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Wed, 30 Jul 2025 21:22:26 GMT
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Palestinians climb onto trucks carrying aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip July 29, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/DAWOUD ABU ALKAS)
Coordinator of the Israeli Forum of Experts and Civil Society for Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Lihi Levian Joffe, walks the Post through the breakdown of aid distribution in Gaza.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:22:48 GMT
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 A PRO-PALESTINIAN Jewish protester participates in a demonstration calling for the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City last week. Psychologists might unpack how Jews produce so many un-Jews, says the writer. (photo credit: JEENAH MOON/REUTERS)
Experts say that the numbers show that Israel is failing to justify its actions in Gaza to its strong support base of American Jews.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:38:40 GMT
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Troops of the 401st Brigade operating in the Jabalya area in the northern Gaza Strip; illustrative. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
After the explosion occurred, the IDF treated the Gazans at the scene with the IDF's Search and Rescue Unit 669, evacuating them via helicopter for further medical treatment in Israel.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:50:07 GMT
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Hamas terrorists stand guard during a hostage release in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025; illustrative. (photo credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo)
Hamas has informed mediators that it will not enter negotiations with Israel until the humanitarian situation in Gaza improves, according to two sources who spoke with The Jerusalem Post.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:33:43 GMT
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Vandals spraypaint the New York Times building, reading
The spray paint message read "NYT LIES, GAZA DIES."
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 21:26:41 GMT
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 HEZBOLLAH LEADER Sheikh Naim Qassem delivers an address earlier this year. Recently he affirmed that ‘liberation is a duty, no matter how long it takes.’ (photo credit: Al Manar TV/Reuters)
"Those who call for submitting arms practically demand submitting them to Israel... We will not submit to Israel," Naim Qassem said in a televised address, rejecting US pressure to disarm Hezbollah.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:19:12 GMT
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Illustrative image of Hamas terrorists in Gaza. (photo credit: Getty images/MAHMUD HAMS/AFP, Adam Smigielski)
The ceasefire deal that was thought to be imminent following the IDF's success in Iran has collapsed. Instead of giving Hamas the green light to deal, it seems that Tehran sent word to double down.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:35:27 GMT
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 Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks, conceding 2024 U.S. presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump, at Howard University in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2024. (photo credit:  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
This opens up the possibility for Harris to run in the 2028 presidential election.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:20:39 GMT
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Attendees at the Declaration Signing. (photo credit: Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester & Region)
The eight leaders promised to ensure that there is a viable and open relationship between the Muslim and Jewish communities and to work to develop difficult discussions and mutual understanding.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:22:27 GMT
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 US TREASURY Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to the media as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt looks on, earlier this month. Last month, Bessent threatened: ‘We will collapse Iran’s economy and eliminate its oil industry.’ (photo credit: LEAH MILLIS/REUTERS)
The US Treasury Department announced fresh sanctions for over 100 Iran-linked entities in move to place "maximum pressure" on the regime.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 21:36:52 GMT
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 Haredim protest against the IDF draft outside Tel Hashomer recruitment base, April 28. 2025. (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI)
The IDF has sent out 80,000 draft orders to haredi men and is preparing for large-scale arrest operations nationwide, in coordination with the Israel Police.
Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:11:22 GMT
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RABBI CHAIM LEVINE (3rd R) and Yaniv Leidner (3rd L) at the Iron Brother 2022 Challenge (photo credit: Adi Berkowitz)
Inside the powerful journey of wounded Israeli soldiers finding healing and hope with Brothers for Life
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:59:28 GMT
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US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks during a dinner with US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Blue Room of the White House, July 7, 2025  (photo credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Witkoff's first trip to Israel in nearly six months comes as the international community pushes for more humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 08:59:50 GMT
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Child Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, who suffers from cerebral palsy, alongside mother and brother.  (photo credit: Israel Foreign Ministry / X / Section 27A of the Copyright Act )
“We have since learned new information, including from the hospital that treated" Gazan child Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, the New York Times wrote.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:22:18 GMT
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Activists attend a protest demanding an end to the war in Gaza, and against the humanitarian crises there, outside the US embassy in Tel Aviv, July 29, 2025. (photo credit: JAMAL AWAD/FLASH90)
“Our country is starving the people of Gaza to death and contemplating the forced removal of millions of Palestinians from the Strip,” the letter alleged. 
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 09:53:07 GMT
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Palestinians climb onto trucks carrying aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip July 29, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/DAWOUD ABU ALKAS)
The former US Green Beret previously said he had "never witnessed the level of brutality against an unarmed, starving civilian population until I was in Gaza."
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:53:20 GMT
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A plane releases airdropped humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, July 30, 2025. (photo credit: VIA PRIME MINISTER
"We airdropped aid to Gazan civilians and we called on other nations to join us. Some have already done so," the PMO added.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:06:00 GMT
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 Astronauts are seen inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months after the capsule undocked from the ISS to begin a journey to return to Earth March 18, 2025. (photo credit: NASA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
For this experiment, Sheba will partner with the US firm SpaceTango to grow several bacterial species aboard the ISS using a specially designed Earth-controlled system.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:18:46 GMT
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Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana speaks at the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva, Switzerland, July 30, 2025. (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson’s Office)
During his speech, Ohana also pulled out a tablet showing a video from Iran's parliament in June during which members shouted "Death to Israel, Death to America."
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:52:04 GMT
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Demonstrators protest, calling for the release of all hostages held in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, July 26, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)
The forum warned that recognizing a Palestinian state before the hostages are freed would legitimize terrorism as a path to political gains.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:28:58 GMT
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  Head of opposition and head of the Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 30, 2025.  (photo credit: FLASH90/CHAIM GOLDBERG)
Shas and United Torah Judaism said in a statement that they were willing to meet to discuss a hostage deal.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:31:46 GMT
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 YOSEPH HADDAD is an Arab-Israeli advocacy activist and CEO of the Together Vouch for Each Other organization. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
According to Israel Police, "a report was received about a brawl between drivers on a road in Jaffa, during which sounds of gunfire were heard—no injuries were reported."
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:30:17 GMT
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Erica Mindel.  (photo credit: screenshot, SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT)
Erica Mindel's new position involves developing and driving the company’s positions on hate speech, according to her job description.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:31:59 GMT
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 Signs in support of Palestinians in Gaza are set up along with reinforcements to block the doorway of a building at an encampment after protesters were asked to leave by UCLA campus police at the University of California, Los Angeles, California, US, May 2, 2024.  (photo credit: REUTERS/AUDE GUERRUCCI)
UCLA will pay nearly $6.5 million to the Jewish defendants and $320,000 to the UCLA Initiative to Combat Antisemitism.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:35:43 GMT
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Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani, the newly appointed commander of the country
Qaani met with top Shiite leaders in Baghdad to contain internal splits and preserve Iran's influence in Iraq ahead of parliamentary elections.
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:15:33 GMT
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Rising from the Ashes (photo credit: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority)
The Israel Antiquities Authority has announced the opening of its new exhibit detailing the October 7 massacre from the perspective of archeologists who assisted in bringing closure after the attack.