Fox News: The death toll in the new civil war in Syria in the last two days is 4,000, and counting.
Leader of the Alawite sect in Turkey, Hatay Province, in front of thousands of Alawite citizens: “The Alawites asked me to go to Israel and ask the State of Israel to intervene to protect the Alawites in Syria.
After what happened, we now trust only Israel.”
8.3.25
During the afternoon, an order was issued in Telegram groups affiliated with the Syrian government to stop documenting their activities against the Alawites. It is imperative to continue, simply stop documenting and spreading.
Reports in Syria of no fewer than 2,400 Alawite civilians being massacred in coastal cities by the armed forces of the new Syrian regime.
One of HTS’ own members, identifying himself as Muhammad Abu Obaidah, speaks about the severity of the massacres committed today. The fighter, with tears in his eyes, says that HTS has gone too far, and that he calls on any human being with honor and dignity to reject killing and oppression. He then addresses Jolani and HTS’ Military Command: ‘Does our religion command us to kill innocent civilians in their homes? Did the Prophet permit us to drag them from their homes, and kill them in cold blood?’
Items looted from Alawite homes in coastal Syria are being sold on the street by HTS.
And the massacre continues.
Thousands of Syrian Alawites and Christians flock to Hmeimim Airbase, seeking Russian protection. “We need Russian protection” can be heard among the crowd.
Palestinian channels report NOTHING about the massacre in Syria.
According to some reports, more than 100 Christians were massacred in Syria in less than a day. The Syrian regime forces killed also this Greek Orthodox Christian, Father Gregory Bishara of Baniyas church.
General mobilization of Druze fighters in the region of the Druze Mountain, southern Syria, in light of the events on the Syrian coast.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei responds to Trump’s letter: We will not negotiate under pressure from a “bullying” country.
7.3.25
In Homs Sunnis are attacking the Alawaites. In Latakia the Alawites are killing the Sunnis. Turkish military vehicles and Turkish-backed forces have entered Idlib, Syria. The incessant exchange of fire on the Latakia-Aleppo highway between regime forces and Assad loyalists has resulted in more than 80 deaths. The regime has launched a massive operation into the provinces of Latakia and Tartus to eliminate the remnants of the Assad regime. 69 members of the Alawite community were executed by the new regime’s security forces. The Sunni jihadists are dropping explosive barrels from the air onto Alawite towns. What Assad, an Alawite, did to the Islamists is now being reversed.
Hamas has promised to kill the living hostages in the event of a new ground maneuver. Hamas insists on a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Strip and a permanent ceasefire in conjunction with the release of the hostages. Hamas launched a rocket from Gaza. The launch failed and fell in the Gaza Strip.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Iran succeeds in enriching enough material for 6 nuclear bombs. The US president tells Fox News today that he prefers to negotiate an agreement with Iran, but the other option is that “something needs to be done” because Iran cannot have nuclear weapons. Trump added: “If Iran doesn’t negotiate, it will be very ugly for them. Iran cannot have nuclear weapons. There are other options available.”
The first flock of storks stopped at the Hula small lake (Agmon) for a night’s rest. Approximately 600,000 storks will pass over the skies of Israel in the coming weeks!
The U.S. halts all federal funding to South Africa and offering South African farmers and their families a fast-track to U.S. citizenship for safety. The process starts immediately.
6.3.25
A very strong message from Trump to Hamas and the residents of Gaza: Return the hostages or you die. I have sent Israel everything it needs to eliminate you. US Secretary of State Rubio on Trump’s warning to Hamas: “He’s tired of watching these videos every weekend where hostages that are emaciated are released and bodies are turned over … He has lost his patience.”
U.S. Intelligence sources say Iran is enriching uranium above 80% purity at the Fordow Enrichment Plant
Russia continues to move forward to ensure the retention of its major bases in Syria, and to deepen cooperation between Moscow and Damascus, while the Trump administration hesitates and does not make decisions regarding its attitude towards Syria and the lifting of sanctions. Syria is interested in expanding its circle of political partners beyond Turkey, and Russia is cooperating with it because it is one of the only countries not bothered by US sanctions.
The US has proposed a new outline under which 10 hostages will be released alive, in exchange for extending the ceasefire in Gaza by sixty days, resuming the entry of humanitarian aid, and releasing terrorists. According to the report, Hamas has not yet responded. An Israeli source says that at this stage there is no progress in the talks.
Hamas spokesman Abu Obaida: “The Islamic nation will not rise up and will not have any standing among nations until this holy land is cleansed of the filth of the occupiers.”
Sweden’s largest supermarket chain, ICA, is selling dates in packaging that says “Free Palestine “” and a map depicting Palestine “from the river to the sea,” erasing Israel.
Israel rescued 10 foreign workers from the West Bank village of al-Zaayem, where they had been held captive for over a month. Palestinians had lured the Indian nationals with false job offers, confiscated their passports, and attempted to use their documents to enter Israel illegally.
Massive Syrian military and security convoys heading towards the Syrian coast to eliminate the remnants of the Assad regime. Mosques in Idlib and Hama are calling for jihad and a general mobilization towards the coast following the announcement by Muqdad Fatiha, an Assad Loyalist, of the start of an operation named “Liberation of the Coast”.
As expected, Syria quickly disintegrates into its own parts. Alawite rebellion in the west in the coastal cities, a Kurdish rebellion in the east and north; and a Druze rebellion in the south.
5.3.25
Egypt has proposed a 50 billion dollar GAZA reconstruction plan that does not stipulate removing Hamas and does not mention who will front the 50 billion dollars.
The White House rejected the Gaza reconstruction plan proposed by Egypt and adopted by the Arab League. White House National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said, “The current proposal does not address the reality that Gaza is uninhabitable, and its residents cannot live there humanely when it is covered in rubble and unexploded bombs.”
He added that “President Trump stands behind his vision to rebuild Gaza without Hamas,” but emphasized that the United States “looks forward to continuing talks” on the issue.
Seventy-seven retired U.S. generals and admirals have urged President Trump to back potential Israeli military action against Iran, warning that Tehran is close to achieving nuclear capability.
Russia sent a delegation of missiles experts to Teheran to assist the IRGC to improve its defence against a potential Air-Strike on its Nuclear facilities by Israel.
The Houthis Issue an Ultimatum to Israel: “If aid doesn’t enter Gaza within 24 hours, Israeli ships will be banned from the Red Sea.”
Trump is now announcing that he is cutting off federal funding to any American college, school, or university that authorizes illegal protests on their premises. The instigators will be imprisoned or sent to their countries of origin, Trump announced. Trump added that American students involved in such protests will be expelled without the possibility of return or will be arrested.
Israel sent 600 trucks of food a day into Gaza. They have enough stocked up at least 6 months for 3000 calories per person due to Israel. The only people being starved in Gaza are Israeli hostages.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hosts Lebanese President General Joseph Aoun, who is visiting the kingdom.
3.3.25
Israel gives Hamas 10 days to release hostages, otherwise war will resume!
2.3.25
Israel to Hamas: “release half of the living and the dead hostages now if you don’t want the war to resume immediately!” The proposal is a return of 12 living hostages and eightteen deceased ones on the first day, even at the steep cost of extending the truce to a month and a half.
Hamas has refused. Hamas and Cairo will not accept the proposal to return remaining hostages without ending the war. Egypt and Qatar are fully behind Hamas.
As of last night – all humanitarian aid trucks aren’t allowed into the Gaza Strip. The decision was made with the end of the first phase of the deal and Hamas’s refusal to accept Witkoff’s plan to continue the talks.
The effect of stopping all humanitarian aid into Gaza will not be immediate. Israel believes that the humanitarian aid delivered during the ceasefire will sustain Hamas for up to six months. Gaza is currently overflowing with food, supplies, and medications.
International law does not require a country at war to supply enemy-run territory that has food surpluses, and whose government is diverting supplies to its military.
After halting humanitarian aid into Gaza, Israel is planning to cut water and electricity. If that doesn’t work, a powerful military operation is expected. These steps are fully coordinated with and approved by the Trump administration.
Israel is preparing to deploy a very significant military force in the Gaza Strip in the coming days.
Abdel Malek al Houthi in a statement: “The return of the war in Gaza will be accompanied by the return of the entire Zionist entity under fire.”
1.3.25
The 42 days ceasefire with Hamas expires this night! Houthi leader threatens: “If the war in Gaza resumes, all of Israel – and especially Tel Aviv – will be under fire.”
The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar is publishing an article today presenting three possible scenarios for the situation in Gaza. According to the article, Washington and Jerusalem have reached agreements on a strategy to exert significant pressure on Hamas, forcing it to make substantial concessions. The three scenarios are as follows: 1. A resumption of fighting by Israel, this time employing the most violent and destructive methods, with overt American support. 2. A resolution leading to the complete dismantling of Hamas, the exile of its leaders, and the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip. 3. Maintaining the current situation and extending the first phase throughout the month of Ramadan.
Hamas rejects extension of first phase of agreement, calls for immediate entry into negotiations for second phase.
A terrible psychological terror video in which more hostages are featured was released by Hamas in order to pressure Israel to move to phase 2 and end the war with Hamas still in power. In the video Eitan Horn, whose brother Yair was released, standing next to his brother right before they parted ways and requested in tears from the Prime Minister: Go to the second phase and release me too.
Israel threatens to operate in the outskirts of Damascus to protect the Druze. A dramatic development! The Israeli Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense instructed the IDF to prepare to defend the Druze town of Jaramana, which is located in the suburbs of Damascus and is currently under attack by Syrian regime forces: “We will not allow the terrorist regime of radical Islam in Syria to harm the Druze. If the regime harms the Druze, it will be harmed by us.”
Apparently Israel has begun providing humanitarian aid to the Druze in Sweida, Syria. This video has great significance: the entry of Israeli civilian trucks deep into Syria must be coordinated with internal Syrian factors.
27.2.25
Israel has received the coffins of four dead hostages. Now that phase one is completed, 59 hostages remain in Gaza, of whom 35 are believed to be dead based on forensic evidence and gathered intelligence. Netanyahu received a ‘green light’ from Trump to continue the war if Hamas does not agree to an extension of Phase One of the deal. Hamas spokesman: “We are ready to extend phase one of the deal”
Hamas leader Fathi Hammad himself, admitting that the so-called “Palestinians” are simply Arabs who migrated to the Land of Israel from neighboring regions. He openly states that every Palestinian has roots either in Egypt or Saudi Arabia—completely debunking the myth that they are an indigenous people with ancient ties to the land. This revelation exposes the fraudulent narrative that has been pushed for decades to justify endless terrorism and delegitimization of Israel. The “Palestinian identity” was manufactured for political warfare against the Jewish state.
The IAEA has now exposed that Iran possesses 275 kg of 60% uranium-235. If further enriched to 90%, this could provide enough uranium for up to six nuclear bombs. Iran has over 10,000 centrifuges. The first ~40 kg batch needed for a bomb could be ready in 22 days.
If Israel is to stop Iran, it must ultimately destroy the Natanz and Fordow centrifuge facilities. Israel’s jets can reach them, but these sites are over 80 meters underground, and even the U.S. GBU-57 bomb can only penetrate up to 60 meters of mountain before it explodes.
The U.S. B-2 stealth bomber can carry the GBU-57 and could repeatedly strike Iran’s sites until they are destroyed. Israel too, has the ability to achieve what the American B-2s can, but this would require an extended and devastating conventional war.
Dozens of Khordad and SA-22 anti-aircraft systems protect Iran’s sites. To overcome these defenses, Israel would need to carry out an extensive bombing campaign, dropping potentially thousands of bombs on hundreds of sites across Iran.
Bottom line – unless a decisive and bold action is taken very soon – Iran is on the path to a nuclear bomb within weeks.
They have all the needed ingredients. They just need to “bake the cake”.
26.2.25
Energy crisis in Iran: Schools have been closed for three days due to energy conservation efforts in Tehran, capital city of Iran.
They have the money for terror but not for energy.
The Israeli Foreign Minister : “Iran has enriched enough uranium to make two bombs and is looking for ways to convert enriched nuclear materials into weapons. We do not have time. If the Iranian nuclear program is not stopped, it will be a disaster for Israel’s security. I believe that there must be a credible military option on the table to stop the Iranian nuclear program before it turns into a weapon. Failure to do so could lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East that includes Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.”
Hamas and Israel agreed that tomorrow the 4 Israeli dead hostages will be handed over in return to the release of all the agreed upon list of terrorists from Israeli prisons.
President Trump canceled the Biden administration’s decision from February 2024 that forced any country receiving weapons from America to send humanitarian aid into enemy territory.
25.2.25
Senior Hamas official Musa Abu Marzouk in an interview with the New York Times: If I had known the extent of the destruction that would be caused by 7/10, I would have opposed the move. We did not know in advance about the specific planning for October 7. We agreed on a general strategy.
Iran has put its defense systems around its nuclear sites on high alert due to fears of a joint attack by Israel and the U.S.
There is agreement in principle on the release of the four martyrs even before the set date. At the same time, discussions are underway to extend the ceasefire in phases similar to those in the first phase.
A Hamas member who held Israelis hostage in Gaza told the captives that the terror group was coordinating with “allies” on college campuses and in the media.
New details about Hamas’s brutal abuse of the hostages Guy Dalal and Eviatar David. The families of Guy and Eviatar were surprised when they saw in a video released by Hamas that they recognized Omar Wenkert at the distorted ceremony that was held upon his release, since the two had no prior acquaintance with him.
The three were starved throughout the entire period, until about two weeks before the release, Hamas began to provide them with food in reasonable quantities. In this way, Guy and Eviatar were also given the feeling that they were about to be released. On the day of Omar’s release, they were taken out of the tunnels, and as far as is known at this time, they were told that all three were being released. Finally, Hamas terrorists brought them to the site of Omer’s release, forced them to watch the release ceremony and the morbid ceremony that accompanied it – and then returned Eviatar and Guy to the tunnels.
Russia, the United States, Hungary and Israel voted today against a Ukrainian resolution proposal at the UN that calls Russia an aggressor and calls on it to withdraw from Ukrainian territory to its recognized borders.
According to the Greek press, Donald Trump ordered the closure of the Alexandroupolis base in Greece at the joint request of Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Trump’s move will be a strategic loss for Greece, the Greek press stresses.
American envoy Witkoff arrives for a series of meetings in the region to close ranks. Not all the details are known, but according to what is already known, these are political moves that will lead to the replacement of the Shiite crescent axis around Israel with a moderate Sunni axis that includes Syria and Lebanon. Within this framework, Syria and Lebanon will join the political arrangements in exchange for billions that Saudi Arabia will pour into them for the purpose of rehabilitation and rebuilding the countries. Russia will maintain a military presence in Syria and will disengage from the Shiite axis, and the US will establish a large military base in Jordan and assist Egypt in building a nuclear reactor for electricity purposes. The Gaza Strip will be handed over to the management of American-Saudi companies, who will develop it so that it serves as a quick outlet to the Mediterranean Sea and will be used to export oil from the Gulf countries and import goods from the West.
22.2.25
The three returning hostages – Eliyah Cohen, Omer Shem Tov, and Omer Wenkert – crossed the border into Israeli territor.
After 11 years: Abera Mengistu returns home
After 505 days: Tal Shoham returns home
Hamas sources: Hisham al-Sayed will be released at a separate point and without a ceremony in order to respect the Israeli Arabs to whom he belongs. A-Sayed served in the IDF for several months and was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
602 terrorists will be released today in exchange for the 6 hostages.
Israel confirms that the release of prisoners expected today will be delayed “until further notice”
In the coming days, after all the living hostages from phase one of the deal have been returned, Israel will try to extend the ceasefire by several weeks in exchange for the release of more hostages.
Israeli official confirms: The coffin of Shiri Bibas was handed also over to the Red Cross. After completing the identification process, IDF representatives recently informed the Bibas Silverman family that their loved one, the late Shiri, was murdered in captivity and was repatriated for burial in Israel. Results of the forensic autopsy tonight – Shiri was brutally murdered along with her two children about a week after October 7th, 2023.
Israel: “We will give $5 million to any Gazan who returns a hostage.” Guess how many Gazans became millionaires? Zero.
Most Israelis, as well as the rest of the world, have no clue about the miracle that happened to us on Thursday night and Friday morning. It was pure divine intervention that blinded the terrorists, preventing them from setting some of the analog clocks attached to the explosive devices to the correct time. Fifteen bombs on buses packed with civilians, along with five suicide bombers on the light rail, were supposed to explode on Friday morning as a diversion to allow a ground invasion into Israeli towns in another area.
Israel is considering: stopping or significantly reducing humanitarian aid in the immediate term. Goal: maximum pressure on Hamas to release as many hostages as possible, as quickly as possible.
Hamas released a video showing two hostages who were not released watching the “ceremony” for the release of the hostages held today in Nusayrat in the central Gaza Strip. The two hostages seen in the video are Eviatar David and Guy Gilboa Dalal.
21.2.25
The bodies of Ariel and Kfir Bibas have been identified, the third body is not that of the mother, Shiri. According to the assessment of professional officials, based on the intelligence available to us and forensic findings from the identification process, Ariel and Kfir Bibas were brutally murdered by terrorists in captivity in November 2023. Hamas’ lies, the children were not killed by an IDF attack, but by the terrorists from the Salafi-jihadist organization “Lords of the Desert.”
IDF Spokesperson: Kfir and Ariel were murdered with bare hands, then terrible acts were committed against them to obscure the circumstances of the murder!
The doctors expressed shock they had never seen before, and these are the doctors who identified the victims of 7/10. According to the security establishment’s assessment, the horrific murder of the Bibas family children was committed about ten days after the October 7 massacre. Their bodies were then mutilated with rocks to simulate death by bombardment.
The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia has spoken about what unfolded in Gaza today of Palestinians cheering on the coffins of the Bibas and Oded Lifschitz: “What we saw today in Gaza is a disgrace to Islam, an act of blasphemy against Allah.”
The Grand Mufti of Dubai, Ahmed al-Haddad, reportedly stated after watching the scenes of dead Israeli babies being paraded in coffins in Gaza: ‘Hamas has brought shame to Islam on a level never seen before.’
Here is the updated list of the Palestinian factions who participated in the Hamas ceremony: 🔻 Al-Ahrar’s Mujahideen Brigades (who held the Bibas children and their mother hostage). 🔻 Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades (Fatah’s official military wing in Gaza, tied to Fatah leadership in Judea & Samaria), some of them are currently working under the Palestinian Authority with the American private contractors in Gaza. 🔻 Hamas’ military wing 🔻 Islamic Jihad’s military wing 🔻 The Popular Resistance Committees’ Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades (a Salafi-jihadist faction). 🔻 The PFLP and PFLP-General Command 🔻 Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, Al-Amoudi Battalion (aligned with Mohammed Dahlan).
They had kids get on stage to celebrate the corpses of the Bibas Family and Oded Lifshitz being paraded.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “The State of Israel bows its head to two small children, tender babies, brothers – Ariel and Kfir Bibas, may their memory be blessed, and to Oded Lipshitz, may his memory be blessed, one of the founders of Kibbutz Nir Oz. All three were murdered with terrible cruelty in Hamas captivity in the first weeks of the war. … In an unspeakably cynical manner, they did not return Shiri to her little children, the little angels, and they put the body of a Gazan woman in a coffin.”
70 hostages are being held in Gaza, 36 of whom have been declared dead
Hamas publishes list of six hostages to be released tomorrow, at least for now, according to the plan: Abra Mengistu / Hisham al-Sayed / Omer Wankert / Omer Shem Tov / Eliya Cohen / Tal Shoham
According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Office, prisoners are expected to be released from Israeli prisons tomorrow according to the following distribution: 50 life prisoners / 60 prisoners sentenced to long terms / 47 people released from the Shalit deal who were arrested again. / 445 Gazans arrested after October 7th. / Total of 602 prisoners in exchange for our 6 hostages.
Explosion in two parked, empty buses in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv. Another bomb was found on a bus in a bus parking lot near Wolfson Hospital in Holon (south of Tel Aviv). Third explosion on a bus in Bat Yam.
Minutes before the first bomb exploded, a passenger alerted the driver to a suspicious object wrapped in a bag in the back seat. The driver drove the bus to the terminal and unloaded all passengers. Minutes later, the bus exploded while empty of passengers.
So far three buses have exploded and two other undetonated bombs were found in two other buses. Drivers of all buses across the country are now being asked to stop and conduct a thorough inspection. A MEGA TERROR ATTACK WAS PLANNED FOR TOMORROW. SOME OF THE BOMBS EXPLODED PREMATURELY. ALL OVER ISRAEL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS ON HOLD!
HAMAS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY OVER THE BOMBS. CEASEFIRE?
The explosive devices found south of Tel Aviv were reportedly planned to explode simultaneously tomorrow morning causing hundreds of casualties! An initial investigation indicates that the charges are all identical and that they all have a timer set to activate tomorrow.
Another bomb was just found in the light train in Petach Tikva – east of Tel Aviv.
As of this moment, it is known that 15 buses were scheduled to explode in the Tel Aviv area, along with five suicide bombers who planned to detonate themselves on the light rail. According to security sources, this terrorist infrastructure originated in Judea and Samaria. This is the consequence of releasing murderous predators into the area while confidently assuming, ‘We’ll be able to manage.’ Only God protects this country.
20.2.25
One of the four terrorists holding Ariel Bibas’ coffin was from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, Fatah’s military wing, led by Mahmoud Abbas—the so-called “peace partner” whom Arab and Western leaders want to rule Gaza in the “day after” plan. They have brought Palestinian babies to see dead Jewish babies.
The IDF announced that the coffins are scanned and opened. Now the Israeli institute for forensic medicine will have to determine if these are indeed the remains of the late Oded Lifshitz, Shiri , Kfir and Ariel Bibas.
Arab reports indicate that the Bibas family’s kidnappers are still alive and are being interviewed proudly.
19.2.25
The families of the following kidnapped individuals have been informed that they are expected to return alive this Saturday: •Tal Shoham •Elia Cohen •Hisham al-Sayed •Omar Wankert •Avra Mengistu •Omar Shem Tov
The Bibas Family: “In recent hours we have been shaken after the Hamas spokesman’s announcement was published about the return of our Shiri, Ariel and Kfir this coming Thursday as part of the deal to release dead hostages. It is important for us to say that we are aware of the reports but have not yet received an official update on the matter. Until we receive certainty, our journey will not end. We ask the media and the public to respect our privacy and not contact us on the matter.”
Shiri Bibas and her children were taken hostage by Palestinian civilians on October 7—not Hamas operatives! Civilians!!! After those same civilians murdered Shiri’s parents and even killed their dog. She was last seen in Gaza, barefoot, wading through the streets while holding her 9-month-old baby, Kfir, and her 4-year-old son, Ariel—surrounded by Palestinian civilians. 70% of the Palestinians who entered Israel on October 7 were civilians. They murdered, raped, looted, and burned lives.
One of the Israelis that are to be released this Saturday is Hisham al-Sayed. He’s an Israeli Muslim Bedouin Arab who suffers from mental illness and has been held hostage in Gaza for 10 years. It’s believed Israel will release around 100 Palestinian prisoners for his freedom.
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Al Jazeera: “We expect to begin negotiations on the second phase, despite Israeli procrastination after Trump’s statements. The departure of the ‘resistance’ from Gaza is unacceptable. Netanyahu’s conditions regarding the disarmament of the ‘resistance’ and the exile of the organization’s leaders cannot be accepted.”
The Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh: ‘The Supreme Leader has repeatedly sought to address the lack of an anti-ballistic missile defense system in our country. An anti-ballistic defense system has been in the works for three years now, and it will be operational by next year (Persian year, so March 2025). ‘The Americans and Israelis always threaten a lot. I assure our dear people and tell them not to worry at all. There won’t be any war. They are not going to do anything against us. Nothing is going to happen. They cannot and will not harm our nuclear program.’
US report: President Trump freezes budgets for Palestinian security forces.
18.2.25
Breaking | Hamas leader in Gaza, Khalil Al-Hayya:
• Four bodies of Israeli captives will be handed over on Thursday in preparation for beginning the second phase of the ceasefire agreement negotiations.
• We will release the bodies of the Bibas family on Thursday in exchange for the release of our detainees on Saturday.
• The remaining (6) living Israeli captives will be released on Saturday as part of the prisoner exchange deal under the first phase of the ceasefire agreement.
17.2.25
Arab media are quoting reports from Israeli sources stating that Hamas is expected to speed up the transfer of 4-5 bodies of hostages, which were originally supposed to be handed over in the final phase of the first stage of the deal. The bodies are expected to arrive in Israel as early as this Thursday. In return, Israel will allow mobile homes to enter Gaza, according to one report. There are also reports of attempts to advance the release of all living hostages from the first phase of the deal as early as this coming Saturday (instead of in two rounds a week apart).
The Israeli Ambassador to the United States: “Egypt is seriously violating the peace agreement and is building offensive military sites in Sinai. Israel will deal with this soon.”
The second phase of the deal is more complicated and includes ending the war, not allowing Hamas to participate in governing the Gaza Strip, and Hamas’s withdrawal from Gaza. The second phase will include 19 Israeli soldiers who we believe are still alive, as well as a number of civilians and bodies.
Hamas Statement: “We assured Egypt that the movement will show flexibility for the sake of rebuilding Gaza. We do not cling to the rule of Gaza if it is in the interest of our people.”
Walid Jumblatt, the leader of the Druze in Lebanon: The era of militias in Lebanon is over. Resistance to Israel will continue only on the political level, not on the military level. We have seen where the military level has led us.
Syria isn’t free! All of the cabinet are with Turkish citizenship!
IRGC Deputy Commander Ali Fadavi announced that Iran will launch its third attack on Israel, Operation True Promise 3, “at the right time.”
15.2.25
Prime Minister’s Office: Today, three of our hostages were returned to Israel: Yair Horn, Alexander Sasha Tropanov, and Sagi Dekel-Chen. This week, Hamas also tried to violate the agreement and create a fake crisis with false claims. We are working in full coordination with the United States with the goal of rescuing all of our hostages – alive and dead – as quickly as possible, and are preparing with full force to continue, in all respects.
After this release, 73 hostages remained in Gaza. According to the information Israel has, 36 of the remaining 73 hostages in Gaza are no longer alive.
Hamas has placed an hourglass and a photo of hostage Matan Zangauker with his mother – an outspoken advocate for a hostage deal – with the message “Time is running out.”
Hamas: We broke Trump, so he can learn not to mess with the Qassam. He demanded all of them, and we gave him three, as we decided.
Of the 14 hostages remaining to be released as part of phase 1 of the ceasefire agreement, only 6 are still alive. Of these 6, two have been in captivity for over a decade, while the other four have been held since the October 7 massacre.”
Amir Ali, a Biden appointed Muslim judge, just blocked President Trump’s executive order to Pause of Foreign Aid, some of which was supporting NGOs supporting Islamists. Judge Brendan Hurson, appointed by Biden, has blocked President Trump’s ban on transgender surgeries for minors.
A UN vehicle was burned on the airport road area in Beirut, Lebanon, by Hezbollah supporters. Hezbollah members attacked UNIFIL personnel at Beirut airport, wounding a senior officer. The Lebanese army vows to arrest and punish all those involved in the airport road events and the attack on the UN.
Hamas demands the implementation of phase two, but only when it comes the end of the war and the full IDF withdrawal from Gaza. However, it refuses to disarm or relinquish control over Gaza.
As part of the first phase of the ceasefire, 1,135 Palestinian prisoners have been released so far: 224 life prisoners / 236 prisoners sentenced to long terms / 555 Gazans arrested in the Strip after October 7 / 69 women / 51 “minors” aged 19 and under
14.2.25
The list of names received today from Hamas by mediators Qatar and Egypt includes: – Alexander (Sasha) Trufanov (29). – Sagi Dekel-Chen (36). – Yair Horn (46).
Trump announced the creation of IMEC (India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor) – an international trade route from India to the US via Israel.
13.2.25
IDF Spokesperson: In the last few minutes, a launch was detected inside the Gaza Strip. The rocket fell in the Gaza Strip. The IDF is determined to fully implement the terms of the agreement in order to return the kidnapped. The Palestinians report a 14-year-old killed as a result of a rocket explosion in Block C in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.
Hamas has reached an agreement with the Egyptian mediators to resume the hostage release deal in its original form in exchange for caravans and fuel. Supplies will enter Gaza on Thursday, and Hamas will announce three hostages for release on Saturday.
The IDF is preparing to occupy the entire Gaza Strip if Hamas does not release all the hostages. Hamas aims to hold about 20 hostages in order to blackmail Israel for years. There is also a fear that Hamas will try to smuggle some of the hostages into Egyptian territory.
USAID paid a rapper in Gaza 3 million dollars to produce antisemitic rap songs.
12.2.25
Israel Army Radio: The Egyptian Defense Minister ordered military brigades in the Sinai and Rafah regions to maintain the highest level of readiness for war.
11.2.25
Trump makes dramatic announcement: If the ALL hostages are not released by Saturday at 12 noon, the ceasefire will be canceled and all hell will break loose.
Hamas spokesman Abdel Latif al-Qanoa told the Qatari Al-Arabi channel: “We are ready to renew the prisoner exchange if Israel adheres to the demands of the first phase of the agreement. Threats and the use of force will not lead to their release.”
Minister Eli Cohen: The cabinet adopted President Trump’s position – “Return all the abductees on Saturday, or hell will break out in Gaza.”
Netanyahu: If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon – the ceasefire will end, and the IDF will return to intense fighting.
Trump on the nuclear issue with Iran – “They are very afraid”: Everyone thinks that Israel, with our help, will attack Iran. I prefer an agreement to an attack. Check it (the nuclear facilities) and then blow it up in an orderly manner and make sure there are no more. Obama’s nuclear deal was stupid. It is impossible to make a short-term deal. The agreement would have lost its validity by now and Iran could legitimately possess nuclear weapons. Iran is very frightened. Their air defenses are gone. The issue of the explosion of the semaphores was devastating for them.
They are very scared. They would be happy to make a deal. I would be happy to make a deal with them without attack them.
They are very scared. They would be happy to make a deal. I would be happy to make a deal with them without attack them.
Energy crisis in Iran: All schools, banks and government offices in Tehran will be closed tomorrow to save electricity and gas
Jordanian King Abdullah: Ready to absorb Palestinians from Gaza, “we will examine how to implement this, in coordination with the Egyptians.” Jordan will receive two thousand sick children from the Gaza Strip immediately.
Trump: “The Palestinians will have a piece of land in Jordan and another in Egypt, and we are giving a lot of money to both countries.”
Israeli presence in Syria is no longer temporary. 9 military sites are built in the security zone. Israeli forces plan to remain in Syria throughout 2025, with 3 brigades operating.
10.2.25
President Trump: “Hamas has been a disaster… I watched the hostages come back today. And they looked like Holocaust survivors, they were in horrible condition. They were emaciated… I don’t know how much longer we can take that.”
The IDF spokesman in Arabic informs Gaza residents this morning: From now on, residents are allowed to return on foot to the northern Gaza Strip, both on the Salah a-Din route and on the coastal route (al-Rashid Street). Vehicles moving north are still subject to inspection on the Saladin Highway. The movement of armed men or the transfer of weapons along these routes to the northern Gaza Strip is strictly prohibited and constitutes a violation of the agreement. Do not approach the Rafah Crossing, the Philadelphi axis, or IDF forces.
9.2.25
A new government was formed in Lebanon with Hezbollah and Amal, the Shiite political forces, playing a significant role in it. While Amal is a legitimate political movement, Hezbollah was and still is an arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. Lebanon is a sovereign country, thus it has the right to include Hezbollah in its government. Israel has the right to remain in southern Lebanon to protect its northern border as long as Hezbollah, which started a war and plotted a significant invasion into its territory, holds any position of power.
Between October 7th, 2023 and November 2024 alone, the Biden administration has poured over $2.1 billion into Gaza as “humanitarian aid.”
8.2.25
Only 9 out of the 17 hostages that are left to be released during phase 1 are still alive.
Eliyahu Sharabi (53). – Ehud Ben-Ami (56). – Or Levi (34) Weak and skinny but alive! For the first time the hostages are forced to speak from the stage words dictated by Hamas: calling to move on to the second phase of the deal and return the hostages.
The 3 hostages, Ohad Eli and Or, are in the hands of the Red Cross. The three returning abductees have now been transferred to IDF and Shin Bet forces in the Gaza Strip and will soon be taken to Israeli territory, from where they will be airlifted to a hospital in central Israel.
The only thing that may come out of these public humiliation ceremonies of Hamas is that if there was any sympathy left for them and their ideas of a future state — it’s all gone.
The only people being starved in Gaza are the Israeli hostages.
Amjad Taha, a journalist from the UAE posted a photo and text on X: “Hamas treated hostages the same way the Nazis treated Jews, starving them and keeping them in uniform, just as Hitler did to Holocaust survivors. Our hearts and prayers are with the families who have witnessed this in Israel. This inhumane act in Gaza in 2025 is beyond condemnation. May God bless you.”
President of the State Isaac Herzog: “This is what a crime against humanity looks like! The entire world should look straight at Ohad, Or, and Eli – who returned from the hell of 491 days in captivity, painful, emaciated, and wounded, and were used in a cynical and evil ritual by damned murderers. We are comforted by the fact that they are returning alive to the arms of their loved ones.”
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar conveyed a message to his counterparts from around the world: “For over a year, the entire international community has danced to the false sounds of the so-called “starvation” propaganda in Gaza. But the pictures don’t lie: The Hamas terrorists and the Gaza residents look great. The Israeli hostages look like Holocaust survivors and are the only ones in the pictures who appear to have clearly suffered from malnutrition. Hamas committed crimes against humanity on kidnapped civilians. ”
Hezbollah’s new headache: Fighting has resumed between Syrian and Lebanese militants.
7.2.25
The list of names received today from Hamas by mediators Qatar and Egypt includes: – Eliyahu Sharabi (53). – Ehud Ben-Ami (56). – Or Levi (34).
5.2.25
Trump on a two-state solution: “We can’t keep repeating the same failed approach over and over.” America will own Gaza for the long term! People from all over the world will live in Gaza. It will become the Riviera of the Middle East. “During the next four weeks we will publish our plan regarding annexation of Judea and Samaria by Israel”
Saudi Arabia issued an official statement: “We will not maintain relations with Israel without the establishment of a Palestinian state. Our position on the Palestinians is non-negotiable.”
On the Arab channels, there is complete shock and a feeling of complete defeat. Commentators are cursing and cursing Trump. Others are saying that Iran should attack Israel. Trump said that if Iran retaliates and tries to kill him, Iran will be destroyed.
4.2.25
Dozens of terrorists who were released from Israeli prisons as part of the first hostage release deal in November 2023 have returned to terror activity. Four were eliminated, and thirty-three were re-arrested.
1.2.25
Ofer Kalderon (54) and Jarden Bibas (35) have been released by Hamas. According to previously published information, Keith Siegel (65) is also to be released today in the city of Gaza. Television footage showed Kalderon and Bibas stepping onto a stage one after the other and waving to those present. Unlike the previous hostage handover, this time there was no large crowd of people present.
The kidnapping of the Bibas family with their two young boys, one of them a baby, had caused worldwide horror. The children and their mother, who has both Israeli and German citizenship, are also scheduled for release in the first phase of the agreement. Now the father will be released before them – although women and children are supposed to have priority for release.
Chaotic scenes unfolded during the last hostage release on Thursday. Footage showed a German-Israeli woman being led through a jostling and shouting crowd by masked and armed Islamists.
Following the release of all three abductees, 79 hostages are still being held in the Gaza Strip, 35 of whom are dead according to Israeli reports. The next hostages are expected to be released next weekend.
31.1.25
Hamas military wing spokesman releases names of abductees to be released tomorrow: – Yarden Bibas (35). – Ofer Calderon (54). – Keith Siegel (65).
According to the agreement, Yarden is not supposed to be released tomorrow, but rather a hostage over the age of 50; however, Israel is not expected to demand his replacement with an older hostage. You can already assume why…
Emily Damari who was released a week ago from Hamas captivity said to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer: Hamas held me in UNRWA facilities and denied me medical treatment after shooting me twice”
In the plane and helicopter air crash over Washington, DC: 67 dead. There were no survivors in the collision as initially reported.
29.1.25
82 hostages are still left in Gaza. Based on forensic evidence and the testimony of captured terrorists and released hostages, the families of 35 of them have been notified that their loved ones are dead.
The names of the Thai hostages who were released: – Thenna Pongsak – Sathian Suwannakham – Sriaoun Watchara – Seathao Bannawat – Rumnao Surasak
28.1.25
In almost every violent conflict in the world, refugees are allowed to leave for other countries – for example, Europe and Erdogan’s Turkey have taken in millions of refugees from the civil war in Syria – and only the Gazans are discriminated against.
27.1.25
In an attempt to prove that she is alive – Saraya Al-Quds have published a recorded message from Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud, who is set to be released on Thursday.
White House: Lebanon ceasefire agreement to be extended until February 18.
Arbel Yehud and Agam Berger and one other abductee will be released.
Hamas has given Israel a list of the status of the hostages to be released in the first phase of the deal.
The list provided by Hamas contains no information about the condition of the individual hostages, only the number of those alive and the number dead. Who is alive and who is dead will only be known on the day of release. 18 are confirmd alive.
91 Israeli hostages are still being held by Hamas. 36 of them have been officially declared dead.
The inhabitants of the Gaza Strip are celebrating their expected return to the northern strip tomorrow morning, where only ruins await them. They probably think they will return to their homes.