Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Israel

IDF Names 2 Soldiers Who Fell In Southern Gaza Battles

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit on Monday morning cleared for publication the names of two IDF soldiers who fell in battle in Gaza and whose families have be...

IDF Spokesman Reveals Rescue Operation Details: ‘Soldiers Embraced Hostages And Began Gunfight’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari released a statement Monday morning with further details of the heroic Sunday night rescue of two hostages, Fernando Simon Marman ...

Charedi Knesset Members Slam Netanyahu For Releasing Statement on Shabbos

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ISRAEL (VINnews) Charedi Knesset leaders slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after he released a statement on Shabbos, responding to Moody’s downgrading Israel’s credit. ...

WATCH: Heartbreaking Super Bowl Ad by Israel Honors Fathers Being Held Hostage

This is for the dads: The funny ones The strong ones The silly ones The ones who have been held hostage in Gaza, longing to be reunited with their loved ones. Know tha...

Moody’s Downgrades Israel’s Credit Rating Due To Effects Of Hamas War

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — International ratings agency Moody's announced Saturday that it has cut Israel's credit rating from A1 to A2, due to the effects of the war. The  agency has a...

Argentine President Milei Concludes Israel Visit With Dance At Kotel: ‘Am Yisrael Chai’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Argentina’s President Javier Milei concluded his supportive trip to Israel with a second visit to the Western Wall, where he danced with Chabad  rabbi Simon J...

Netanyahu To ABC: Victory Is Within Reach, We’ll Make A Safe Passage For Rafah Civilians

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As Israel completes the conquest of Khan Younis and prepares to attack the final Hamas holdout in Rafah, the international community has expressed concern tha...

Calls For UNRWA Head To Resign After He Claims He ‘Didn’t Know’ Of Terror Tunnel Under HQ

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli leaders, including Foreign Affairs Minister Yisrael Katz and UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan, have called on UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini to resign after h...

IDF Uncovers Hamas Intelligence Command Center Under UNRWA Headquarters In Gaza

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF has for some time claimed that UNRWA, the United Nations agency which is officially designated to provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza, has served ...

Arab Journalist Claims Hamas Leaders Tried To Escape To Yemen By Airplane

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — An Arab journalist who is the regional director of the British Middle East Center for Studies and Research claims that he has information about an attempt by H...

Chabad Teacher Dies Of Heart Attack Two Months After His Brother Fell In Gaza

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: The Chabad community mourns the death of 39-year-old Rabbi Nadav Yehuda Natan from the city of Charish. Rabbi Natan's younger brother Yissachar HyD fell ...

After Declaring ‘My Memory Is Fine’, Biden Promptly Confuses Mexican And Egyptian Leaders

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — After confusing world leaders on two occasions this week, mentioning two dead leaders as if they are still in charge of their country, President Biden faced a ...

Trump Tells WABC’s Sid Rosenberg: ‘YOU ARE GREAT’

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(VINnews) — Radio icon Sid Rosenberg got a huge compliment from President Trump following his recent trip to Israel. Rosenberg, who hosts the number one morning talk show in NYC...

Nachi Gordon Urges Community Not to Flaunt Lavish Vacations on Social Media

(VINnews) — Kudos to renowned podcaster and media figure Nachi Gordon, who has called out members of the frum community who boast about their lavish vacations on WhatsApp, Facebook...

Calls To Remove UNRWA From East Jerusalem, After Video Shows Students Terror Statements

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — "I am ready to carry out a suicide attack", a student at a UNRWA school in East Jerusalem says in a video filmed in 2022 by the Bedein Center for Near East Po...

Gazan Journalist: ‘Find Us Somewhere To Go. You Don’t Want Us? Put Us On Ships’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A Gazan journalist revealed the severity of the situation in the southern Gaza strip and implored Israel to help the Gazans emigrate. In an interview with ...

WhatsApp Accounts of Oct 7 Hostages and Victims Vanish on Same Day

(VINNews) In a disturbing occurrence which underscores the extreme trauma and pain of October 7 victims and their families—the WhatsApp accounts of hostages and those murdered by H...

IDF To Extend Regular And Reserve Service, Sparking Calls For Charedi Shouldering Of Burden

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF announced Wednesday that it plans to extend the regular army service to 36 months, as well as increasing reserved duty until the age of 46 and added m...

Son Of Hamas Founder Who Disavowed His Roots Visits Western Negev

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After calling for the elimination of Hamas and publicly defending Israel's actions to defend itself, Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of the founder of Hamas who ...

IDF drill or blood libel?

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(Judith Segaloff / JNS) — I'm trying to find out which idiot officer issued the orders,” said Igal Lahav, mayor of Karnei Shomron, outraged at an Israel Defense Forces drill on Mon...