Israel Updates

Jay Zeidman Nov 06, 2024 Today is certainly a new day in America. While I will leave the analysis of the election to the real pundits and experts, I am optimistic that a Trump administration will truly stand side-by-side with Israel and work with urgency to combat the surge of antisemitism we are experiencing in […]

Jay Zeidman Nov 13, 2024 Situational Update President-elect Trump has announced what I consider to be one of the most pro-Israel teams ever to serve in his upcoming administration. Secretary of State: Senator Marco Rubio Secretary of Defense: Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth US Ambassador to the United Nations: Congresswoman Elise Stefanik US Ambassador to Israel: former

Jay Zeidman Nov 20, 2024 Situational Update Axios’s Barak Ravid reports: President Biden’s envoy Amos Hochstein said on Tuesday in Beirut that Lebanon and Israel have reached “a moment of decision-making” regarding a ceasefire agreement. The draft agreement includes a ceasefire and 60-day transition period — during which the Israeli military would withdraw from southern Lebanon, the Lebanese

Today’s long update marks a grim milestone. One number continues to rise, while another stays the same. This week, the number of IDF casualties has sadly now surpassed 800, while the number of hostages, 101, remains the same. It is not lost on me that each name and picture I put below represents so much more than

Jay Zeidman Sep 22, 2024 I thought Israeli journalist Marc Schulman summed up the past few days quite well: The significance of the successes in Lebanon cannot be overstated. The two days of explosions created chaos within Hezbollah and dismantled what they believed to be a secure communication network. This destruction led to a decision that, in

Jay Zeidman Nov 28, 2024 I would like to wish you all a happy Thanksgiving. I am truly grateful for the support I have received in putting this update together and more importantly, for standing alongside of the Jewish people and the state of Israel in this fight of good versus evil. I hope you find

Situational Update The IDF reports that Ibrahim Muhammad Qabisi, the Commander of Hezbollah’s Missiles and Rockets Force, was eliminated by an IAF airstrike in Beirut. Qabisi was eliminated alongside additional central commanders in Hezbollah’s Missiles and Rockets Force. Hezbollah urged Iran in recent days to launch an attack against Israel as fighting between the Lebanese militant group and the

Jay Zeidman Dec 02, 2024 Situational Update The ceasefire in the North continues to hold, despite pockets of attacks from Hezbollah. The IDF said: Throughout the day, the IDF acted in response to several activities in Lebanon that constituted threats to Israel, violating the understandings of the ceasefire agreement. The IDF identified several armed militants

By now, I’m sure you know that Israel successfully eliminated the longtime leader of Hezbollah on Friday, a terrorist organization that has killed Jews, Muslims, Christians, and many more, including 241 US military personnel and 58 French paratroopers in a 1983 suicide bombing. The news has moved fast over the past few days, with additional

Jay Zeidman Dec 04, 2024 Situational Update Per the Times of Israel: The IDF says US-Israeli hostage Cpt. Omer Neutra was killed on Oct. 7 and his body is being held in Gaza. Israel Defense Forces on Monday said it had confirmed that Cpt. Omer Maxim Neutra, 21, was killed amid the attack and his body was being held hostage