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Yousef Ayesh Awad Ramadan, a deputy commander of a Hamas Nukhba terrorist cell, at a bomb shelter at the Re’im Junction in Israel’s south, Oct. 7, 2023. (Credit: Israel Defense Forces’ Spokesperson’s Unit)
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Hamas terrorist who kidnapped four on Oct. 7 eliminated in Gaza strike
By JNS Staff
Yousef Ayesh Awad Ramadan helped kidnap Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eliya Cohen, Alon Ohel and Or Levy from a bomb shelter at the Re’im Junction in Israel’s south, according to the IDF.
Yousef Ayesh Awad Ramadan, a deputy commander of a Hamas Nukhba terrorist cell, at a bomb shelter at the Re’im Junction in Israel’s south, Oct. 7, 2023. (Credit: Israel Defense Forces’ Spokesperson’s Unit)
June 3, 2026, 10:53 pm
Hamas terrorist who kidnapped four on Oct. 7 eliminated in Gaza strike
Yousef Ayesh Awad Ramadan helped kidnap Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eliya Cohen, Alon Ohel and Or Levy from a bomb shelter at the Re’im Junction in Israel’s south, according to the IDF.
By JNS Staff
Hamas militants are seen during a military show in Gaza City, July 20, 2017. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
May 13, 2026, 9:48 am
Yes, I’m worried that giving to Gaza could benefit Hamas.
But Zionism today demands hope.
By Rabbi Daniel Greyber
Screenshot of the recorded testimony of Darin Komarov, a survivor of the Nova Music Festival massacre to the Civil Service Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children. (Courtesy, Civil Commission)
May 12, 2026, 9:42 am
Sexual violence was ‘systematic, integral’ to Hamas-led October 7 terror assault, study finds
Rape, sexual torture, mutilation and postmortem sexual abuse found to have been used to ‘terrorize’ Israeli society, with images of the atrocities ‘weaponized’ through social media
By Jeremy Sharon
Mazen Kahel and Ramy Abdu, among the leadership of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor NGO, are seen posing with Hamas officials, including Ismail Haniyeh, in Gaza, in 2011. (NGO Monitor)
May 12, 2026, 8:54 am
Israel rejects NYT column alleging widespread rape of Palestinian inmates
After Nicholas Kristof cites report by Euro-Med Monitor as evidence, Israeli Ambassador to US Leiter highlights its leaders’ photos with Hamas officials
By ToI Staff
The “Jusoor” logo: The Arabic says “The Truth is in Your Hands.” (Credit: Courtesy)
April 29, 2026, 12:05 pm
A maverick Arabic news outlet exposes Hamas’ abuse of Gazans
Jusoor News emerges as post-war “bête noire” for Islamic terror group still running half of Gaza.
By Etgar Lefkovits
Amit Soussana, taken captive by Hamas terrorists from her home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023 and released on November 30, 2023. (Courtesy via The Times of Israel)
April 7, 2026, 1:40 pm
Liking a post that calls Oct. 7 rape a ‘hoax’ isn’t free speech. It is complicity.
When someone endorses a post calling this evidence “fabricated,” they are not just exercising harmless free expression. They are gaslighting survivors like Amit, Romi and Ilana.
By Ayelet Razin Bet Or
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., Dec. 29, 2025. (Photo by Daniel Torok/White House)
February 19, 2026, 9:01 am
Trump’s Board of Peace to convene for 1st time, as US bullish on disarmament prospects
US official claims no illusions about challenges ahead, says administration encouraged by what mediators in touch with Hamas are reporting;
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians take control of an IDF tank after breaching the Israeli border fence from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 7, 2023. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
February 16, 2026, 11:39 am
IDF: Hamas used emojis as code for launching Oct. 7 assault
The sequence of emoticons was found on phones belonging to operatives of the terrorist group’s elite Nukhba Force.
By JNS Staff
Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan conducts an interview in the terror group's offices in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Jan. 18, 2024. (Photo by Oliver Marsden/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images, via JNS)
February 12, 2026, 10:32 am
Hamas vows not to lay down arms until Israel’s ‘elimination’
"The matter of Palestinian weapons is linked to the presence or elimination of the occupation," said Osama Hamadan.
By JNS Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks to Mossad chief David Barnea at Mossad headquarters during a Rosh Hashanah toast on September 14, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
February 9, 2026, 8:34 am
In meeting days before Oct. 7, Netanyahu sought to maintain quiet with Hamas – report
PM told security chiefs not to proactively assassinate Hamas leaders, Oct. 1 meeting summary said to show; omitted mention of discussion from his response to comptroller’s probe of attack
By Lazar Berman and Ariela Karmel
Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. (Credit: ajay_suresh via Wikimedia Commons)
February 3, 2026, 9:53 am
Legislators, Jewish groups condemn anti-Israel rally in Philly calling for ‘martyrdom’
“Anyone calling for violence in the streets of Philadelphia is not advancing peace,” wrote Sharif Street, a Democratic state senator. “They’re setting it back.”
By JNS
Mortar shells and other munitions sit alongside the UNRWA-marked aid bags they were found in by Israeli forces in the southern Gaza Strip. (Credit: IDF)
February 3, 2026, 9:23 am
Israeli troops find weapons in UNRWA aid sacks
Over 100 mortar shells, as well as rockets and other arms, were found hidden in UNRWA-marked humanitarian aid sacks during operations in southern Gaza, according to the IDF.
By JNS Staff
Senior Hamas terrorist official Musa Abu Marzouk speaks at a press conference in Gaza City, May 5, 2014. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Corbis via Getty Images, via JNS)
January 29, 2026, 10:31 am
Senior Hamas official: We did not discuss disarmament ‘for a single moment’
Musa Abu Marzouk claimed Hamas has veto power over members of the U.S.-backed National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, which is meant to exclude the terror group.
By JNS Staff
A photograph shows a banner bearing a portrait Ran Gvili, the last hostage held in Gaza, the day after his remains were brought home by Israeli forces, in Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on Jan. 27, 2026. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
January 27, 2026, 11:01 am
Jewish world marks first day with no hostages in Gaza by shedding their symbols of support
Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin said they were taking off their famous masking tape.
By Philissa Cramer
Israel Border Police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili. (Source: Israel Hayom via JNS)
January 26, 2026, 10:23 am
IDF recovers body of Ran Gvili, last hostage in Gaza
"With this, all the hostages from the Gaza Strip area have been returned," the IDF stated.
By JNS Staff
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