Hamas returns 7,000 security personnel to active service, in an attempt to regain control of areas evacuated by the IDF, BBC report says.
Israeli intelligence locates document instructing Hamas terrorists to harm IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians, set entire towns on fire, and document their actions, The New York Times reports.
Jewish man in Missoula, Montana, attacked by man identifying as a 'Nazi' and affiliated with the '4th Reich,' after being asked about his Star of David tattoo.
Under the agreement, living hostages will be returned first, possibly as a single group, and deceased hostages will be returned later.
Indonesia announces it will block Israeli gymnasts from the world championships in Jakarta, citing Gaza war and public opposition. International Gymnastics Federation issues muted response, will not relocate the event.
Russian President Putin praises Trump’s Gaza ceasefire efforts, offers Russian support.
A blast at a Tennessee explosives facility leaves 19 dead or missing. The site, a DoD contractor, has been destroyed. Emergency crews and federal agents are investigating.
Israel’s completion Phase A of Trump’s hostage deal sparks hope for early release before Monday. Medical centers are on alert as families are told it could happen as soon as Sunday.
President Trump will host a Gaza summit in Egypt next week, joined by global leaders to support his peace plan.
Supreme Court dismisses a petition against releasing terrorist prisoners in the Hamas deal, citing the issue as a core security matter under government discretion.
PM Netanyahu visits Sheba Hospital before Shabbat to inspect preparations for returning hostages and honor wounded IDF soldiers, praising their courage and the medical teams' readiness.
US envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and Ivanka Trump visited the Western Wall, praying with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch for the hostages’ safe return and lasting peace in the region.
The military rabbi of the IDF post on the peak of Mount Hermon sends holiday greetings from the highest and northernmost sukkah in Israel.
'If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, Infinite' -William Blake.
Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin hailed the redeployment along the 'yellow line' as a milestone, praised soldiers’ bravery, recalled 914 fallen, vowed continued defense, and warned the war is not over.
Jonathan Pollard tells Arutz Sheva that Israel’s acceptance of an American-imposed ceasefire reflects failed leadership and warns it could bring another national disaster.
As part of Hamas’s demands to update the list of prisoners to be released, the Israeli government is approving an unusual telephone vote to replace 11 Fatah terrorists with Hamas operatives.
As the ceasefire came into effect, troops from the Nahal Brigade took their new positions on the lines determined in President Trump's plan.
In a statement to the nation on the ceasefire, PM Netanyahu says only military and political pressure on Hamas compelled the terror group to release all of the hostages.
The Sukkah is temporary just like our stay in this world, but it is a permanent fixture to deliver mitzvot to the next world.
Thoughts from Judaism on the peace plan.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machada awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, beating out the US President who brokered this week's ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas.
Young religious Zionist Torah scholars connect the Torah readings and holidays tto Eretz Yisrael.
The lion lays down with the lamb…and we shall study war no more? Wake me when it starts. Opinion. Wake me when it starts.
Shas chairman calls the deal to return the hostages miraculous and an achievement no one dreamed of.
The IDF has begun withdrawing forces from holding points in the Gaza Strip towards the Yellow Line, as the ceasefire is set to go into effect at noon.
With all the joy at the anticipated hostage release, these swaps are classic and nauseating examples of stage-one thinking, in which people do not think of consequences beyond the immediate. Opinion.
It is a milestone, but not necessarily a breakthrough. It hides more than it reveals, but no matter what, Israel must treat the agreement as a phase, not an end. Opinion.
The Azerbaijan-Armenia agreement can lead to a shift from confrontation to regional integration, good for both countries. There are many problems left, but in contrast to Gaza, there is no implacable and murderous Islamic hatred. Instead, there is a government in Baku with a vision for peace. Opinion.
Hundreds gathered this morning at Hostages’ Square in Tel Aviv for Shacharit and Hallel prayers, led by Rabbi Tamir Granot and attended by rabbis and family members of hostages.
The four 'aces' Hamas sought to have freed in the ceasefire agreement will not be freed, but many murderers and mass murderers, including Islamic Jihad and PFLP leaders, will be.
Starting today, families who lost loved ones to terrorist attack will receive personal notices that the terrorists who murdered their family members will be released under the ceasefire deal.
Belgian police foil a jihadist-inspired plot targeting PM Bart De Wever. Two suspects arrested, explosives and drone parts found.
Bulgarian police investigating antisemitic vandalism at Varna synagogue and Burgas Holocaust memorial. The Foreign Ministry condemns the acts as “unacceptable”.
Report received of a suspect who attempted to break into a house in Kochav Hashachar. IDF troops are searching the area alongside additional units.
Senior Palestinian Arab officials estimate that the Palestinian Authority will play a significant role in the Gaza Strip after the war ends.
Sergeant First Class (Res.) Michael Mordechai Nachmani, aged 26, from Dimona, a soldier in the Combat Engineering 614th Battalion, fell during combat in the northern Gaza Strip. 914 soldiers have fallen since the start of the war.
Two new polls show growing support for Likud and the right-wing bloc. Channel 13 poll finds that 82% of the public back Trump’s proposal to end the war and secure the release of hostages.
Channel 12 News reports that Germany is expected to lift its arms embargo on Israel following the Gaza ceasefire, after FM Gideon Sa’ar urged Berlin to resume exports.
James has been under federal investigation since May over a 2023 mortgage she obtained to assist her niece in purchasing a home in Norfolk, Virginia.
The walls of Jerusalem’s Old City and the Chords Bridge illuminated with the flags of the United States and Israel, in appreciation of President Trump’s efforts to secure the release of hostages.
The US is deploying 200 troops to Israel to monitor Gaza ceasefire and aid flow, as part of Trump’s peace plan. Troops will coordinate with allies and IDF, but won’t enter Gaza.
Document agreed upon between Israel and Hamas outlining Trump’s Gaza peace plan: IDF withdrawal, full aid entry, and hostage release within 72 hours, coordinated by a multinational task force.
Government approves framework for the release of all hostages. Ministers from Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionist Party vote against the deal, with the exception of Minister Ofir Sofer.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir clashes with American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during government meeting to approve the agreement with Hamas.
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana invites President Trump to speak in Israel’s parliament, praising his role in securing hostage release and brokering a historic regional peace agreement.
An attacker who about two years ago assaulted a Jewish shepherd was killed last night planting an IED near an Israeli farm.
At least four Hamas terrorists were killed in a strike in Gaza City, and dozens more were trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building.
President Isaac Herzog this evening welcomed US President Donald Trump’s special envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem.
Leah Goldin, mother of captured soldier Hadar, made a personal appeal to world leaders not to allow Hamas to control the recovery of the hostages.
The town of Shiloh is preparing for the return of Avinatan Or from captivity after two years, with lighting, decorations, and a special monument in the community square.
Otzma Yehudit head welcomes the return of the hostages but declares that he will not support a deal that frees murderers and also demands the dismantling of the Hamas government as a red line.
Hamas leader says the terror group received guarantees from America and the mediators that the hostage deal will end the war.
The government will be required to approve the release of Palestinian prisoners - 250 terrorists serving life sentences and 1,700 Gaza residents who were arrested after the October 7 massacre.
Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir toured the Gaza Strip with senior IDF officers, reviewed forces' readiness, and said that the deal was only possible due to the IDF.
Luckily, Hezbollah did not join the Hamas invastion - for several reasons - becauseThe IDF had ignored clear threats and signs. Israel must ensure that the failure of October 7, 2023 is seared into future generations, so that its lessons do not disappear from its mode of operation in years to come as the Yom Kippur War's. lessons did.
President Trump meets with his Cabinet at the White House a day after his negotiators secured an agreement to release all of the hostages by early next week.
Political commentator Amit Segal believes the agreement to return the hostages almost fully realizes the war objectives set by the government at the outset.
Arab affairs commentator Zvi Yehezkali says that alongside the great joy over the return of the hostages, Hamas gained many achievements at Israel’s expense in the first phase of the agreement.
