israel position.

3 min read

May 7, 2025 14:33

Mo Chara (left) and Moglai Bap from Northern Irish hip hop trio Kneecap perform onstage during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Image: Getty)

JC Israel Briefing Day 579: Trump downgrades living hostage numbers

Plus, Gantz calls on IDF to retain control of Gaza, West Bank and southern Lebanon

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

May 7, 2025 08:20

US President Donald Trump has suggested that only 21 hostages, rather than 24, remain alive in Gaza (Image: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Israel to launch new Gaza aid distribution plan to bypass Hamas

Three designated distribution centres are to be established in Rafah, with each Gaza family being able to collect a weekly allotment in a process overseen by vetted NGOs and private US contractors

By JC Reporter

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May 6, 2025 11:04