Trump says hostages to be home by Monday, Iran denies rumors IRGC commander assassinated
Hamas rejects foreign involvement in Gaza leadership • False alarm on terrorist infiltration in West Bank settlement • Israel names Palestinian security prisoners to be released.
Palestinians, who were displaced to the southern part of Gaza at Israel's order during the war, make their way along a road as they return to the north after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect, in the central Gaza Strip, October 10, 2025(photo credit: REUTERS)
IDF Nahshon Squadron begins transferring Palestinian security prisoners in peace deal - KAN
Iran denies rumors of IRGC Commander Esmail Qaani’s assassination
Iran claimed that a social media account affiliated with Israel’s Mossad intelligence was linked to the rumor.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Esmail Qaani attends the funeral ceremony of Iranian Revolutionary Guards' (IRGC) deputy commander Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan in Tehran, Iran, October 15, 2024(photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
‘This is definitely a morning for celebration’: Mediators seal Gaza ceasefire framework
The Egypt-mediated agreement sets a ceasefire, swaps for hostages and prisoners, and new humanitarian corridors, while enforcement and governance terms are still being worked out.
ByGIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINEPalestinians, who were displaced to the southern part of Gaza at Israel's order during the war, make their way along a road as they return to the north after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect, in the central Gaza Strip, October 10, 2025(photo credit: REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Squeezed out in Gaza, PA’s Abbas embraces Israeli peace activists in Ramallah
The activists, as part of the “It’s Time” Coalition representing 60 Israeli peace and reconciliation organizations, called the unusual gathering "historic."
BySTEVEN DAVIDSON/JTAMahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine(photo credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock)Go to the full article > >
False alarm in Elei Zahav, authorities confirm no terrorist infiltration
Trump said that approximately 28 of the 48 remaining hostages are deceased.
ByREUTERSU.S. President Donald Trump attends an event to sign an executive order authorizing the construction of an access road to the Ambler mining district in Alaska, at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 6, 2025.(photo credit: Kent Nishimura/Reuters)Go to the full article > >
Shin Bet bends Hamas: Prisoner release ratio in deal is lowest in decades
The 1,700 Gaza detainees who will be released will not be terrorists who raided on October 7, 2023, and the release of Hamas operatives has been limited as much as possible.
ByAMIR BOHBOT, JERUSALEM POST STAFFFreed Palestinian prisoners react after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 27, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled)Go to the full article > >
Hamas, Palestinian factions reject any ‘foreign guardianship' over Gaza
A Hamas official told Sky News, "No one can deny us the right to resistance by all means, including armed resistance."
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERSA Palestinian man points a weapon in the air, after US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in the central Gaza Strip October 9, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa)Go to the full article > >Israel at War: What you need to know
Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, 2023, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 250 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.
