Islamic jihad

'No reasonable person can get used to it': IDF commander on recovering Gvili's remains - interview

Gvili was killed in battle fighting infiltrating Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, after saving the lives of partygoers fleeing the Nova music festival in Re’im and defending Kibbutz Alumim.

Israeli military forces search for the remains of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili in a Gaza City cemetery on Jan. 25, 2026.
Poster of hostage Yonatan Mordechai Samerano during demonstrations for the hostages still held in Gaza.

Family of slain hostage sues UNRWA for alleged role in October 7 kidnapping, murder

PEOPLE WALK amid the rubble of destroyed buildings at the Nuseirat camp for displaced Palestinians as smoke billows in the distance following Israeli strikes east of Gaza City on December 2, 2025.

IDF strikes Hamas, Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza in response to ceasefire violations

Palestinian Hamas terrorists secure the area as Egyptian workers accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) search for the remains of the last Israeli hostage in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on December 8, 2025.

In coordination with Israel, Hamas renews search for final hostage Ran Gvili in Gaza


The dispensable statesman: What impact does Raisi's death have on Iran? - opinion

RAISI’S DEPARTURE won’t end this rise of the mediocre in the Iranian system. His temporary successor, former IRGC officer Mohammed Mokhber, is a product of the same process.

 MOURNERS ATTEND the funeral for victims of helicopter crash that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and others,  in Tehran, on Tuesday.

The Middle East is at a crossroads in potential Iran-Israel conflict - analysis

The Middle East is now approaching a new crossroads in history. Iran launched a regional war on Israel in the wake of the October 7 attack by Hamas. 

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Ebrahim Raisi attends the Tehran International Conference on Palestine, in Tehran, last month.

Iran's attack on Israel stirs admiration among Gaza Palestinians

Palestinians in Gaza react with mixed emotions to Iran's attack on Israel, some seeing it as solidarity, others questioning its motives amid ongoing conflict.

 Palestinians returning to their homes a day after the Israeli army withdrew from the area, in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip. April 8, 2024.

IDF discovers weapons and explosives in central Gaza school

The IDF troops located and removed several large armed explosive charges that were hidden in the classrooms and the schoolyard of the Ibrahim Al-Makhadmeh School.

An aerial photograph of the 'Ibrahim Al-Maqadma' school with the explosives found in it, April 12, 2024.

EU and US impose sanctions on Hamas and Islamic Jihad

EU and US impose sanctions on Hamas personnel. EU targets sexual violence perpetrators, while US sanctions leaders of Hamas drone unit. Property freezes implemented.

 A Hamas terrorist stands in front of a picture of the group's top leader Ismail Haniyeh during his visit at Ain el Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon, Lebanon September 6, 2020

My Word: Hostages’ stories and terrorists’ narratives

The pain of the families of the more than 130 hostages still being held by the terrorists in Gaza is unfathomable.

 RAINDROPS FALL on a poster of hostage Liri Albag at a rally earlier this year in Yehud, near Tel Aviv.

Islamic Jihad spokesman admits taking over all Gaza hospitals

The Islamic Jihad spokesman was arrested recently during the second takeover of Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza.

 Smoke rises during an Israeli raid at Al Shifa hospital and the area around it, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, March 21, 2024.

Iran vows to punish Israel at funeral for officers killed in embassy strike

The coffins of two of the killed officers were displayed in the capital, Tehran, to religious mourning chants. Some of those present waved the Palestinian flag.

 Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pray next to the Coffins of members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who were killed in the airstrike on the Iranian embassy complex in the Syrian capital Damascus, during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran April 4, 2024.

IDF kills Islamic Jihad-affiliated terrorists in Southern Lebanon strikes

The strike appeared to be targeted at the Islamic Group's emergency and relief center in Hebbariyeh village in Southern Lebanon.

 Smoke rises from a site hit by an airstrike near the town of Ghaziyeh, Lebanon February 19, 2024

'Death or surrender': IDF arrests 650, including 'senior Hamas officials,' in Shifa

IDF arrested "very senior" Hamas officials in Shifa but cannot disclose the names due to ongoing investigations, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said.

 IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip, March 20, 2024.