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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released footage Friday of a network of Hamas terror tunnels that it found under the Blue Beach Hotel, a luxury resort for Gaza’s elite.

Israeli attorney and human rights activist Nitsana Darshan-Leitner told Voice of America News (VOA) she is representing family members of Americans killed and injured in the October 7 Hamas attack who plan to sue the North Korean government for furnishing the Palestinian terrorists with weapons.

An Israeli woman confirmed that Hamas held her against her will at a Gaza hospital where she underwent “psychological warfare.”

Israeli news anchor Lital Shemesh was photographed carrying a pistol in a waistband holster while on air Tuesday. 

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Saturday that Hamas terrorists continued fighting because they believed that Israel would soon have to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) evacuated Palestinian civilians from a school in central Gaza that was being used by Hamas terrorists to fire at Israeli soldiers, and arrested and interrogated the terrorists from the building, Israel announced Saturday.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed Friday that soldiers had found a “hideout” belonging to Gaza-based Hamas leader Yayha Sinwar, as well as a tunnel underneath the building that led to a large underground command center, which was later destroyed.

Israel has become dangerously dependent on American munitions, according to conservative Middle East analyst and commentator Caroline Glick, who is calling for Israeli self-sufficiency, while slamming the Biden administration’s push for a “hideously anti-Israel” two-state solution policy, declaring it a “plan to annihilate Israel, piece by piece.”

The dying mother of a young Israeli woman abducted by Palestinians during the October 7 massacre has issued a plea to President Joe Biden imploring help in releasing her daughter.

The government of Israel accused the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday of putting Palestinian civilians in danger by allowing terrorists to use UN facilities in Gaza to launch attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.

Shaul Greenglick, 26, from the town of Ra’anana, was on his way to becoming a household name before being killed in action in fighting Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip this week: he was a contestant on The Next Star, Israel’s version of American Idol.

“I have never been afraid of death. I made this choice myself and followed it through to the end. I fell with honor for the sake of my people. I have no regrets.”

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Tuesday that it had begun fighting in the central Gaza Strip, one of the last major Hamas strongholds, and the source of much of the remaining rocket fire that terrorists have managed to launch from at Israeli civilians.

A guest op-ed in the New York Times by Gaza City’s Hamas-appointed mayor, Yahya R. Sarraj, decrying damage to buildings as Israeli forces have worked to free hostages has drawn equal measures of ridicule and disgust.

Israel has seized 30,000 explosives in the Gaza Strip since Hamas launched a war on October 7, a spokesman for the Israeli government confirmed on Tuesday.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed Monday that the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza, where Hamas links had previously been found, was a terrorist base, where a car belonging to the late Arab Israeli hostage Samer Talalka had been found.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a visit on Christmas to Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip, where the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have engaged in heavy fighting in recent weeks, and are on the verge of complete control of the area.

A Palestinian terrorist was captured on video firing at Israeli troops from within a school in Gaza, the latest example of terrorists using sensitive civilian sites to conduct their war, endangering Palestinian civilians.

2023 was a landmark year for drone warfare as the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) became increasingly widespread among combatants of every size and ideology.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue to uncover massive Hamas tunnel complexes — some involving the sad discovery of the bodies of Israeli hostages.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday that it has killed 8,000 Hamas members since the terrorist group launched the war on October 7, and that is has killed 2,000 in the past three weeks alone, since Hamas broke a week-long truce with Israel.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed a tunnel network Thursday used by the “elite” leaders of Hamas in the area of Shejaiya, in Gaza City, in northern Gaza.

A senior Israeli official said Thursday that Israel hopes to enlist the help of Arab states such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in “de-radicalizing” Gaza in the wake of the war, overhauling education so that future conflict is not inevitable.

The Palestinian Hamas terrorist group has cut off negotiations with Israel, demanding a lull in fighting before any more talks. Israel, which is closing in on Hamas leaders in Gaza, refused that demand.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed Wednesday that soldiers had uncovered a network of tunnels used by the senior leaders of Hamas in the area of Shejaiya, in northern Gaza.

A dog sent by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) into the lair of Hamas terrorists during a firefight last week recorded audio of three Israeli hostages calling for help — but the dog’s media feed was only reviewed Monday, three days after the hostages were killed.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has gained full control of the Jabaliya area of Gaza City as of Tuesday, and is closing in on local Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, as negotiations are said to be starting for another hostage exchange, according to media reports.

Black Israelis — Ethiopian Jews, Hebrew Israelites, and children — have been volunteering for the front lines of battle against Hamas, both in the military operation in Gaza and in the propaganda war that rages constantly on social media platforms.

Israel’s tactics in prosecuting its war against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip has reportedly been actively gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies with reports passed to lawmakers.

Heavy metal drummer Yotam Haim, 28, who escaped Hamas captivity, was buried Monday in Kibbutz Gvulot in southern Israel, three days after being killed accidentally by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in Gaza who had mistaken him for a terrorist.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Monday that an evangelical Christian solder, Urija Bayer, 20, a commando serving in the Maglan reconnaissance unit, had died as a result of wounds sustained in combat on December 14 in the southern Gaza Strip.

The government of Israel and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were emphatic Monday in rejecting a claim by Pope Francis that Israeli forces were responsible for the deaths of two civilians near a church in Gaza.

Israel sought to refute President Joe Biden’s claims of “indiscriminate bombing” on Monday by releasing a video montage of airstrikes in Gaza that were abandoned because of the close proximity of Palestinian civilians.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released photos on Sunday of banners that the three Israeli hostages had made calling for help before they were tragically killed Friday morning by Israeli soldiers who had mistaken them for terrorists on the battlefield.

“This is not a regular tunnel. It is a city. A city of terror underground that Hamas dug and built instead of investing money in the residents of Gaza.”

Israel began a new week on Sunday with a sense of determination after what many called the “difficult Sabbath” — a counterpart to the “black Sabbath” of October 7.