Before his company entered battle in Rafah, a company commander told his men that they must uphold the teachings of Rabbi Akiva, to love their brothers as they love themselves.
The Daily Mail published footage and transcripts from the interrogation of a father-son duo of terrorists who, among other things, confessed to raping and murdering multiple women.
In southern Lebanon, IAF aircraft strikes and eliminates Hezbollah terrorist Muhammad Ali Nasser Faran, responsible for significant weapons manufacturing and proliferation infrastructure.
The family of soldier Aharon Sternlib, a resident of Havat Gilad who was severely injured in Gaza, calls for prayers for his recovery: 'Aharon ben Sarah Hendl'
IDF troops continue operational activities in the areas of Rafah, Jabaliya, and central Gaza.
After refusing to say in an interview whether he believes Israel commits crimes in the Gaza Strip, Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas issued a clarification of his remarks
Defense Min. Gallant briefs US Defense Sec. Austin on facilitation of humanitarian aid to Gaza, efforts to return hostages.
The IDF is investigating footage from the Gaza Strip showing an IDF soldier throwing a Quran into a fire.
IDF operational activities continue throughout the Gaza Strip, forces conduct targeted raid in the area of Beit Hanoun.
Major General Nitzan Alon, who is responsible for the issue of the hostages on behalf of the IDF, compiled a document with amendments to the Israeli response to the hostage deal proposal.
US Defense Secretary speaks to Defense Minister, reiterates "strong US objections to the International Criminal Court prosecutor's outrageous application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders."
Michal Greenglick, bereaved sister, finds happiness in music: 'The audience gives me strength, I give them strength. We cry, but we stick together. This makes me realize that there's a future for the Jewish people in Israel.'
Ra'am party, which represents the Islamic Movement, claims Israel is guilty of 'war crimes' and 'crimes against humanity.'
IDSF founder and chairman Brig. Gen. Amir Avivi tells Arutz Sheva that to win the war and bring back the hostages, Israel must tell the US 'thank you' and do what it needs to do in Rafah. Amir Avivi will be addressing the Arutz Sheva-Israel National News Jerusalem conference in New York City on Sunday, June 2nd.
A European Union organization managed Rafah crossing before the 2007 Hamas takeover. Now the Biden administration wants to bring it back.
Eliyahau Haim Emsallem, fought in the Netzach Yehuda battalion and fell in battle in Gaza. 'He was a boy who loved to learn Torah, who dreamed of being a combat soldier.'
Israeli President Isaac Herzog commented on the horrifying video that was published showing the abduction of five female IDF lookouts by Hamas terrorists on October 7th.
Journalist Hanoch Daum mourns fallen IDF soldier Yisrael Yudkin of Kfar Chabad: 'I am looking at your face and crying, thank you for protecting us.'
Master Sergeant Gideon Chay DeRowe, 33 from Tel Aviv, Cpt. Yisrael Yudkin, 22 from Kfar Habad, and Staff Sergeant Eliyahau Haim Emsallem, 21 from Raanana, fell while defending their country in the Gaza Strip.
'80% of the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria support the terrible massacre of October 7, Palestinian state will try to repeat the massacre of October 7 again and again,' Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns.
Mothers of hostages tell mothers of kidnapped lookouts that new film showing abductions 'proves these people are the devil - and you don't do deals with the devil.'
Families Forum publishes footage - taken from the terrorists' boydcams - showing the brutal abduction of five female IDF soldiers, who are still held hostage in Gaza.
In antiterror operations by the 7th Brigade Combat Team in Jabaliya, forces seize hundreds of weapons, destroy rocket launching sites.
IDF discovers and destroys loaded and ready rocket launchers situated in Rafah along the Philadelphi Route near the Egyptian border.
Shira Albag, mother of observer Liri, kidnapped on Oct. 7, described the video that will go public tonight: "You hear the terrorists saying – “These are the girls that can get pregnant'.”
Bereaved father, Hagay Lober, in a letter to his son: ‘When you rushed forward to fight Hamas terrorists, you were sure it was for our sake. When you died with 'Shema Israel' on your lips, you meant it 'for the people of Israel'
The compound housed an anti-tank operative, a Nukhba force terrorist, and mortars and explosives.
Politico reports that according to latest US intelligence assessment Israel has eliminated only 30%-35% of fighters that Hamas had before October 7, and 65% of the terrorist organization's tunnels are still active.
Ahmed Yasser Alkara took part in the October 7th Massacre in communities in southern Israel and was a significant anti-tank missile operative who carried out attacks on IDF troops during the war.
US government reportedly beginning to change stance on Israeli operation in Rafah after 800,000 civilians evacuated, Israel incorporated humanitarian concerns into plans.
The soldier was injured during an encounter with terrorists. He was taken to a hospital for medical treatment, and his family was notified.
Senior Biden administration official says Israeli officials incorporated many changes into their plan that seem to meet Biden's concerns about deepening the operation.
Sources tell CNN that Egyptian intelligence quietly changed the terms of ceasefire proposal that Israel had already signed off on, scuttling a hostage release deal.
Prime Minister Netanyahu in interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper: The ICC's arrest warrants are beyond outrageous.
The order went into effect at 11:00 p.m., and it will be in effect until Monday of next week at 12:00 p.m.
IDF Chief of Staff Halevi visits soldiers in Jabaliya, says military seeks to bring all hostages back alive and to enable burials for those who no longer alive.
Soldiers from 401st Brigade, 162nd Division carry out targeted raids on the terrorist infrastructure and buildings from which Hamas terrorists fired at the Israeli forces.
Three armed terrorists who emerged from a tunnel were arrested by an IDF force operating in Rafah. After scanning the building, many weapons were found including RPG launchers.
IDF destroys missiles and rocket launchers in a mosque as forces continue demolishing terror infrastructure in Jabaliya.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant responded today to the request by the ICC prosecutor to issue an arrest warrant against him and Prime Minister Netanyahu.
In a single day, IAF aircraft attacked and destroyed 70 terror targets throughout the Gaza Strip.
Israel's business sector 'currently threatened by our enemies, who are trying to isolate us in order to harm us,' Israel's President Isaac Herzog warns at economic conference.
IDF eliminates terrorist Qassem Saqlawi, Commander of the Rocket and Missile Array in Hezbollah’s Coastal Sector.
US not opposed to limited Rafah operation projected to cost less in civilian casualties; talks on ceasefire-prisoner swap deal likely to resume soon.
Culture and Sports Minister urges fellow Likud lawmakers to think twice before calling for Israeli military control of the Gaza Strip after the war.
Reservist from the Rotem Battalion of the Givati Brigade and a reservist in the 8237th Division Logistics Brigade seriously injured in battle in the southern Gaza Strip and evacuated to hospital.
The IDF already controls about half of the Philadelphi axis and close to a million Gazans have evacuated from Rafah towards the north.
IDF fighter jets intercept UAV that approached Israel from Syria. Separately, a corvette missile ship and fighter jets successfully intercept two UAVs that approached Israel from the east.
The soldiers involved in the mission to recover the bodies of four hostages from Jabaliya recount the operation, minute by minute.
Graffiti photographed in Gaza shows that IDF soldiers are losing patience with the behavior of War Cabinet ministers.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett released a video with a sweeping denunciation of the request for the ICC to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials.
Zionist Organization of America President Morton Klein and foreign policy analyst Christian Whiton slam the Biden administration's pressures on Israel regarding the continuation of the war in Gaza.
The tunnel where the bodies were found was used by Hamas in an attempt to rebuild their command and control capacity. It was in an underground complex which the IDF had not reached until that point.
IDF says 200 terrorists have been killed so far in Jabaliya, 130 in Rafah. Forces have located dozens of tunnel shafts and a number of significant underground tunnel routes which are currently being explored and destroyed.
Israeli President condemns International Criminal Court's Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan forseeking arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant in addition to Sinwar.
Jewish TikTok influencer, Montana Tucker speaks to Arutz Sheva: 'I went to US college campuses. People don't even know what they're chanting or what they're supporting. I tried to have a conversation with them to see if I could understand, but they have no idea what they're doing.'
IDF troop continue operations against terrorist operatives and infrastructure across the Gaza Strip, terrorists armed with RPGs and on their way to attack IDF troops were eliminated in an aerial strike.
Defense Min. Yoav Gallant meets US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, offering briefings on the war in Gaza and detailing the humanitarian plans undertaken for the benefit of Gazan civilians.
In eastern Rafah: Terrorist preparing to exit a tunnel shaft eliminated, weapons found inside pillows.
At the Reishit school in Sderot, second-grade girls recite a prayer for the soldiers' welfare - during an air raid siren.
