Hamas

When people call for jihad or advocate globalising the intifada – believe them

Our resolve to defend a safe Israel and Jews around the world is strong. Our determination has only got stronger. But enough now, with death.

By Daniel Finkelstein

3 min read

A pro-Palestinian protester holds a "globalise the intifada" sign near during an anti-Israel protest near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hotel at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2025 in New York City (Image: Getty Images)

Tamir Nimrodi (l) Eitan Levi (r) (Image: Bring them Home Now)

Hostages and Missing Families Forum

Hamas hands over four more bodies, but only three confirmed as Israeli hostages

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Avinatan Or, pictured with his parents, was held alone for the entire two years

Hostages

Hostages ‘tortured, starved and kept in chains for two years’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

The bodies are saluted by IDF soldiers after arriving in Israel (Image: JNS)

Hostages

Bodies of four dead hostages arrive in Israel – two names released

By JC Reporter

1 min read

This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli army on October 3, 2025, shows an Israeli army soldier behind a mounted machine gun in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

By Yaakov Lappin

The real bottleneck in the Gaza deal is coming up

4 min read

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset as US President Donald Trump listens on (Photo: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

US backing for Israel freed the hostages. Can peace follow now?

3 min read

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with US President Donald Trump prior to the President's departure from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on May 23, 2017 (Image: Getty)

By Ronit Levine-Schnur

Trump should take Netanyahu to Sharm el-Sheikh on Air Force One – for the future of the Middle East

1 min read

Unlock access to our community and get the latest news straight to your inbox!

All Newsletters

Hamas ‘reasserts military dominance over Gaza Strip’ hours after agreeing to ceasefire

The terror group has reportedly been quick to punish suspected collaborators ahead of the first phase of the peace deal

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

October 12, 2025 15:54

Members of the internal security forces loyal to Hamas are deployed in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, as displaced people return to Gaza City (Photo: Getty)

By Amir Avivi

The Trump-Netanyahu deal: A tenuous respite or durable peace?

Any cease-fire without dismantling Hamas will merely be a pause in violence. The terror regime’s destruction, though, could bring the vision of a US-Israel-Sunni alliance within reach

3 min read

October 12, 2025 09:36

US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Image: Getty)

By Andrew Fox

The Gaza cease-fire is built on painful Israeli concessions – not total victory

The deal with Hamas is imperfect – hostages exchanged for killers, the jihadis diminished but not gone. The task now is not to romanticise the bargain, but to use this brittle pause to build a sturdier quiet

3 min read

October 10, 2025 15:06

Hamas fighters stand guard near the family home of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (Image: Getty)

By Saul Sadka

The Gaza deal is no ceasefire – it is Hamas’s near-total surrender

Even if the jihadis won’t disarm, they have no meaningful ability to project power at Israel, only at its own long-suffering people. And yet, there is a genuine prospect for regional peace

8 min read

October 10, 2025 08:36

Israeli soldiers patrol near the border with Gaza on March (Image: Getty)

Joy and optimism sweeps through Hostages Square in Tel Aviv

‘We see more light in everyone’s eyes – we’re trying to believe,’ one resident of southern Israel tells the JC

By Amelie Botbol

2 min read

October 9, 2025 17:31

The crowd in Hostages Square on October 9 after news of the Trump-brokered peace deal emerged (Image: Amelie Botbol)

By Yossi Melman

How the Israeli air strike on Hamas in Doha helped pave the way for the peace deal

The failed Israeli attack on Hamas pushed Qatar into the hands of Trump, whose price for protection was a demand to help force the terrorists to the table

3 min read

October 9, 2025 16:16

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani meets with the US Secretary of State at the Amiri Diwan in Doha on September 16, 2025 (Photo by NATHAN HOWARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

By Gerald Steinberg

Trump’s Gaza deal promises hostage release – but the post-war steps are ambiguous

An end to the fighting under these conditions is a major achievement for Netanyahu and Israel and is the result of strong US diplomacy. How to achieve Hamas’s disarmament and self-rule will remain a challenge

3 min read

October 9, 2025 12:52

People wave US and Israeli flags at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on October 9, 2025, following the announcement of a new Gaza ceasefire deal. (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

US backing and Israeli force secured the Gaza deal

The agreement could pave the way for wider regional peace, made possible by Trump’s backing and Israeli resolve – in contrast to Europe’s failed bid to pressure the victim into concessions

2 min read

October 9, 2025 09:21