Thursday, 15 February 2024 | The escalation in the north on Wednesday, which culminated with the rocket barrage on the Northern Command base in Safed that claimed the life of Staff Sergeant Omer Sarah Benjo and injured eight others, comes a day after reports of progress in negotiations to end the war in the north.
Continue Reading »Thursday, 15 February 2024 | In a troubling statement, the former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, asserted that Tehran “has all the necessary components for a nuclear bomb.” This declaration made on Monday has raised concerns, prompting International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi to issue a warning during a diplomatic
Continue Reading »Thursday, 15 February 2024 | This week, US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel cannot enter Rafah in force under current circumstances because it would lead to a “disaster.” Netanyahu issued a short statement saying, “I gave an order for the military to prepare” for such an operation, putting the
Continue Reading »Thursday, 15 February 2024 | The Israel Defense Forces [IDF] said on Wednesday that an Al Jazeera journalist wounded in an air strike in Gaza was a Hamas militant who filmed himself at a kibbutz [collective community] during the October 7 attack. Ismail Abu Omar and his cameraman Ahmad Matar were both hurt in an
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 14 February 2024 | Israel has put forth a proposal aimed at establishing extensive tent cities within Gaza as part of an evacuation strategy, anticipating an imminent operation on the southern city within the strip that Israel identifies as the final stronghold of Hamas. The initiative, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, is
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 14 February 2024 | Two Israeli civilians were seriously wounded on Tuesday in a Hezbollah rocket attack on Kiryat Shmona, close to the border with Lebanon. The victims, a 16-year-old boy and a 47-year-old woman, were conscious, Magen Adom emergency rescue personnel said. Both were evacuated to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. “We received
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 14 February 2024 | Jordanian King Abdullah II called for an immediate cease-fire during his visit to Washington to meet with US President Joe Biden about the situation in Gaza. As the US and Jordan marked 75 years of their alliance, Abdullah II met with Biden in Washington to discuss the latest developments in
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 14 February 2024 | “Every time we talked about it, at least one of the girls said that they had suffered sexual and physical abuse,” according to former Hamas hostage Agam Goldstein-Almog, 17. Agam was released from Hamas captivity with her mother, Chen, and her younger brothers Gal, 11, and Tal, 9, after 51
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 13 February 2024 | Israeli security forces rescued two hostages from the Gaza Strip in a “complex” overnight raid Monday morning. Fernando Marman, 61, and Louis Har, 70, were rescued by Israeli forces from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and were transported to a hospital near Tel Aviv. They were declared to be
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 13 February 2024 | US President Joe Biden said on Monday that Israel “should not proceed” with a military operation in the Palestinian city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip without a plan for the more than 1 million civilians currently sheltering in the area. Speaking alongside the visiting Jordanian King Abdullah II
Continue Reading »All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner. All other materials are property of Bridges for Peace. Copyright © 2024.
Website Site Design by J-Town Internet Services Ltd. - Based in Jerusalem and Serving the World.