IDF: Truce resumes in Gaza after Hamas kills Israeli troops; Survey on Israel and Gaza highlights shifts in US public opinion; China’s role in the anti-Israel coalition;What the ceasefire never factored in: Terrorism as religious sacrifice

 

The Daily Syndicate   Monday, October 20, 2025

IDF: Truce resumes in Gaza after Hamas kills Israeli troops   The Palestinian terror group's attack prompted retaliatory Israeli strikes.   Charles Bybelezer, Akiva Van Koningsveld       Two IDF soldiers killed in Gaza   IDF responds with airstrikes by fighter jets and artillery shelling   JNS Staff       Witkoff, Kushner touch down in Tel Aviv   Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner touched down in Jerusalem only a day after Hamas terrorists killed two Israeli soldiers in southern Gaza.   JNS Staff       Israel’s new plane: Hovers like a butterfly, stings like a bee   The Blue Sky Warden, while not a fighter jet, provides a solution for the needs of the Gaza and Lebanon borders.   Aharon Lapidot             Analysis     Irwin J. Mansdorf   Survey on Israel and Gaza highlights shifts in US public opinion               Analysis     Shimon Sherman   China’s role in the anti-Israel coalition             Anti-Israel bias is everywhere.   Help us share the facts.     Donate now             Opinion             Featured Column     Ruthie Blum   ‘60 Minutes’ of misplaced schadenfreude   Never mind the nonsense. What’s important is that Trump hasn’t wavered from his backing of Israel and tough stance against Hamas.       Louis Rene Beres What the ceasefire never factored in: Terrorism as religious sacrifice         Avi Abelow The lion of Zion has awakened         Rav Hayim Leiter On a razor’s edge   A protracted battle has been fought internationally about the practice of circumcision for years.           latest news         Knesset opens winter session as coalition’s majority remains uncertain   JNS Staff       Israeli singer opens Madison Square Garden show with patriotic video   JNS Staff       Israel 4th in life expectancy among OECD countries   JNS Staff       Arson wave sparks milk shortage in Israel   Itsik Saban       Sa’ar, Thai FM speak after return of Thai hostage’s body   JNS Staff       Rare whale shark that drew crowds in Israel meets grisly end in Gaza   Etgar Lefkovits       If Hamas won’t disarm, ‘we’ll disarm them,’ Trump says   JNS Staff       Smotrich meets Bessent in Washington for talks aimed at boosting economic ties   JNS Staff       Freed hostage Eitan Mor was nearly killed for stealing bread         ‘Palestine’-Scotland flags on Glasgow streets stir public backlash   David Isaac       Israeli deputy FM kicks off historic visit to Pacific   Etgar Lefkovits       London police slammed for detaining man with Jewish pendant   Canaan Lidor       Grenoble Jewish community targeted with graffiti and death threats   Yossi Lempkowicz       WATCH: Israeli Times Square campaign slams Hamas execution of Gazans   JNS Staff       WATCH: IDF Givati Brigade recruits sworn in at Western Wall   JNS Staff

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