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Israeli review of Hamas health data claims most ‘malnutrition’ deaths were due to ‘pre-existing medical conditions’

‘The expert review concluded that there are no signs of a widespread malnutrition phenomenon among the population in Gaza,’ wrote the IDF

By Jacob Jaffa

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Israel's Defence Ministry has claimed that an 'expert review' has found that Hamas data on malnutrition-related deaths in Gaza is manipulated and features a significant number of cases linked to 'severe pre-existing medical conditions' (Image: Getty)

'The image of victory': Shir Siegel wed her long-time partner in a ceremony attended by her parents, both of whom were held hostage by Hamas (Image: X/@ADL)

Hostages

Freed hostages’ daughter weds with parents by her side

By JC Reporter

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Israeli security forces drag a resisting Jewish settler onto a bus during the forced evacuation of the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom, in the southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 18, 2005. (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Twenty years since Israel pulled out of Gaza – how Western folly fuelled the current bloodshed

3 min read

Professor Idit Maya and her team have created a new algorithm for measuring the pre-natal risk of genetic disease among the Jewish community (Image: Howard Blas)

Medicine

Israeli researchers report breakthrough in pre-natal genetic disease screening

By Howard Blas

4 min read

Israeli far-right cabinet members Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich (Image: Getty)

By Dennis Ross

Recognising a symbolic Palestinian state will only help Israel’s far right block a real one

5 min read

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis takes part in a 'National march for the Hostages' organised by Stop the Hate UK, in central London on August 10, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

If a terror group is welcoming government policy, something is seriously wrong

3 min read

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera reporter killed in Gaza strike was ‘head of terror cell’, IDF claims

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

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Shoah survivor dies weeks after being wounded by Iran missile

Olga Weisberg left behind a husband, who is also a Holocaust survivor, as well as a daughter, grandson and great-grandson.

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 11, 2025 10:42

A Holocaust survivor from Rehovot has died weeks after being injured in Iranian missile strikes (Pictured: The site of a missile impact in Rehovot on June 16; Image: Flash90)

By Yaakov Katz

Netanyahu’s Gaza options are limited but the biggest constraints are self-inflicted

Attacked by left and right, the prime minister’s plans to seize the Strip’s capital risks deepening the Jewish state’s isolation. The failure to outline a coherent “day after” plan is a huge mistake

4 min read

August 10, 2025 14:41

Protesters gather in a demonstration organised by the families of the Israeli hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip since the October 2023 calling for action to secure their release outside the Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 9, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Gantz and Rubio criticise UK, Western moves they say hurt hostage talks

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have accused the UK, France and other allies of undermining the prospects for a ceasefire

By JC Reporter

2 min read

August 10, 2025 11:31

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz (Image: Getty)

Budget airline Wizz Air resumes UK flights to Israel

The announcement came as Ben-Gurion Airport saw its busiest day since October 7, 2023

By Etgar Lefkovits

1 min read

August 8, 2025 15:57

Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air has confirmed it will resume flights to Israel in the coming weeks (Image: Getty)

IDF bans Chinese cars from bases over data leak fears

The move follows a deterioration in Sino-Israeli relations over the war in Gaza and allies’ concerns about espionage

By Canaan Lidor

1 min read

August 8, 2025 14:33

A car parked outside an IDF facility Credit: Nasser Ishtayeh

By Josh Feldman

The New Yorker sees Israeli indifference to Gaza – and misses the story

What David Remnick calls a “zone of denial” says far more about his and other Western newsrooms than it does about the Jewish state. It’s a denial of history, of trauma, of the deeply rational fear driving Israeli behaviour

4 min read

August 8, 2025 13:32

David Remnick speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival, October 07, 2023 in New York City. (Image: Getty)

By Philipp Peyman Engel

Israel is the only nation in history accused of starving those it feeds

A lie amplified by Western media and feckless politicians – who have abandoned the hostages and increasingly abandon Israel itself – is fueling a new wave of unashamed antisemitism

4 min read

August 8, 2025 11:14

Thousands of pallets of humanitarian aid already inside Gaza were waiting to be picked up and distributed from the crossings by UN agencies and international organizations. (Image: COGAT)

Israeli Security Cabinet approves plan to occupy Gaza City

The move fell short of the full occupation of the Strip, reportedly favoured by Prime Minister Netanyahu, after opposition from IDF leadership

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

August 8, 2025 10:11

Israel has approved a plan for the IDF to occupy Gaza City (Image: Getty)

Who is Tzachi Braverman, the favourite to be Israel’s next ambassador to the UK?

Outgoing ambassador Tzipi Hotovely hinted that Braverman might be posted to London during a recent exclusive JC interview

By Gabrielle Apfel

2 min read

August 7, 2025 15:48

Tzachi Braverman is set to become Israel's next ambassador to the UK (Image: Flash90)

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Israeli review of Hamas health data claims most ‘malnutrition’ deaths were due to ‘pre-existing medical conditions’

Freed hostages’ daughter weds with parents by her side

Twenty years since Israel pulled out of Gaza – how Western folly fuelled the current bloodshed

Israeli researchers report breakthrough in pre-natal genetic disease screening

Recognising a symbolic Palestinian state will only help Israel’s far right block a real one

If a terror group is welcoming government policy, something is seriously wrong

Al Jazeera reporter killed in Gaza strike was ‘head of terror cell’, IDF claims

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