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Jay Zeidman- [MUST READ: HEROIC STORY]: The Jewish Chronicle documents the The inside story of Israel’s dramatic Gaza hostage rescue, a daring operation taken by a few Israelis to save their brothers who were captured by terrorists. The entire operation is recounted by Elon Perry here. On 12 May, Israel received intelligence about the location of four hostages in the Nuseirat […]

Jay Zeidman-   Situational Update The IDF has been making steady progress in Gaza. According to the Army Spokesman, the IDF has gained control of 60-70% of Rafah, accomplished with the absolute minimum civilian casualties. Most of the Rafah residents had already left. Hezbollah published a new video demonstrating its intent to target critical infrastructure throughout Israel,

Jay Zeidman- Situational Update Incumbent Jamal Bowman, a member of the House’s left-wing “Squad” lost to George Latimer (58.4%-41.1%) on Tuesday night in a Democratic battle that highlighted the party’s deep divisions over the war in Gaza. Bowman denied Hamas terrorists raped Israeli women on October 7 and has pushed 9/11 conspiracy theories. AIPAC spent more than $15M on what became the

Jay Zeidman- Situational Update According to the Times of Israel, more than 100 victims of the devastating October 7 Hamas assault on Israel and their families filed a lawsuit Monday claiming $1 billion in damages from UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinians, accusing that it aided and abetted the terror group’s assault. The lawsuit highlights

Jay Zeidman – Yesterday, four Israeli hostages, Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40) were rescued in a special operation by the IDF, ISA and Israel Police from 2 separate locations in the heart of Nuseirat after being kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival. They had been held

Jay Zeidman – Today marks 9 months since the horrific terror attacks in Israel. We have shared so many stories of the heroes of that terrible day in previous updates. Below is one more. Am Israel Chai. Arsen Ostrovsky posts on X: This photo was taken on the morning of October 7th on Route 232 at

Jay Zeidman – Situational Update Israeli jets struck the hideout of Hamas terrorist mastermind Muhammed Deif in the Gaza Strip humanitarian zone of al-Mawasi on July 13. The Israeli military’s surprise air strike on al-Mawasi, a largely barren area of southern Gaza where Israel has enabled Palestinians displaced by the war to shelter in safety, killed

Jay Zeidman – Situational Update   Per the Times of Israel, the families of five hostage surveillance soldiers released images on Tuesday evening from the women’s first days in captivity in Gaza, demanding a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to push for the hostages’ release. In one undated image, Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger and Daniella Gilboa can be

JAY ZEIDMAN JUL 25, 2024 Tonight’s update is a bit longer than normal given the news today which started with the Prime Minister’s address to a Joint Session of Congress, more analysis from the Houthi attack in Tel Aviv, and the discovery of the bodies of five murdered hostages in Gaza. Thank you for all of

JAY ZEIDMAN JUL 29, 2024 Situational Update Twelve children and teens were killed, and 30 were wounded, when a rocket hit a soccer field in the northern Druze town Saturday afternoon. The IDF has said that the rocket was an Iranian-made Falaq-1 with a warhead of over 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of explosives. The victims