Gaza war‘Hamas no longer poses a stratgeic threat’: Former security chiefs call for end of ‘futile’ Gaza War‘This is leading the State of Israel to the loss of its security and identity,’ said former Shin Bet director Ami AyalonBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Steve WitkoffUS envoy Witkoff says there is ‘no starvation’ in Gaza following aid site visitsWashington’s man in the Middle East also said that returning the remaining hostages was a ‘sacred mission’ to President TrumpBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
HamasHamas documents reveal October 7 terrorists had ‘manual’ for hostage-taking in ‘cognitive warfare’ campaignNew research from the Washington Institute found that terrorists targeted women and children for abduction due to their ‘utility for emotional impact’By Jacob Jaffa2 min read
By Tom Gross From Reagan to Trump: Even US presidents have been taken in by distorted anti-Israel media imagesThat is not to say there is not hunger in Gaza. The question is whether Western politicians reacting to the media repeating Hamas propaganda designed to keep Hamas in power, is the best way to achieve a better future for Gaza3 min read
Israeli PoliticsFar-right Israeli minister calls for hostages to be redesignated as ‘prisoners of war’ to prioritise ‘victory’ over HamasAmichai Eliyahu said the issue of the 50 captives still held by Hamas should be ‘dealt with at the end’ of the warBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelArab League issues first condemnation of October 7 and urges Hamas to disarmNations including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey all signed a declaration backing a two-state solutionBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Gaza Humanitarian FoundationGHF claims former contractor turned whistleblower ‘falsified documents’ to spread ‘false narrative’ of IDF shootingsAnthony Aguilar claimed that Israeli troops shot civilians in front of him, but the US firm alleged that the supposed murders he recounted ‘never happened’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Trump says US to help with food distribution in GazaThe US President said there was ‘real starvation’ in the Strip during a press conference with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, apparently contradicting claims made by Israel’s Benjamin NetanyahuBy JC Reporter2 min read||July 29, 2025 13:37
Netanyahu ‘presented plan for Gaza siege’ at Israeli cabinet meetingOther reports suggested that anything from a ‘military occupation’ to ‘full annexation’ of the Strip were on the table if ceasefire negotiations collapse againBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 29, 2025 13:07
Aid trucks reportedly looted while crossing from Egypt during first humanitarian pause in GazaThe IDF is halting operations in Al-Mawasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City between 10am and 8pm ‘every day until further notice’ to allow aid to be distributedBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 29, 2025 10:36
Second child suffering from pre-existing condition used as evidence of Gaza starvationIsraeli authorities said that they had helped evacuate the boy to an Italian hospital, where he is now recoveringBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 29, 2025 09:47
Child ‘misleadingly’ presented as symbol of Gaza starvation ‘suffers from muscular disorder’Media outlets that used the image have been accused of leaving out critical contextBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||July 28, 2025 10:09
BBC ‘stands by’ Jeremy Bowen over claim there is ‘clear evidence’ of Israeli ‘war crimes’The corporation seemed to suggest that the assertion, which was provided without attribution, was a ‘professional judgement’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 25, 2025 11:01
US pulls out of Gaza ceasefire talks after Hamas refused ‘to act in good faith’Washington’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said his team would now examine ‘alternative options’ to secure the return of the remaining hostagesBy Akiva van Koningsveld2 min read||July 25, 2025 09:25
Far-right minister claims IDF chief supports ‘security annexation’ of sections of GazaBezalel Smotrich predicted that Israel would maintain a ‘permanent presence’ in the enclave even after the war endsBy JC Reporter2 min read||July 23, 2025 14:30
Palestinian Islamic Jihad says it has lost contact with terrorists holding Nova survivor hostageRom Braslavski was working as a security guard at the music festival and saved several lives before being abductedBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 23, 2025 10:46
