Minister Gantz criticizes leaks on hostages:
'Tearing families apart and harming efforts'
Minister Benny Gantz criticizes the leaks about the hostages, speaks about continuation of the war in Gaza.
Minister Benny Gantz criticizes the leaks about the hostages, speaks about continuation of the war in Gaza.


Nicholas Berger is the youngest casualty in the collapse of the buildings in Gaza. His uncle paid tribute to him while wrapped in a Givati flag: 'You are a true hero, you saved lives.'

A hostage who was released from captivity recalls the moment when she was taken to a tunnel where the murderer Yahya Sinwar was. “He was smiling and looked so happy."

MK Tally Gotliv, citing an obscure website, posted a theory claiming a connection between the husband of an anti-government activist and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
President Isaac Herzog spoke at the 75th anniversary meeting of the Knesset and called for greater unity among all of Israeli society.

The demand comes amid growing rumors of a prisoner exchange deal that will include an extended ceasefire.

Protesters, including bereaved families and families of hostages, are preventing aid trucks from entering the Gaza Strip.

A new survey shows that the majority of Israelis oppose a deal that would see the hostages released if it meant the end of the war.

Since the start of the war, there has been an influx of Jews from North America coming to volunteer in Israel.

Kinneret rises; forecasters predict rain, snow, and flooding until beginning of next week.

MK Moshe (Kinley) Tur-Paz comments on the importance of the operation in Gaza that claimed the lives of 21 soldiers, calls for unity among Israelis.

MK Evgeny Sova tells Arutz Sheva-Israel National News about the Knesset lobby to commemorate Jewish heroism during World War II and the connection to the war today.

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron expected to advocate for a pathway out of the war during visit to Israel on Wednesday.

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, founder of Shurat HaDin: The world has to wake up and the only way to wake up the world is to bring the terrorists to justice, both internally but also outside.

Reuters reporting that Israel offered to end the war if Sinwar and five other Hamas leaders leave Gaza. Hamas rejected the proposal.

Miriam Peretz, bereaved mother of two sons, speaks about the tragedy in Gaza and heavy price we had to pay: “We must see the light”.

Rachel Edri was among delegation members to be hosted by Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan

In a conversation with Arutz Sheva - Israel National News Actress Adi Arad expressed her disappointment with the silence of Jewish actresses, 'Where is Natalie Portman? I'm calling you, where are you? Where is Julia Garner, the star of Netflix?'

MSG (res.) Rabbi Elkana Vizel wrote a letter to his family in case something happened to him. 'If I am taken prisoner by Hamas I demand that you do not make any deal to free me from any terrorist.'

Rabbi Kalmanson recounts the feelings of pain and pride when hearing of the rescue operation led by his two sons and grandson to save over 100 Kibbutz Be’eri residents on the day of the massacre.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Minister Benny Gantz gave a joint statement addressing the disaster in Gaza which killed 21 IDF reservists.

Shuki Salzman was exempt from reserve service but was willing to undertake an exhausting trip to do his part after the October 7th massacre.

The IDF reservist who lowered the last Israeli flag of the IDF leaving Gaza raised the very same flag again today in Khan Younis.

Analyst Zvi Yehezkeli warns that the offers to end the war are only getting more lucrative for Hamas as time goes on.

Sergeant First Class (res.) Ahmad Abu Latif, 26, from Rahat, said that the Bedouin community was part of Israel and determined to fight Hamas.

Prime Minister Netanyahu says that the disaster in southern Gaza is under investigation to protect soldiers in the future.

Israel's political figures lamented the loss of 21 IDF reserve soldiers in a tragic incident in Gaza.

PA cabinet leader Mohammad Shtayyeh calls on international community to act to promote the recognition of “the state of Palestine”.

Sources tell CNN that Mossad chief proposed that Hamas senior leaders could leave Gaza as part of a broader ceasefire. Qatar's PM said the idea "would never work".

MK Danny Danon, chairman of World Likud, believes Israel should go back to the way it was operating in the beginning of the war

Two senior Israeli officials say they passed a proposal calling for a two-month truce in the fighting in exchange for the release of all the hostages.

Foreign Minister Israel Katz once proposed building an artificial island off the coast of Gaza. A new report claims he raised the plan again in a conversation with EU foreign ministers in Brussels.

The brother of fallen IDF soldier Shay Levinson says that he does not want other soldiers to risk their lives trying to recover his brother's body from Gaza.

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef visited the Haifa Naval Base where he spoke with soldiers and inaugurated a new synagogue.

Labor leader, who filed the vote: 'Since October 7th, the government has involved itself in everything but recovering the hostages. We have no confidence in it.'

Several passengers attempting to hold a regular morning prayer service on a train between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv were accosted by a man in an IDF uniform. 'Let the parasites wear uniforms, this isn't a synagogue.'

Itamar Ben-Gvir denounces recent government decisions to limit fighting in the Gaza Strip. 'The hostages are our brothers, but we have a responsibility to all Israelis'

Rabbi Kobi Bornstein was moved to see a photo of an abandoned plot of land, on which once sat his home in Neve Dekalim.

IDF investigating after reserve soldiers who left Gaza hung protest signs on the military vehicles they returned to base.

Hostages’ families burst into Knesset Finance Committee session and called on the MKs to stand up and take action for the release of the hostages. Watch.

Yisrael Beytenu chair, MK Avigdor Liberman, says now is not the time for elections, sends a message to PM Netanyahu.

Ramallah teen entered pre-1967 Israel illegally, drove without a license, and is suspected of stealing a vehicle from near a Jerusalem home.

Management of 'Pri Hagalil' says it will close production line, 53 employees receive letters calling them to pre-termination hearing.

Singer and actor Idan Amedi, injured in Gaza, will speak to the media for the first time since he was injured in Gaza.

The Palestinian Authority has agreed to accept the tax monies transferred to it by Israel, even without the funds intended for Gaza.

T'amer, a driver on Route 69, veered off his route and entered an Arab neighborhood, dropping off a friend and claiming he 'mixed up' the route.

Nearly 90% of residents of northern border towns suffered financial loss due to war; their central demand is security on the border with Lebanon.

Gabriela Leimberg, who was freed from Hamas captivity: Every day in captivity is hell. The soldiers and the hostages were abandoned on your watch.

Netanyahu's associates fire back after Minister Barkat threatens Netanyahu following his remarks about the establishment of a Palestinian state.

National Unity party would gain two seats if Gadi Eisenkot replaced Benny Gantz as party leader, poll shows.

Girlfriend of fallen soldier, Uriel Silberman, who fell in Gaza: 'I can’t promise you that I will be strong like you told me to be. If I had known that our last hug was going to be the last, I would not have let go.'

Rabbi Yehoshua Van-Dyke, head of the yeshiva in Itamar, eulogized his student Uriel Aviad Silberman: 'He loved Torah, he was very connected, caring, modest, helpful.'

A man and woman stopped on the side of the road to fix an issue with their vehicle - and were killed by a passing truck.

IDF reservist shares drone photos showing ruins of Gush Katif towns with Arutz Sheva - Israel National News.

IDF reveals new footage showing enormous tunnel in Khan Yunis, where some of the hostages were held.

May Golan appointed as Minister of Social Equality: ‘It’s time to stop talking pretentiously about equality, but do more to make it happen”

PM Netanyahu rejects outright 'Hamas monsters' capitulation terms': 'Were we to agree to this – our soldiers would have fallen in vain.'

In advance of Tu B’Shvat, leading Religious Zionist rabbi advises against purchase of Turkish produce.

Ricarda Louk, mother of massacre victim Shani Louk, explains why she is not willing to risk soldiers' lives for her daughter's body: 'I believe that we need to sacrifice for those who are alive - not for a corpse.'

Touching tree-planting day held at the Re'im parking lot, with grieving families who lost their loved ones in the Nova Festival massacre on Oct. 7th, turning the scene of devastation green again, with hundreds of new trees in memory of the 364 victims of the tragedy.
