Meet the seven Americans still held hostage after thousands of Hamas terrorists breached the border between Israel and Gaza intent on terrifying and destroying the Jewish state.
AJC CEO Ted Deutch joined Second Gentlemen Douglas Emhoff, Jewish community members and leaders at the National Vigil for the Hostages in Washington, D.C. to mourn the hostages ruthlessly murdered by Hamas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that Hamas terrorists remaining in the southern Gaza city of Rafah will be the next objective of the war. As long as Hamas operates from Rafah, Israelis are in danger of rocket fire and a reoccurrence of October 7.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel Security Agency (ISA) announced Tuesday that another hostage taken during the October 7 terrorist attack has been rescued, as part of the IDF’s daring and courageous operations deep inside the Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah’s arsenal of weapons poses a direct threat to Israeli cities, strategic sites, and civilian population centers and could be activated by the Iran-backed terror group at any time.