Live Updates

Six Golani soldiers fall in southern Lebanon, five rockets fired from Lebanon to central Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, November 13, 2024. (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, November 13, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)

Israel at war: What happened on day 403?

Two killed in strike on Nahariya • Army announces 4 more soldiers dead in Gaza • IDF says destroys most of Hezbollah underground Beirut rocket facilities

By YONAH JEREMY BOB, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 The site where a missile fired from Lebanon hit and caused damage in Nahariya, northern Israel, November 12, 2024 (photo credit: REUTERS/THOMAS PETER)
The site where a missile fired from Lebanon hit and caused damage in Nahariya, northern Israel, November 12, 2024
(photo credit: REUTERS/THOMAS PETER)

Two civilians were killed, and two were wounded as a result of a direct hit from a Hezbollah rocket in Nahariya on Tuesday.

The victims were Ziv Belfer, 52, and Shimon Najam, 54. 

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less

IDF strikes Hezbollah launchers in Lebanon, Hamas sites in Gaza following attacks on Israel

IDF and Shin Bet (ISA) continue targeted Gaza operations against October 7 attackers

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, November 13, 2024. (photo credit: Canva, IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, November 13, 2024.
(photo credit: Canva, IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

The IDF struck dozens of Hezbollah launchers in Lebanon after the terror group launched multiple projectiles into Israel over the last day, the IDF announced on Wednesday.

Hezbollah projectiles were launched at the Nahariya region on Tuesday, killing two. Sirens also sounded in the Tel Aviv and Gush Dan region, but no injuries were reported.

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less

IDF intercepts drone from Lebanon in Upper Galilee area

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Following the sirens that sounded between 7:01 and 7:05 in the Upper Galilee area, a drone that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory was intercepted by the IAF.

IAF intercepts a drone from Lebanon in the Upper Galilee area, November 13, 2024. (IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Show More
Show Less

US warns Israel against forcible displacement, starvation in Gaza

It was also urgently important that Israel pause implementation of a law banning the operation of the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, Thomas-Greenfield added.

By REUTERS
 US AMBASSADOR to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks at a Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza last month. Without US backing in the Security Council, Israel could face calls for immediate withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza, potentially compromising its security, the writer argue (photo credit: BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS)
US AMBASSADOR to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks at a Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza last month. Without US backing in the Security Council, Israel could face calls for immediate withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza, potentially compromising its security, the writer argue
(photo credit: BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS)

The United States stressed at the United Nations on Tuesday that "there must be no forcible displacement, nor policy of starvation in Gaza" by Israel, warning such policies would have grave implications under US and international law.

The remarks by US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield came just hours after Washington said its ally Israel was doing enough to address the humanitarian crisis in Israel to avoid facing potential restrictions on US military aid.

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less

IDF spokesperson in Arabic calls for urgent evacuation in Dahiyeh

By MAARIV
 breaking news (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
breaking news
(photo credit: JPOST STAFF)

Various arab networks have reported strikes in Harat Hirch, an area in Dahiyeh, shortly after the IDF spokesperson in Arabic issued an evacuation notice on Wednesday.

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less

US military says it strikes Iran-backed terror facility in Syria

By REUTERS
 breaking news (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
breaking news
(photo credit: JPOST STAFF)

The US military said on Tuesday it had conducted strikes against an Iranian-backed terror group's weapons storage facility in Syria.

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less

Biden to meet with hostage families, speak with Trump on hostage issue

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 breaking news (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
breaking news
(photo credit: JPOST STAFF)

President Biden is expected to meet with the families of seven American hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza on Wednesday, Walla reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The report also stated that Biden expected to discuss the issue of the hostages with President-elect Donald Trump.

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less
1
2
3

Israel at 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
  • 101 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says