IDF, Shin Bet acknowledge for first time special mission to hunt down and kill all Oct. 7 terrorists
For the first time, the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet have acknowledged that a special operation…
Israel’s New Definition of Victory Is Endless War
Like the calendar soldiers used to count down till the day they can leave the army, Israelis are…
How the Gaza disarmament deal proves everyone right — but could spell trouble for Netanyahu
When US President Donald Trump published his triumphant Truth Social post on Thursday announcing a new agreement to…
Outgoing top defense official pans ‘resounding failure’ of Israel’s war strategy
An outgoing senior Defense Ministry official launched a broadside against the government’s strategic conduct throughout the multifront war…
‘I started cursing him in Arabic’: Ex-hostage reveals words to Hamas captor upon release
In her first long-form interviews more than two years after her release from captivity, freed hostage Rimon Buchshtab-Kirscht…
Braving war losses and tough conditions, Thai workers stay rooted in Israeli agriculture
Qwon and her husband, Tay, a Thai couple who tend avocado groves in a small western Galilee farming…
Survivors rail at government on 1,000th day since Oct. 7: ‘They’ve never taken responsibility’
Protests and unofficial memorial events were held throughout Israel on Thursday to mark 1,000 days since the October…
20 years on, newly released military logs detail confusion during Shalit abduction
Twenty years ago, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was kidnapped from a tank in a cross-border Hamas attack and…
Hostage czar position left empty as term ends; PM’s office says aiming to renew contract
The tenure of Gal Hirsch as the government’s hostage pointman has ended without a replacement being appointed, the…
NDAs and No Phones: How Israel’s President Keeps Private Talks With Citizens Under Wraps
In January, with the 27-month hostage crisis all but over, relatives of hostages and survivors of captivity visited…
At reopened Nahal Oz pub, Israeli musician closes circle begun after October 7
When musician Elai Botner performed at Kibbutz Nahal Oz on the eve of the Shavuot holiday on May…
Ex-hostage Maxim Herkin publishes book featuring a diary he secretly wrote in captivity
Former hostage Maxim Herkin, who spent more than two years in Hamas captivity, has released his book, “Coming…