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Syria arrests two Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders in unprecedented crackdown

The country has increasingly moved away from its former alliance with Iran following the overthrow of the Assad regime

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Syria's new president Ahmed Al-Sharaa has been pivoting the country away from its prior alliance with Iran (Image: Getty)

Israeli mediators have arrived in Cairo to discuss new ceasefire proposals (Image: Getty)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 564: Details of new ceasefire plan emerge

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

Gideon Sa'ar on March 13, 2025 (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel

Government rejects efforts to detain Israeli foreign minister during London visit

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

French President Macron is reportedly looking to broker a new Gaza ceasefire, which is set to include normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia (Image: Getty)

France

Macron to link new Gaza ceasefire to Saudi normalisation and hostage releases, French official claims

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Donald Trump reportedly 'waved off' Israeli strikes on Iran in favour of negotiation (Image: Getty)

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 559: Trump ‘waved off’ Israel strikes on Iran

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

Green Party

Police urged to reveal what they knew about Green councillor who shared Hamas video

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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

Israel Briefing

JC Israel Briefing Day 558: Hamas loses contact with US-Israeli hostage

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

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Hamas’ death toll figures are a sham – and now we have proof

Statistical analysis of the latest fatality list revealed gross inflation of the numbers

4 min read

April 16, 2025 09:28

The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry has been found to have included decade-old fatalities in its latest death toll data (Image: Getty)

Associated Press accused of continuing employment of Hamas-linked photographer years after being tipped off

Court documents reportedly show staffers discussing their concerns regarding the freelancer in 2018, but his contract was only terminated in 2023

By Imogen Garfinkel

5 min read

April 15, 2025 14:36

Freelance photographer Hassan Eslaiah (right) shares an embrace with former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (Image: Emanuel Fabian/X)

‘His face is no longer symmetrical’ – mother of hostage soldier on why Pesach brings particular pain

Matan Angrest was all set to enjoy a trip abroad with his family to celebrate the end of his IDF service when he was abducted by Hamas

By Nicole Lampert

3 min read

April 15, 2025 13:32

Matan Angrest is among the 59 hostages still held in Gaza

JC Israel Briefing Day 557: A new ceasefire proposal – but little relief for hostage families

Plus, a new political scandal grips Israel

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

April 15, 2025 09:32

Hostage campaigners have criticised a proposed ceasefire deal that would reportedly see only some of the captives freed from Gaza (Image: Flash90)

Netanyahu tells parents of Israeli hostage that new deal could free 10 captives

Israeli hostage families press for unified release as negotiations with Hamas continue

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

April 14, 2025 20:17

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as the US Secretary of State gives statements (Image: Getty)

Exclusive: Foreign Secretary confirms Hamas’ status as terror group is ‘not for changing’ amid legal challenge

David Lammy criticised the ‘barbaric’ group for refusing to release its hostages and using civilians as human shields

By Lorin Bell-Cross & Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

April 11, 2025 17:07

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has told the JC that Hamas' designation as a proscribed terrorist group is 'not for changing' (Image: Getty)

Hamas-run Health Ministry inflated Gaza death toll using decade-old fatalities

A number of people included in the latest round of supposedly official data also appeared on a similar list in 2014

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

April 11, 2025 11:51

JC Israel Briefing Day 553: Hostage returns ‘close’, claims Trump

Plus, Agam Berger’s touching account of Passover in captivity

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

April 11, 2025 09:13

US President Donald Trump has claimed that the return of the remaining hostages is 'close' (Image: Getty)

British lawyers representing Hamas called for ‘victory to the Intifada’ and said Zionists ‘will be hunted down’

Members of the team trying to secure the group’s de-proscription in the UK seemingly celebrated the October 7 attacks and referred to senior terrorists as ‘martyrs’

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

April 10, 2025 17:23

A London-based law firm has launched a bid on behalf of Hamas to have the group de-proscribed (Photo: Getty Images)

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Hamas

Syria arrests two Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders in unprecedented crackdown

JC Israel Briefing Day 564: Details of new ceasefire plan emerge

Government rejects efforts to detain Israeli foreign minister during London visit

Macron to link new Gaza ceasefire to Saudi normalisation and hostage releases, French official claims

JC Israel Briefing Day 559: Trump ‘waved off’ Israel strikes on Iran

Police urged to reveal what they knew about Green councillor who shared Hamas video

JC Israel Briefing Day 558: Hamas loses contact with US-Israeli hostage

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