Despite Israel's efforts to dispute the death toll in the enclave, the numbers are not an exaggeration, but apparently, an undercount. Comparisons to other global wars only reveal the scope of the disaster we are wreaking in Gaza

While cease-fire protests organized by the anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace movement – such as the one in New York on Friday – have been occurring since 2023, the most recent surge in demonstrations has been led by a broader coalition of Jewish groups

'I understand the parents' difficulty in taking action, but sometimes you only realize how urgent it is to act when it's too late,' says Merav Svirsky, sister of Itay, who was killed in captivity. 'It must not be too late, we must not lose another life'

Two months ago the prime minister touted his humanitarian aid plan, which has now failed, as countries airdrop food into Gaza. Now he has to figure out where he'll get the troops to continue his forever war in the run-up to the next election – and as the hostages languish

A senior Israeli official said earlier this week that Israel and the U.S. increasingly agree on shifting from a partial hostage deal approach to one requiring a full hostage release, Hamas' disarmament and Gaza's demilitarization

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said this week that if the group relinquished its weapons, they would only wind up in Israel's hands. The Lebanese terror organization isn't expected to give up its arms without direct instructions from Iran

World-renowned Israeli writer David Grossman said coming to the realization that Israel is committing genocide was extremely painful, but he now has a moral obligation to speak up: 'I feel an inner urgency to do the right thing, and now is the time to do it'

This marks the second video Hamas has released of Evyatar David, who has been held in captivity in Gaza for 665 days. The family has not yet cleared the most recent video for publication

'Aid has become a symbol for chaos, not hope': The IDF's actions to disperse looters often involve the use of live fire, wounding many Palestinians. A Gazan resident also told Haaretz that the air drops are essentially worthless, with violence erupting every time a package lands

The IDF's presence in Lebanon has become a bargaining chip for Hezbollah in talks on disarming it, while Israel's seizure of land in the Golan and beyond has enmeshed it in Syrian politics. All this is endangering Trump's plans

A Rafah resident told Haaretz that he hopes the U.S. envoy will understand the Palestinians' situation in the area: 'Better to loot the trucks and take whatever is at hand than be sitting ducks in a firing range of tanks and snipers'

How did ordinary people let this happen? We're no longer bystanders. Decades of apartheid, occupation, and indifference made us complicit in a genocide unfolding before our eyes

The zoo's management said it was investigating how the leopard managed to escape, and stressed that visitors were behind a protective glass layer and were not in danger

'We must flood Gaza with food, water, and medicine,' says French Foreign Minister, as Germany pledges €5 million to UN efforts amid urgent calls for Israeli cooperation

The Finance Ministry's Accountant General's Office stated that the meetings in London were held with investment managers to encourage immigration as a means to attract investors to Israel

With only a handful of Hamas militants believed to remain in what was once Gaza's northernmost city along the Israeli border and casualties mounting among IDF reservists, some Israeli soldiers sent for yet another round of fighting are saying they're fed up. 'After this round in Gaza, I'm not coming back'

The new tariffs will apply to 68 countries, including all 27 members of the European Union

Marisa Fox never knew her mother was a Holocaust survivor. 'My Underground Mother,' her new documentary that premieres this weekend at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, reveals why she chose to hide her past

It has recruited veteran talent, but with no investigative desk and modest ratings, i24NEWS' Hebrew channel is still struggling to define itself a year in

Over the past decade, cancer treatments like immunotherapy have mainly focused on targeting and blocking specific receptors to interrupt the cancer cells' energy supply, and scientists are actively exploring other ways the immune system can attack cancer

Israel is well on the way to becoming a pariah – almost rogue – state, thanks to nearly Olympian levels of charlatanism from its government ministers ■ Once again Bezalel Smotrich's megalomaniac wretchedness has been exposed for all to see ■ Netanyahu gears up for his ultimate role as a wannabe dictator

Anything the Israeli military proposes at this time is nothing more than rearranging chair on the deck of the sinking Titanic ■ As far as the extreme right is concerned, annexing the Strip is not a threat against Hamas – it's the goal

Move comes after several Western nations declared - some for the first time - that they plan to recognize a Palestinian state

As Gazans starve, Israeli leaders and influencers are obsessing about a photo of a malnourished Palestinian child with an insufficient caption - desperately trying to explain away problems, but the world isn't listening. Their reaction to a long-awaited UN summit on the two-state solution was no better

Critics, particularly those from Egypt, accused the protest organizers of deflecting responsibility from Israel and placing undue blame on Cairo

While American lawmakers handsomely rejected two proposals by the independent senator from Vermont, more than half the Democratic caucus backed the measure – mirroring other moves to challenge U.S. policy and press for greater accountability

The video was recorded two days before the Palestinian organization allegedly lost contact with Braslavski's captors. 'He looks emaciated; all of his bones are sticking out,' his mother said

GHF Executive Chairman Rev. Dr. Johnnie Moore, a former evangelical adviser to the White House during Trump's first term, said that the foundation did not have to disclose its donors, indicating that GHF required more money

Over the past week, Tel Aviv-Jaffa saw a myriad of protests, each with its own message. But the movements must now truly join forces – Gaza's children and Israel's hostages can't wait for us to build the perfect coalition

Israel's government treats the hostages not as a priority, but as a problem – an inconvenience to larger ambitions like building settlements in Gaza and deporting its Palestinian residents. Organized diaspora Jewry has looked the other way

The Trump-aligned lawmaker said Gaza is starving and urged fellow lawmakers to halt funding to Israel's 'nuclear-armed' government, accusing it of 'systematically cleansing' Palestinians from their land

Three months into the first intifada, dozens of Israeli artists gathered in Tel Aviv to try to 'awaken the human conscience,' as one rocker put it. Nearly four decades later, the arc of history hasn't bent toward peace

The State Department explained its decision to impose sanctions, saying the Palestinian groups were 'taking actions to internationalize [their] conflict with Israel, such as through the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice'

Activist Yoseph Haddad says the bullet was accidentally discharged from his gun while he was seated in his car and was attacked by a man over his political opinions, in what he calls a 'nationalistic assault'

Alex de Waal has seen and studied some of the world's most severe cases of famine. What is happening in Gaza today terrifies him

Refusenik Ayana Gerstmann spoke to the crowd as counter-protesters shouted over her. 'I don't have the privilege to be silent when the environment around me has been silent for so long,' she said, 'I say in a clear voice: the destruction of Gaza – not in my name!'

Earlier Jewish coins from the revolt period called for the liberation of Zion. This one found near Temple Mount called for 'redemption,' months before besieged Jerusalem fell to the Romans

Huawei seeks top Israeli talent with experience in exploits research and offensive cyber. Experts warn: It's legal – but could lead to sensitive knowledge leaking to China and even Iran

Calls from Western countries to recognize a Palestinian state have recently resurfaced, with seven Western countries announcing this week that they are considering changing their stance ahead of the UN General Assembly in September

According to both detainees, Chief Superintendent Eyal Shahar leaned into the van, cursed at one protester, slapped him and then choked the other. 'The guy next to me shouted something, and Shahar said, "Shut your mouth or I'll fuck you up,"' recounted one detainee

Here in America, we still talk of Israel's extreme right-wing takeover as something temporary. But if you can't call this government what it is – Kahanist, extremist, eager to burn down what remains of the state – you're not standing with Israel

The Palestinian news agency WAFA cited local sources who said that a group of settlers entered the village of Silwad, east of Ramallah, overnight and set fire to 12 vehicles and several homes. Khamis Abdul Latif Ayyad, 45, lost his life while trying to douse the fires

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: Israeli students fly to Madrid for a program that fosters dialogue between Jews and Palestinians, while a techie returns from a music festival adventure in Lisbon

The war has laid waste to the entire enclave, and the path to reconstruction will be long, costly and politically fraught. What if Trump is right?

The Knesset has passed a law allowing the detention of Gazans without trial for years, as the prisoners languish in conditions including sleep deprivation, hunger and dehydration. But this only widens the circle of violence

Netalie Brown has two new films that dare to face Israel with its actions: Her documentary 'Shooting' portrays Israel's film and TV industry as a collaborator with the security forces, while her first full-length feature, 'Oxygen,' raises questions about the tradition of sacrificing sons in wars

'As long as people live between heaven and earth, we are in a state of ongoing collective trauma,' says Yoav Groweiss, who conducted the study. Though many continue their routines, he says, 'there's a deep fracture here, shaking the basic values that hold our society together'

Israelis are engaging in a classic genocide denial tactic: blurring atrocity with arithmetic. Any mention of Palestinian suffering is seen as a threat to the nation's image and survival