Hamas publishes hostage video, France halts all Gaza evacuations
Syria forms committee to investigate clashes in Sweida • US congressional aides fear terror attacks on US soil due to prolonged Gaza war • France to send Gaza aid via Jordan
Members of Hamas with the backdrop of the Gaza Strip, amid reports that Hamas has lost control of much of its territory. (photo credit: Shutterstock/Ali Chehade Farhat, REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
France to halt all Gaza evacuations, deport Gazan student over antisemitic, Nazi social media posts
The French Foreign Ministry is reviewing how evacuated student Nour Atallah was allowed into the country despite the antisemitic social media activity.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech after a meeting with European partners to suggest a negotiated solution to end the conflict between Iran and Israel at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Quai d'Orsay) in Paris, France, June 19, 2025.(photo credit: JULIEN DE ROSA/Pool via REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Trump eyes bringing Azerbaijan, Central Asian nations into Abraham Accords, sources say
As part of the Abraham Accords, inked in 2020 and 2021 during Trump's first term in office, four Muslim-majority countries agreed to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel after US mediation.
ByREUTERS Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed wave, after an Abraham Accords signing ceremony at the White House in 2020.(photo credit: TOM BRENNER/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Trump orders nuclear submarines to move near Russia in response to Medvedev threats
"I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that," Trump said.
ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFFUS President Donald Trump points a finger as he delivers remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 31, 2025(photo credit: reuters/kent nishimura)Go to the full article > >
Hamas: Israel's response to ceasefire proposal 'not encouraging
Israel condemns Russia's deadly drone, missile barrage on Kyiv neighborhood
Russia's sweeping Russian drone and missile attack on a Kyiv neighborhood killed 28 Ukrainians, including three children, and wounded over 150.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERSRescuers stand atop an apartment building hit during Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 31, 2025(photo credit: REUTERS/VALENTYN OGIRENKO)Go to the full article > >
'Attempt to reshape historical narrative': IDF delegation at Auschwitz told to lower Israeli flags
A visiting IDF delegation was stopped at entrance to Aushwitz-Birkenau and forced to remove Israeli flags mid-ceremony by local law enforcement.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFA WOMAN holds an Israeli flag and another person covers her from the rain during the March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau in April. Born into the post-Auschwitz covenant, we considered Jew-hatred passé, doomed, like racism; alas, today, it’s surging, the writer laments. (photo credit: KACPER PEMPEL/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Syria pledges to form committee to investigate clashes in Sweida
The committee would investigate reported attacks and abuses against civilians and refer anyone proven to have participated in such attacks to the judiciary.
ByREUTERS Members of Syrian security forces ride on a back of a truck after Syrian troops entered the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday following two days of clashes, in Sweida, Syria July 15, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/KARAM AL-MASRI)Go to the full article > >Israel at war: What you need to know
Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across the Gaza border communities.
50 hostages remain in Gaza, while 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity.
The IDF launched large-scale attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13, 2025.
Israel struck key nuclear sites and killed senior Iranian military and IRGC officials.
28 Israelis killed, over 1,300 wounded, including several IDF soldiers, in Iranian attacks.
