Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 321?
IDF announces name of fallen soldier • Barrage of 20 rockets launched into northern Israel • Noa Argamani shares account of Gaza captivity
IDF strikes Hezbollah terror cell in the area of Tayr Harfa in southern Lebanon
Missile makes direct hit on air force base in North, IAF eliminates terror cell
Army radio then reported that anti-tank missiles hit the air control base but that the base's functional capacity and detection system continued to work.
Security officials confirmed there was a direct hit to the Israel Air Force's Air Control Unit base on Mount Meron on Friday morning, following sirens in the area, Army Radio reported.
Alarms were activated in the Upper Galilee area and Meron on Friday morning, and Lebanese media later reported a direct hit to the base, which Hezbollah later claimed responsibility for.
Army Radio reported that anti-tank missiles hit the air control base but that the base's functional capacity and detection system continued to work.
Go to the full article >>Trump: Kamala Harris caused October 7 attack
He also wrote that that Harris "hates Israel - Wouldn’t even show up to Congress for Netanyahu’s session."
Donald Trump accused Kamala Harris of causing the October 7 massacre in a post on his social media account, TruthSocial, on Friday morning.
"[Harris] caused the Attack of October 7th. Iran was BROKE - Didn’t have money for Hezbollah!" he wrote.
He also wrote that Harris "hates Israel - Wouldn’t even show up to Congress for Netanyahu’s session."
Trump previously said in an interview with Elon Musk on X that any Jewish person who votes for Kamala Harris in the US Presidential elections should have their "head examined."
Go to the full article >>Hamas calls for global mobilization, victory and defense for Gaza and Jerusalem
Hamas called for a day of mobilization in support of the people of Gaza, the Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV reported on Friday morning.
"Hamas calls on people all over the world to rally and mobilize today, Friday, and make it a day of mass victory and defense of Gaza and Jerusalem," the outlet reported.
Go to the full article >>Harris promises support for Israel with call for Palestinian self-determination in speech
Harris is the only speaker who addressed Israel or Gaza from the convention stage on Thursday.
Vice President Kamala Harris pledged her support for Israel's security and self-defense while calling for Palestinian security and self-determination in the acceptance speech for her party's nomination for president on Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago where questions over how she would address the war loomed throughout the week.
Harris is the only speaker who addressed Israel or Gaza from the convention stage on Thursday.
'Now is the time to get a hostage deal'
"With respect to the war in Gaza, President Biden and I are working around the clock, because now is the time to get a hostage deal and a ceasefire deal done," she said.
Go to the full article >>Democrats' biggest rift, Gaza, mostly ignored at convention
Harris is expected to call for an urgent end to the war during her Thursday acceptance speech and for the release of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas,
The most divisive issue facing the Democratic Party, US support for Israel in the war in Gaza, has gone mostly unaddressed during the four-day convention which ends on Thursday, leaving pro-Palestinian delegates upset with presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Harris is expected to call for an urgent end to the war during her Thursday acceptance speech and for the release of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas, two sources familiar with her remarks said. She will not address US arms sales to Israel, according to the sources.
Muslim delegates and their allies had pushed for a prime-time speaking slot to address the conflict.
Go to the full article >>Democrats deny mainstage spot to pro-Palestinian group after parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin appear
The delegation of activists belongs to “Uncommitted,” the movement that calls for an end to the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
The Democratic National Convention is denying a speaking spot to a group of pro-Palestinian delegates, a decision it confirmed after the parents of an Israeli-American hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, delivered an address that brought the convention to a standstill.
The delegation of activists belongs to “Uncommitted,” the movement that calls for an end to the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. They protested the decision by staging a sit-in outside the convention center that lasted into the early hours of Thursday morning.
Uncommitted, named for the protest votes cast in Democratic primaries this year, is represented by 30 or so delegates out of nearly 4,000 at the DNC.
Go to the full article >>‘Hamas beat me all over my body,' Noa Argamani says in first testimony on her captivity
"I had cuts on my head; they [Hamas] beat me all over my body, and no one came to give me medical help. Nobody. Until I was rescued,” she said.
For the first time since being rescued from Hamas captivity in Gaza, Noa Argamani, one of the symbols of the October 7 massacre, spoke of her experience: "I had cuts on my head; they [Hamas] beat me all over my body, and no one came to give me medical help. Nobody. Until I was rescued,” she said.
Go to the full article >>Israeli team in Cairo for hostage negotiations, Qatari PM to head to Iran next week
The Cairo trip comes amid debate about Netanyahu's firm stance that the IDF must maintain a presence in the Philadelphi Corridor.
An Israeli team is in Cairo for negotiations on the hostage deal, while the security cabinet is set to meet in Tel Aviv, and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Thani is expected to head to Iran early next week.
Go to the full article >>How to tackle defending against Iran, Hezbollah from ex-air defense chief Ran Kochav - exclusive
Drone defense could jump from 75 to 90%, but Israel would still suffer initial damage from a Hezbollah attack, Kochav told the "Jerusalem Post."
Israel and other democracies must transform their concept of how to defend against multi-tiered threats, former IDF air defense chief and IDF chief spokesman Brig. Gen. Ran Kochav has written in a journal article exclusively obtained by The Jerusalem Post.
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 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
- 109 hostages remain in Gaza
- 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says