Israel-Syria talks could yield results 'in coming days', Sanders calls Gaza war 'genocide'
Hamas deploys terror forces, resources to West Bank, Israeli security sources claim • UK reportedly to recognize Palestinian state this weekend • Qatar says it is pursuing legal action at ICC.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, with a map of the Middle East (Illustrative). (photo credit: Chip Somodevilla, Ali Haj Suleiman, KeithBinns/Getty Images)
IDF kills senior terrorist Hussein Saifo Sharif in Lebanon airstrike
Bernie Sanders claims Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Sanders, who is Jewish and had previously refrained from saying that Israel was committing a genocide against the Palestinians, called the Gaza War "a genocide".
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IDAN KWELLER US SENATOR Bernie Sanders speaks at a May Day rally in Philadelphia earlier this month. In a Senate committee meeting, Sanders said: ‘We can agree that antisemitism is unacceptable in all forms, but some of us happen to believe that the response of the Netanyahu government to the Hamas attack is al(photo credit: SARAH SILBIGER/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Hamas deploys terror forces, resources to West Bank, Israeli security sources claim
Hamas ramps up operations in the West Bank, expanding terror infrastructure and planning attacks against Israelis, while IDF operations intensify.
ByAMIR BOHBOTDefense Minister Israel Katz with IDF soldiers in the West Bank; illustrative.(photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X/ISRAEL KATZ)Go to the full article > >
Syria's Sharaa says talks with Israel could yield results 'in coming days'
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said talks with Israel on a security pact may conclude within days, stressing respect for Syria’s airspace and UN monitoring.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS (L-R) Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the backdrop of Syrian and Israeli flags (illustrative)(photo credit: REUTERS/KHALIL ASHAWI, Yair Sagi/POOL)Go to the full article > >
UK to reportedly recognize a Palestinian state as early as this weekend
It is estimated that this will occur after Trump's visit to the UK is completed.
Qatar says it is pursuing legal action against Israel at ICC
Qatari State Minister Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi announced in a post on X on Wednesday that Qatar was pursuing legal avenues to "respond to the Israeli aggression against the State of Qat
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFTHE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court building in The Hague: The ICC has no viable plan to bring to justice the Hamas leaders who conceived the mega-atrocity in Israel, or the terrorist organization’s supporters who slaughtered 1,200 civilians and seized 251 people as hostages on October 7, 2023(photo credit: PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Doctors Without Borders voices outrage over death of its nurse from Israeli airstrike
"We are outraged that military violence continues to kill our Palestinian colleagues," the organization said in a statement.
ByREUTERSPalestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive take shelter in tents, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 19, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled)Go to the full article > >
IDF warns of extreme manpower shortage as MKs clash over haredi draft bill
“Only 3,000 haredi soldiers were recruited from two full draft cycles,” Bar Kalifa said. “That is why I say clearly: I need more soldiers.”
ByKESHET NEEV A soldier from the primarily Orthodox and haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Netzah Yehuda Battalion during a swearing-in ceremony at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, June 11, 2025.(photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)Go to the full article > >
Targeted Hamas senior official appears in first interview since Doha attack
The IDF targeted a group of senior Hamas officials in Doha, Qatar last Tuesday.
Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across the Gaza border communities.
48 hostages remain in Gaza, while 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity.
The IDF launched large-scale attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13, 2025.
Israel struck key nuclear sites and killed senior Iranian military and IRGC officials.
28 Israelis killed, over 1,300 wounded, including several IDF soldiers, in Iranian attacks.
