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Israel-Hamas War

Get the latest news and updates on the war between Israel and Hamas, started by Hamas on October 7th. Find live updates about the hostages, Gaza & Israel.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press conference at the end of the G7 foreign ministers meeting on Capri island, Italy, April 19, 2024.

A month since Blinken’s last visit, tension in Israel-US ties brought down a notch

 US president Joe Biden released four-year-old hostage Abigail Idan. April 25, 2024.

Image of four-year-old former hostage in Joe Biden's arms sends heartwarming message

 A views shows a room in the damaged Al Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces withdrew from the hospital and the area around it following a two-week operation, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City April 2, 2024.

Gaza hospital staff questioned by ICC war crimes prosecutors

By REUTERS
 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on February 29, 2024.

Netanyahu: Israel will enter Rafah with or without hostage deal

 Hamas parade in Gaza

Despite the state of the Gaza Strip Hamas is certain that they are still winning the war

 Israeli forces are seen operating in the Gaza Strip on January 29, 2024

Majority of Americans think Israel should press on with Rafah op., finish war

 Pro-Israel students take part in a protest in support of Israel amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at Columbia University in New York City, US, October 12, 2023.

Do not give up: Show up as generations of Jewish Columbians have done before you

By Professor Rebecca Kobrin
 Israeli police officers at the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City. April 30, 2024.

Terror in Jerusalem, US voters say Israel should invade Rafah

 US Navy personnel construct a JLOTS, which stands for "Joint Logistics Over-the Shore" temporary pier which will provide a ship-to-shore distribution system to help deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza, in an undated handout picture in the Mediterranean Sea.

US CENTCOM reveals what the humanitarian pier built on shores of Gaza will look like

 Students take part in a protest encampment in support of Palestinians at the Columbia University campus, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, US, April 28, 2024.

Jewish UCLA student blocked from entering campus by pro-Palestinian activists

 An aerial view of the Barbados-flagged ship True Confidence ablaze following a Houthi missile attack at sea, March 6, 2024, in this handout photo.

US intercepts Houthi attack into the Red Sea, no casualties reported

Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani reacts during a meeting of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela June 12, 2023

Iranian official claims West's support for terrorists fuels attacks in Iran, Russia

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, US, April 29, 2024.

White House: New progress in the talks, the onus on Hamas

 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers virtual remarks during the National Action Network Convention from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2024.

Biden holds phone calls with Egyptian, Qatari officials over Gaza ceasefire talks

By REUTERS
 Protesters in Tel Aviv demonstrate against the government, with the message "Rafah can wait, they can't," referring to the hostages still in Gaza.

Protesters blocking gate to the Kirya: 'Rafah can wait - the hostages can't'

A collective of groups organised by Jewish students at Columbia and Barnard in solidarity with Gaza and the protest encampment host Passover Seder at Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 22, 2024

Prominent NY Rabbi: Anti-Israel activists, do not sing my song

By JTA STAFF
 A woman stands next to posters with photos of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 20, 2024.

Israel reduces number of hostages to be released in Hamas deal to 33

 ELCHANAN KALMANSON surrounded by his wife and children.

Into the belly of the beast: The legacy of Oct. 7 hero Elchanan Kalmanson

Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, walks during an anti-Israel military show by Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip

Hamas takes credit for barrage in Israel's North after IDF strikes Hezbollah targets

A view of a weapon magazine on the floor of a house, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel, October 18, 2023.

Bedouin doctor: Hamas used me as bait on October 7 to kill IDF soldiers

By Peled Arbeli
 Soldiers from the IDF's Nahal brigade are seen carrying out a medical evacuation.

Combat and medicine: How the IDF's Nahal brigade saves lives

By INBAL AHARONI
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