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Hostages Held in Gaza: 79; IDF Soldiers Lost: 842 Jay Zeidman Feb 02, 2025 After 484 days, Yarden Bibas, Ofer Calderon, and Keith Siegel were released from captivity in Gaza on Saturday. Like all of the other released hostages, Keith Siegel was cruelly paraded around by Hamas during his hand off to the Red Cross. Yarden Bibas writes: “I thank all the people […]

Hostages Held in Gaza: 79; IDF Soldiers Lost: 844 Jay Zeidman Feb 05, 2025 Last night, President Trump welcomed Prime Minister Netanyahu to the White House, the first foreign leader to be invited since he took office two weeks ago. The policy announcements from the press conference were historic, including President Trumps stunning announcement about the relocation

Hostages: 100; IDF Soldiers Lost: 828 Jay Zeidman Jan 08, 2025 A long but important update today with several articles and reports that I encourage you to read through. The Numbers Casualties 1,825 Israelis have been killed including 828 IDF soldiers since October 7th (+6 since Sunday) Staff Sgt. Ido Samiach, 20 (above), a team sergeant in the Nahal Brigade’s

Jay Zeidman Jan 05, 2025 Situational Update On Saturday, Hamas published a propaganda video on Saturday revealing a sign of life of hostage Liri Albag. “I’m only 19 years old. I have my entire life in front of me, but now my entire life has been put on pause,” she says in the video. Albag’s family ask

Jay Zeidman Dec 29, 2024 Chag Sameach and Happy Hanukkah! Tonight, Jews around the world will celebrate the fifth night of Hanukkah. I wanted to share a picture and video of a Menorah made from rocket fragments that is on display in hostage square in Tel Aviv. “In each fragment – a story of survival. Pieces

Jay Zeidman Jan 01, 2025 Wishing all of you a happy New Year and happy final night of Hanukkah. Chag Semeach as we say in Hebrew. We pray that all of our hostages come home now and that the people of Israel can live in peace. Am Israel Chai. While it is hard to switch

Jay Zeidman Dec 22, 2024 Situational Update Per the Institute for the Study of War: The Houthis fired a Palestine-2 ballistic missile targeting the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area, injuring 16 Israelis. The IDF fired interceptors but missed the projectile. The missile landed near a playground in the Tel Aviv area (thankfully it was in the evening and no

Jay Zeidman Dec 15, 2024 Situational Update The Times of Israel reports tonight that Israeli strikes have targeted military sites in Syria’s coastal Tartus region, with a Syria war monitor calling them “the heaviest strikes” in the area in more than a decade. The Numbers Casualties 1,811 Israelis have been killed including 816 IDF soldiers since October 7th (+1 since

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Jay Zeidman Dec 08, 2024 Situational Update The situation in Syria continues to unfold rapidly, but as of late last night, according to YNet and multiple sources: Syria rebel forces entered Damascus early on Sunday and announced the Assad regime over after 54 years of rule by the same family. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left