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‘He was about to shoot me’: Freed hostage reveals how he prevented his own execution in Gaza tunnels

Yosef Haim Ohana also detailed the brutal regime of beatings dished out by his Hamas captors

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

October 28, 2025 10:15

Yosef Haim Ohana in an Israeli TV interview following his release from Gaza (Image: Channel 12)

Hamas returns remains of deceased hostage already recovered by IDF two years ago

The group has also been accused of staging the discovery of the body for the benefit of Red Cross observers

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

October 28, 2025 09:59

Hamas will only disarm ‘if occupation ends’, claims political chief

Khalil al-Hayya also claimed that Hamas has reached a governance agreement with Fatah, contrary to a statement from the PA

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

October 27, 2025 10:03

Hamas political bureau co-chair Khalil al-Hayya (R) holds a press conference during a visit to the Syrian capital Damascus on October 19, 2022 (Image: Getty)

By Yossi Kuperwasser

Do Qatar and Turkey really want to see Hamas disarmed?

Doha and Ankara would like to see the jihadists stay in power because they ideologically support the terror group, but that may clash with their ambition to maintain a close relationship with Trump

3 min read

October 23, 2025 15:37

Front row from left: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, US President Donald Trump, and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (Image: Getty)

ICJ rules Israel ‘has not substantiated’ allegations of Unwra Hamas ‘infiltration’

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has called the case ‘part of a systematic persecution and delegitimisation’ effort

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

October 22, 2025 15:36

ICJ President Yuji Iwasawa reads the advisory opinion at the International Court of Justice in The Hague

‘No involvement’ – Netanyahu rules out Turkish troops in Gaza under post-war plan

Concerns had been raised about Ankara’s forces being stationed in the region, with the prime minister seeing the idea as a ‘red line’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

October 22, 2025 09:37

US Vice President JD Vance meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 22, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

By Jake Wallis Simons

Ranting next to Bob Vylan about ‘aggressive’ Israeli Jews, Louis Theroux finally comes out of the closet

In his podcast with Bob Vylan, Theroux claimed that Jews in Israel – where the majority are not white – provide the ‘prototype’ for ‘white identitarians’

2 min read

October 21, 2025 13:39

Theroux during his podcast with Vylan (Image: YouTube)

By Stephen Pollard

When the police suggest being Jewish is a provocation

A solicitor was questioned for wearing a Star of David. The Met’s own words confirm it: the force now treats a Jewish symbol as potentially “antagonising.” Is it any wonder that open antisemitism is given its head on the streets of London?

3 min read

October 21, 2025 08:26

By Moumen al-Natour

When Hamas turned its guns on us Gazans, the ‘pro-Palestinian’ chorus fell silent

Humanitarian concern is necessary, but without political honesty it becomes another ritual that sustains the cycle. The vision of the Strip governed by civilians rather than militants is not naïve; it is the minimum condition for recovery

3 min read

October 20, 2025 14:25

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More than half of Palestinians still back October 7 massacre, survey finds

Latest remains returned by Hamas not linked to any hostages

Dutch voters snub parties that tried to make Gaza the central issue

Priti Patel warns of 'serious security implications' following government's u-turn on Gazan student families

‘Scale of destruction in Gaza is unimaginable’, Starmer tells MPs

Israel announces resumption of ceasefire following Gaza strikes

NGOs discussed proving Gaza ‘famine’ to ‘pressure’ Israel two years ago, WHO official claims

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‘He was about to shoot me’: Freed hostage reveals how he prevented his own execution in Gaza tunnels

Hamas returns remains of deceased hostage already recovered by IDF two years ago

Hamas will only disarm ‘if occupation ends’, claims political chief

Do Qatar and Turkey really want to see Hamas disarmed?

ICJ rules Israel ‘has not substantiated’ allegations of Unwra Hamas ‘infiltration’

‘No involvement’ – Netanyahu rules out Turkish troops in Gaza under post-war plan

Ranting next to Bob Vylan about ‘aggressive’ Israeli Jews, Louis Theroux finally comes out of the closet

When the police suggest being Jewish is a provocation

When Hamas turned its guns on us Gazans, the ‘pro-Palestinian’ chorus fell silent

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More than half of Palestinians still back October 7 massacre, survey finds

Latest remains returned by Hamas not linked to any hostages

Dutch voters snub parties that tried to make Gaza the central issue

Priti Patel warns of 'serious security implications' following government's u-turn on Gazan student families

‘Scale of destruction in Gaza is unimaginable’, Starmer tells MPs

Israel announces resumption of ceasefire following Gaza strikes

NGOs discussed proving Gaza ‘famine’ to ‘pressure’ Israel two years ago, WHO official claims

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‘He was about to shoot me’: Freed hostage reveals how he prevented his own execution in Gaza tunnels

Hamas returns remains of deceased hostage already recovered by IDF two years ago

Hamas will only disarm ‘if occupation ends’, claims political chief

Do Qatar and Turkey really want to see Hamas disarmed?

ICJ rules Israel ‘has not substantiated’ allegations of Unwra Hamas ‘infiltration’

‘No involvement’ – Netanyahu rules out Turkish troops in Gaza under post-war plan

Ranting next to Bob Vylan about ‘aggressive’ Israeli Jews, Louis Theroux finally comes out of the closet

When the police suggest being Jewish is a provocation

When Hamas turned its guns on us Gazans, the ‘pro-Palestinian’ chorus fell silent