Palestinian terrorism

Press watchdog CPJ reviewing Gaza casualty database over 'journalists' tied to Hamas, PIJ

A Meir Amit Center study from December found that 60% of individuals who identified as journalists and were killed in Gaza were members of or affiliated with terrorist organizations.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A journalist holds the blood-covered camera belonging to Palestinian photojournalist Mariam Dagga, a journalist who freelanced for AP since the start of the war and who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, during her funeral on August 25, 2025.
Rima Hassan During The Plenary Session And Votes Of The European Parliament, In Strasbourg, On February 10, 2026.

French MEP Rima Hassan meets Palestinian detainee, ignores terror and attempted murder allegations

Far-left French MP Rima Hassan visited a Palestinian prisoner without mentioning that he is jailed for terrorism and attempted murder of Israelis, sparking controversy.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Israa al-Jaabis (L), a 32-year-old Palestinian woman who detonated a small bomb on October 11, 2015 on the highway leading from the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim to Jerusalem, arrives for her sentencing hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem on November 7, 2016.

Failed car bomber released in October 7 deal gave video speech at Berkeley classroom

Jaabis was released in November 2023 as part of a ransom for 26 hostages captured by Gazans during the October 7 Massacre, according to the BBC.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah (L) and Hamas politburo member Khalil al-Hayya.

PA ordered to pay $655.5 million to Intifada victims after NY Appeals Court reinstates prior ruling

Last week, a federal Court of Appeals judge ruled to reinstate the original 2015 decision of Sokolow v. the Palestinian Authority.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Israel releases terrorist Ahmed Manasra from prison over mental condition

The released terrorist was imprisoned for his role in the stabbing of two Israelis, including a 13-year-old boy.

APRIL 10, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Ahmed Manasra (C), a 14-year old Palestinian, who was convicted of attempted murder for his role in an attack of a 13-year-old Israeli boy in 2015 in Pisgat Zeev, built on occupied land that Israel annexed to Jerusalem after the 1967 war, leaves the courtroom after his sentencing at the district co

IDF shoots at Palestinian rioters in West Bank, killing one dual US citizen

Palestinian officials claim that the rock-throwing terrorist killed by IDF was a 14-year-old US citizen. The military has not corroborated this.

APRIL 6, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
A masked Palestinian teenager throws a stone at Israelis; Illustrative.

Will the US Supreme Court hold PLO-PA accountable for 'Pay-for-Slay' policy? - opinion

If the US Supreme Court affirms the constitutionality of PSJVTA, the decision would open the door for dozens of terror victims to sue the PLO-PA in US courts.

APRIL 3, 2025ByMAURICE HIRSCH
The US Supreme Court building in Washington: If the court affirms the constitutionality of PSJVTA, the decision would open the door for dozens of terror victims to sue the PLO-PA in the US, says the writer.

Which Palestinian terror group took the Bibas family hostage? - analysis

It is not fully known what happened to Shiri and the two children. It is not known if the Mujahideen group was responsible for murdering them or if Hamas was.

FEBRUARY 21, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel who are held hostage in Hamas captivity hang outside the protest tent calling for the release of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, February 19, 2025.

Israeli victims will continue to work with ICC after US sanctions, says lawyer

The US sanctions, which focus on punishing the court for investigating Israeli officials, can also affect the prosecution's probe into crimes committed by Hamas, says rep. for victims, Vias Gvirsman.

FEBRUARY 7, 2025ByREUTERS
Families members of hostages including Edan Alexander's grandmother and Rom Braslavskis father gathered outside the PMO Thursday to push for a hostage deal to continue

IDF: 55 terrorists killed, 380 arrested in month of West Bank operations

The activity has been named Operation Iron Wall, the army's third major West Bank operation in less than two years.

FEBRUARY 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF operation in the West Bank

High-ranking released terrorist calls for ‘resistance,’ alleges abuse in prison

Zakaria Zubeidi, who was released as part of a ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas, asserted that "resistance… will lead us to freedom."

JANUARY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Zakaria Zubeidi, commander of armed wing the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, is greeted by his relatives as part of the third batch of the first phase of the hostage swap agreement between Hamas and Israel in Ramallah, West Bank on January 30, 2025.

Israel hands over list of terrorists set to be released to Hamas

Among the terrorists are three terrorists who participated in the Second Intifada.

JANUARY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hamas terrorists who were caught during the October 7 massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024

Watch: Emily Damari captures moment Agam Berger en route to hospital

Former Hamas hostage posted to her Instagram story the moment the military helicopter that was carrying Agam Berger to the hospital.

JANUARY 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Emily Damari poses with a Tottenham Hotspurs scarf.

'$50m. taxpayer dollars funding condoms in Gaza' frozen by Trump, White House says

Palestinian terrorists in Gaza began launching improvised explosive devices (IEDs), including condoms and balloons, into Israel’s South in 2017. 

JANUARY 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Flammable objects being prepared to be flown toward Israel from the Gaza Strip. August 21, 2020.