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The history of the conflict between Israel and Palestine has become a contest of one-sided interpretations and outright myths. For Israelis, Palestine was never a country. For Palestinians and their supporters in the West, Israel is an illegitimate settler-colonial state. There is perhaps no historical moment that has been more distorted by such mythmaking than 1948, the year the British colonial ‘mandate’ ended and the modern state of Israel was founded. It was a moment of celebration for the Zionist movement, which had finally realised its dream of a Jewish homeland. But it was a moment of misery for Arabs....

Tel Aviv — The war is back in Gaza. Since abandoning a ceasefire on March 17, the Israel Defense Forces have pounded the Palestinian territory with waves of deadly strikes it says are targeting Hamas terrorists. Those strikes have brought the overall death toll in Gaza to well over 50,000 since the beginning of the war, according to the enclave's Hamas-run Health Ministry. CBS News spoke recently with an Israeli soldier who has questioned the military's tactics. Tommy — not his real name, as he agreed to speak with CBS News on the condition of anonymity — fought in Gaza...

Does San Diego, California have a 'Hamas' problem? No, not the ignorant student protestors at universities being directed by Hamas's proxies. No, not the terrorists rolling into the area from Joe Biden's and Kamala Harris's open border. They may be seeing actual tunnels, dug by Hamas itself or its clients the Mexican cartels, coming in through Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol has discovered more than 200 of them since 2003, according to the Department of Customs & Border Protection. The most recent one found, that there's any news on, at least, was a 2022 Tijuana-to-San Diego tunnel , complete with...

TBN Israel's Yair Pinto reports on the Israel-Hamas War. Israel is intensifying its operations against Hamas leadership with precise airstrikes targeting high-ranking officials. In the past 24 hours, the newly appointed Hamas prime minister, along with key financial and military leaders, have been eliminated. The IDF is preparing for a significant ground maneuver while tightening control over Gaza’s humanitarian aid and security zones. Meanwhile, Hezbollah is attempting to reestablish its presence along Israel’s northern border despite facing setbacks. On the broader regional front, Iran is escalating rhetoric while facing pressure from the U.S. over its nuclear ambitions. With diplomatic negotiations...

TBN Israel's Yair Pinto reports on the Israel-Hamas War and rising Houthi tensions. Pinto reports that the U.S. has escalated attacks on the Houthis in Yemen, eliminating at least 53, including senior leaders. Meanwhile, Hezbollah is under pressure from both Israel and new clashes in Syria. In Gaza, Hamas continues to violate ceasefire talks while the IDF strikes terrorist targets. Plus, Israeli forces uncover a weapons depot with UNRWA equipment in northern Samaria. Stay up-to-date with the latest developments here on TBN Israel.

...The IDF asked the Defense Minister for instructions for handling the [expected] protest ships. In response, Katz instructed the IDF to allow the flotillas to arrive in Gaza, for the protesters to disembark in the strip, and then to seize the ships and take them to the port of Ashdod. According to him, the move will allow for the ships to be used to evacuate the residents of Gaza who wish to leave...

Israel continues to prevent Syria’s new jihadist regime from utilizing weapons left over from the deposed government of Bashar al-Assad. Israel fighter jets carried out airstrikes today against Assad-era weapons depots. In the meantime, Israel is warning Syria to not move against its Druze minority. Would a confrontation between the IDF and Syria’s new rulers spark Turkish involvement on behalf of its jihadist allies? Watch now!

TEL AVIV—Israeli decision-makers plan to resume the Gaza war in four to six weeks with overwhelming force, sending in tens of thousands of troops to conquer the entire strip in a single coordinated offensive against Hamas. Incoming military chief of staff Eyal Zamir has, at the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Israel Katz, started developing the plan, according to several current and former Israeli officials with knowledge of high-level discussions. Under the plan, Israel will deploy more troops to Gaza than it has to this point in the war—over 50,000—before relocating the civilian population to humanitarian...

The ground is shifting in real time. Israel is partnering with other persecuted minorities in the region to defeat the jihad armies. The Druze, with the support of Israel, now fully control the southern Syrian region of Sweida, the first overwhelmingly non-Muslim state in the Middle East since Israel. A new country is emerging in the Middle East. The Druze, with the support of Israel, now fully control the southern Syrian region of Sweida. ... Sweida has almost half a million people. Over 85% are Druze and nearly 10% are Christian. It’s BY FAR the safest area for Christians in...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) buzzed the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah omluvhin Beirut on Sunday as crowds chanted “Death to Israel,” reminding the Iran-backed terror group that Israeli warplanes killed Nasrallah in September. As Breitbart News reported at the time, Nasrallah and several of his aides, who had survived the “pager” attack several days before, were killed in a surprise bombing that took out his underground headquarters in Beirut. Nasrallah’s funeral was delayed until his body could be recovered, and until after Hezbollah had accepted a ceasefire. He was buried alongside his purported successor, Hashem Saffiedine, whom Israel...

Transcript linked below video. Longish video, but very logical progression, lots of geopolitical prognosticating.

Three hostages, including one who survived the brutal Nova music festival massacre during the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, have been freed after the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal went into effect following hours of uncertainty. Romi Gonen, 23, Emily Damari, 28, and Doron Steinbrecher, 30, were handed over to the Israel Defense Forces by the Red Cross on Sunday after 471 days in captivity. Earlier, Hamas terrorists transferred the women to the aid group’s trucks during a chaotic scene in Gaza.

IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari delivers a statement to the media as the ceasefire was supposed to come into effect and following the recovery of the body of Oron Shaul, a decade after he fell in Operation Protective Edge. IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari delivered a statement to the media this morning (Sunday) in which he announced that the ceasefire did not go into effect at 8:30 a.m. because Hamas still has not provided the names of the three hostages who are supposed to be released later today. “As of this morning, Hamas has not fulfilled its obligation, and contrary...

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TBN Israel's Yair Pinto reports on the Israel-Hamas, Hezbollah War and Syrian conflict. Pinto reports that the IDF is intensifying its operations in Gaza, the fragile Hezbollah ceasefire and Israel's strengthening of its positions near Damascus to prevent spillover from Syria, while Turkish influence in the region grows. In Yemen, Houthi leaders are in hiding following Israeli threats after ongoing missile attacks targeting Israeli civilians. Stay up-to-date with the latest developments here on TBN Israel.

"We call on all actors to avoid any actions, including the destruction of civilian property and infrastructure, that could jeopardize the cessation of hostilities," it continued. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) claimed that an IDF bulldozer destroyed a blue barrel marking the line of withdrawal between Lebanon and Israel in Labbouneh, in a Saturday night X/Twitter post. During the incident, which allegedly happened on Saturday morning, peacekeepers also claimed to have witnessed the bulldozer destroy an observation tower belonging to the Lebanese Armed Forces. "The IDF’s deliberate and direct destruction of both clearly identifiable UNIFIL property and...

“It was made to look like a hospital, and patients were brought there just for appearances,” Master Sgt. (Res.) G. said.... During interrogations by IDF investigators, soldiers learned that senior Hamas operatives were running the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabaliya, Gaza, and planned to escape from the hospital during the IDF raid there last Friday using ambulances, Unit 504 investigators revealed to N12 in an interview published Thursday. The Kamal Adwan Hospital was raided last Friday by the IDF and Shin Bet, who arrested more than 240 terrorists, some of whom participated in the October 7 massacre.... “We understood that...

The IAF conducted an IDF and ISA intelligence-based strike, eliminating the terrorist Abd al-Hadi Sabah, a Nukhba Platoon Commander in the Western Khan Yunis Battalion. The terrorist operated from a shelter in the Humanitarian Area in Khan Yunis. Abd al-Hadi Sabah was one of the leaders of the infiltration into Kibbutz Nir Oz during the murderous October 7th Massacre. Moreover, throughout the war, Sabah led and advanced numerous terrorist attacks against IDF troops. Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munitions, intelligence, and aerial surveillance. "The IDF and ISA...

Inside the operation to take Kamal Adwan hospital; IDF soldier killed; Hamas fires 5 rockets into Israel; 17 in Syria killed by Israeli airstrike - report The IDF said on Sunday that - if ordered - it will prolong keeping Jabalya cut-off from Gaza City. While both Jabalya and Gaza City are broadly part of northern Gaza, Jabalya, along with Beit Hanun and Beit Lahiya, are part of the northernmost half of northern Gaza, which has been progressively emptied of most Palestinian terrorists and civilians alike since early October. In early October, tens of thousands of Palestinians were evacuated to...

Gee, then who might be the "problem" most vexing the new regime in Syria? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?In the immediate aftermath of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel moved quickly to destroy Assad's military assets. They also seized the demilitarized zone along their Syrian border to prevent some of the Islamist rebel groups from starting a war. Those moves got condemnation from the UN and some Western countries that have nominal alliance with Israel.According to the new regime's governor in Damascus, however, it's water under the bridge. Maher Marwan spoke to NPR as a representative of the new national government...