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Israel-Hamas War Day 231: What's happening in Gaza?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Additional IDF activity in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, May 23, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Additional IDF activity in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, May 23, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Has the New York Times backed down from covering Hamas's sexual crimes? - analysis

By LILAC SIGAN
 THE NEW YORK Times building in Manhattan. (photo credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
THE NEW YORK Times building in Manhattan.
(photo credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

Previous studies show criticism of the Hamas attack vanished from the NY Times. New Data suggests that this apathy also applies to Hamas's sexual violence.

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'Rafah op. doesn't contradict ICJ ruling, we will continue,' Israel says

Israeli officials affirmed that in lieu of the ICJ's ruling, IDF activity in Rafah has not, and would not destroy the Palestinian people, and was in compliance with international law.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF, RINA BASSIST
 Security Cabinet meeting to discuss Rafah, March 15, 2024. (photo credit: KOBI GIDEON/GPO)
Security Cabinet meeting to discuss Rafah, March 15, 2024.
(photo credit: KOBI GIDEON/GPO)

The ICJ's ruling on Friday stated that it demands the halt of any military operation in Rafah that destroys the Palestinian people. Multiple Israeli officials and agencies stated that the IDF's operation doesn't fit this classification, and that the operation will continue.

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IDF kills deputy commander of Hamas's National Security in the Gaza Strip

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Additional IDF activity in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, May 23, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Additional IDF activity in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, May 23, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Tziad al-Din al-Sharfa, the deputy commander of National Security in the Gaza Strip was killed when Air Force fighter jets attacked on Thursday in the center of the Gaza Strip.

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ICJ’s selective justice: How bias skews Rafah ruling against Israel - comment

The court's reluctance to acknowledge Israel's self-defense claims stands in sharp contrast to its handling of previous cases, like that of Bosnia and Herzegovina's case against Serbia.

By ZVIKA KLEIN
British jurist Malcolm Shaw and Yaron Wax look on at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, in T (photo credit: JOHANNA GERON/REUTERS)
British jurist Malcolm Shaw and Yaron Wax look on at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, in T
(photo credit: JOHANNA GERON/REUTERS)

Israel was handed an impossibly short timeframe to defend itself against South Africa's request for provisional measures. This expedited process left Israel's legal team scrambling, undermining the fairness of the proceedings.

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Moral bankruptcy: The world chooses to sustain Hamas monsters - opinion

The ICJ ruling on Rafah is ensuring a future with Hamas's terrorism.

By AVRAHAM BLOCH
Protests near the ICJ in the Hague as Israel and South Africa face each other in Gaza genocide case (photo credit: REUTERS/THILO SCHMUELGEN)
Protests near the ICJ in the Hague as Israel and South Africa face each other in Gaza genocide case
(photo credit: REUTERS/THILO SCHMUELGEN)

In moments like these, decisions by high-up institutions such as the ICC and ICJ embolden Hamas and ensure its survival.

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Ben-Gvir declares: ICJ ruling on Rafah is 'antisemitic and irrelevant'

Additional politicians, and Jewish organizations such as ISGAP also responded to the ICJ's Friday request for additional measures.

By RINA BASSIST
 Judges and delegates sit in the courtroom during a public hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, April 30, 2024.  (photo credit: REUTERS/PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW/FILE PHOTO)
Judges and delegates sit in the courtroom during a public hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, April 30, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW/FILE PHOTO)

Members of Knesset, popular figures, and Jewish organizations respond to the shocking ruling by the ICJ on Friday, demanding Israel immediately halt any military operation in Rafah.

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ICJ delivers ruling on Israel's Rafah operation

The ruling relates to an additional request submitted by South Africa some ten days ago for provisional measures that would order Israel to stop all its military operations in the Gaza Strip.

By RINA BASSIST, TOVAH LAZAROFF, REUTERS
 Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year, The Hague, Netherlands May 17, 2024.  (photo credit: REUTERS/YVES HERMAN)
Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year, The Hague, Netherlands May 17, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/YVES HERMAN)

After receiving an additional request by South Africa over a week ago for additional measures to prevent an extended operation in Rafah by the IDF, the time has come for the International Court of Justice to make its decision.

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Body of hostage Orión Hernandez Radoux recovered from Gaza after months of captivity

The partner of Shani Louk, a French-Mexican citizen, was found dead in Gaza and returned to Israel.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Orion Hernandez Radoux. (photo credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
Orion Hernandez Radoux.
(photo credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

The body of 30-year-old Orión Hernandez Radoux, a French-Mexican citizen, was found and returned to Israel on Thursday night after having been held in Gaza for over seven months.

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Body of hostage Hanan Yablonka, father of two, returned to Israel

Hanan Yablonka, 42, from Tel Aviv, was recovered by IDF soldiers on Wednesday.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Hanan Yablonka. (photo credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
Hanan Yablonka.
(photo credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

The body of 42-year-old Tel Aviv resident Hanan Yablonka was recovered by IDF soldiers on Thursday night during an operation in Gaza.

Yablonka, a father of two children, Liron, aged 9, and Emily, 12, fled the Nova party during Hamas's attack on October 7.

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'A true Zionist': Michel Nisenbaum's body recovered and returned to Israel

The body of 59-year-old Michel Nisenbaum from Sderot was found in Gaza and brought back to Israel

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 Michel Nisenbaum. (photo credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
Michel Nisenbaum.
(photo credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

The body of 59-year-old Michel Nisenbaum from Sderot was found in Gaza and brought back to Israel along with two other hostages on Wednesday morning.

Nisenbaum held Brazilian citizenship and was initially declared missing. He had left his house in Sderot to collect his 4-year-old granddaughter from her father, an officer in the Gaza division.

Nisenbaum was unable to meet with them as ten minutes later, his son-in-law and granddaughter were attacked at the Re’im IDF base. The father shielded his daughter under his desk, covering her with a bulletproof vest and firing at terrorists through the office window. Both survived.

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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
  • 129 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 39 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says