Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 173?
Child among three wounded in Jordan Valley terror shooting • Hamas has thousands more fighters than Israel initially thought
Rescued Gaza hostage says Hamas 'treated him like a dog' - report
Har also described the time the IDF rescued him, and that there was "gunfire in all directions like a movie."
One of the Gaza hostages, Luis Har, who was rescued by the IDF in mid-February, spoke to the Daily Mail in a report they released on Wednesday regarding his detainment by the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza.
The rescue occurred at 2 a.m. where the Mail report described it as a "huge explosion which threw the 71-year-old accountant from his mattress and ripped off the door from his tiny cell-like room."
Go to the full article >>At least eight killed in Israeli strikes on south Lebanon
The IDF carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon, the military confirmed on Wednesday.
Security sources told Reuters on Wednesday that at least eight people, including Hezbollah terrorists, have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon.
Go to the full article >>IDF official: 'We are at war in the North, not just with Hezbollah'
The IDF finished the command training for battalion commanders on the northern front, the Israeli military said on Wednesday.
"We have been at war for almost half a year now, and it does not end only with Hezbollah," Commander of the northern front, Maj.-Gen. Ori Goldin said, referring to the recent attacks on al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya terrorists in Lebanon.
Go to the full article >>Americans remain supportive of Israel, but many young voters support Hamas - poll
A large majority (79%) of American voters say that they support Israel more than Hamas, but a fifth support Hamas over Israel, including about 36% of those 18-34.
Americans across the political spectrum remain broadly supportive of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, according to the most recent Harvard-Harris poll of American voters, but opinions about the war are still dependent on age, with a large contingent of young Americans declaring support for Hamas over Israel.
The overwhelming majority (91%) of Americans follow the war, and 64% say they follow it closely. A majority of both Democrats and Republicans support the United States providing military aid to Israel. This consistency stands in contrast to opinions about funding the war in Ukraine, which are sharply divided along party lines.
Go to the full article >>'March toward Palestine': Hamas releases Mohammed Deif speech from October 7
"Go forth, light and heavy, and strive with your money and your lives in the path of God," the Hamas leader added.
Hamas has released a recording of a speech made by Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, arab media reported on Wednesday.
"Our people in Jordan and Lebanon, in Egypt, Algeria, the Maghreb, in Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and in all parts of the Arab and Islamic world," Deif called to the Arab world.
Go to the full article >>Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know
- 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 in the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
- 134 hostages remain in Gaza, 34 of which killed in captivity, IDF says