Akiva Van Koningsveld
Released hostage Omri Miran reunites with his wife Lishay Miran-Lavi after over two years in Hamas captivity, at the Re’im base on October 13, 2025 (Israel Defense Forces)
October 13, 2025, 8:59 am
Israel redeems all 20 living Hamas captives as part of Trump peace plan
The hostages were received by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which transferred them to the IDF.
By Charles Bybelezer and Akiva Van Koningsveld
Israeli security forces and first responders at the site of a terrorist shooting attack in northern Jerusalem, Sept. 8, 2025. (Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
September 8, 2025, 8:57 am
Six murdered in Jerusalem terror shooting
The Hamas terrorist organization praised "the heroic and unique operation," calling the murders "a natural response to the occupation's crimes."
By Akiva Van Koningsveld
Empty UNRWA and World Food Program trucks in Khan Yunis, the southern Gaza Strip, head to the Kerem Shalom Crossing to load humanitarian aid and fuel, July 24, 2025. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 via JNS)
July 27, 2025, 9:53 am
IDF announces humanitarian steps for Gaza, including ‘tactical pauses’
Humanitarian corridors will be established to enable the movement of U.N. convoys delivering food and medicine to Gazans.
By Akiva Van Koningsveld and Amelie Botbol
Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump and golf legend Tiger Woods during a reception honoring Black History Month in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 20, 2025. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images via JNS0
February 26, 2025, 4:02 pm
Head of DOJ antisemitism task force: We’ll put Hamas supporters in jail ‘for years’
"Not for 24 hours, but for years," civil rights attorney Leo Terrell warned.
By Akiva Van Koningsveld
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 1: Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies work the scene on Bourbon Street after at least 10 people were killed when a person allegedly drove into the crowd in the early morning hours of New Year's Day on Jan. 1, 2025 in New Orleans, La. (Credit: Michael DeMocker/Getty Images via JNS)
January 1, 2025, 4:54 pm
FBI probing car ramming in New Orleans, that killed 15, as terror attack
The attacker had an ISIS flag on his truck, law enforcement officials told multiple news outlets.
By Akiva Van Koningsveld and Menachem Wecker
Freedom Party chief Geert Wilders speaks with Caroline van der Plas, the leader of the Farmer–Citizen Movement, at the House of Representatives in The Hague, Sept. 18, 2024. (Photo by Sem van der Wal/ANP/AFP via Getty Images, via JNS).
November 21, 2024, 10:11 am
After Amsterdam pogrom, Dutch lawmakers vote to close antisemitic mosques
Dutch Justice and Security Minister David van Weel is set to present a broad strategy in the fight against Jew-hatred on Friday.
By Akiva Van Koningsveld
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi meets with senior officers at the IDF HQ in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 18, 2024, 12:32 pm
More Hezbollah comms devices explode across Lebanon, killing nine
More than 300 Hezbollah operatives sustained wounds, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.
By Akiva Van Koningsveld
A man injured by an explosion in Beirut on September 17, 2024. (Screen capture: X via The Times of Israel)
September 17, 2024, 12:22 pm
Lebanon: Over 2,700 Hezbollah terrorists hurt, several killed by exploding pagers
Incident came just hours after the Israeli Cabinet added the return of citizens displaced from their homes in the north to the country’s war goals.
By Akiva Van Koningsveld
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi meet with military officials following an Israeli strike in Beirut on July 30, 2024. (Credit: Prime Minister’s Office)
July 30, 2024, 5:58 pm
Israel kills Hezbollah mastermind behind Majdal Shams attack, 1983 Beirut bombing
Fu’ad Shukr served as a senior "military" adviser to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.
By Akiva Van Koningsveld
An antisemitic vandal defaced a statue of Anne Frank in Amsterdam with graffiti reading "Gaza," July 9, 2024. (Credit: Courtesy of the Center for Information and Documentation Israel)
July 9, 2024, 4:20 pm
Amsterdam statue of Anne Frank defaced ‘for Gaza’
Bookseller Gert-Jan Jimmink, who initiated the monument 20 years ago, said it “represents the 14,000 Jews from this neighborhood who were murdered.”
By Akiva Van Koningsveld
Israeli forces during Gaza ground operations, Jan. 6, 2024. (Photo courtesy of the Israel Defense Forces)
January 8, 2024, 12:38 pm
Amid US pressure, IDF shifts war on Hamas to ‘less intense phase’
The Israeli military confirmed that it had begun the transition to a campaign involving fewer ground troops and airstrikes.
By Akiva Van Koningsveld
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