Barnea said to express concern in meeting with hostages' families; Hamas reportedly pledges that prominent terrorists Marwan Barghouti, Ahmed Saadat will be freed later under deal

Twice during the week when that initial hostage deal was playing out and Hamas began to try to play games, Barnea shot down the terror group’s attempts to alter what they were “giving” to Israel, wishing to hand over male hostages and dead bodies instead of the agreed-upon female hostages.

Lebanon reportedly arrested Lebanese citizen Hassan Ayoub after he allegedly admitted to leaking information t

The large-scale release of high-profile Palestinian terrorists will require extensive surveillance by the Mossad to thwart potential attacks.

David Barnea, the Mossad director, played a crucial role in determining when to show tactical flexibility to seal the deal with Hamas. While many remain unaware of the exact details of his actions.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday named Ilan Rom, a longtime intelligence official, as the Finance Ministry's director general.

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The source's claims that the letter had led to the cancellation contradicted the official line that Chikli was advised by Israeli security services not to attend.

These seven women, Romy, Doron, Emily, Liri, Karine, Naama, and Daniella, embody our saying, “Am Israel Chai” (the people of Israel live) along with the continued victory in that, no matter how hard they try to kill us, they will not win because we are a people set apart by the Almighty, who has promised to never abandon us as a nation before Him.

JERUSALEM — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed the country's "steadfast support" for Israel, days into a fragile cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and a large-scale raid in the occupied West Bank. As Israel pursued its deadly operation in Jenin, Rubio assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Washington's continued backing.

Hamas will likely comply because it has an interest that Israel will withdraw its forces from the Netazrim corridor, an Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post.