Yaakov Ort

JERUSALEM—Eighty one Israelis kidnapped by Hamas were released as of Thursday night in a wrenching, lop-sided exchange that saw Israel set free triple the amount of convicted Palestinian terrorists, before active combat resumed on Friday morning. The ceas...

JERUSALEM—Three people were murdered and 11 injured when two terrorists jumped from a car at around 7:40 a.m. on Thursday morning and opened fire at people waiting at a crowded intercity bus stop at the entrance to Jerusalem. The murder victims were Rabbi...

With the Israel-Gaza war approaching its 40th day and antisemitism on the rise around the world, an estimated 290,000 people from all walks of Jewish life gathered at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in a massive show of unity and support for the pe...

JERUSALEM—Yocheved Lifshitz declared that she “went through hell” when taken hostage to the Gaza Strip. The 85-year-old Lifshitz, and Nurit Cooper, 79, were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7 and released on Oct. 23. Their elderly husbands remain in c...

For thousands of years, through times of joy and sorrow, and particularly in times of danger, the Jewish people have turned for inspiration, courage and comfort to the emotionally charged words of King David in Tehillim (“Psalms”). So from the moment that...

JERUSALEM—Central Israel and Jerusalem were subjected to a barrage of rockets on Monday afternoon, disrupting the opening of the winter session of parliament and sending lawmakers and guests into protected areas, soon after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya...

JERUSALEM—As the scope of atrocities carried out by Hamas terrorists continued to come to light from security footage and by media invited by the Israel Defense Forces to observe the scene on the ground, Israel’s security cabinet approved the call-up of a...

JERUSALEM—As the death toll in the Gaza War approached 1,000, a barrage of rockets struck suburban Jerusalem late Monday afternoon with eight people injured in the attack, three of them seriously. The attack took place during a funeral at the Mount Herzl ...

JERUSALEM—More than 700 Israelis were killed and at least 2,150 injured—with hundreds in critical condition—in a combined attack from Gaza by land, sea and air that began at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct 7. More than 100 Israelis, including women and childre...

A powerful ballistic missile struck about 200 meters from the home of Rabbi Moshe and Miriam Moskovitz, co-directors of Chabad of Kharkov. Their family was unhurt by the blast, which blew out windows and doors of their home, and caused their sukkah to top...