Islamic jihad

'I won,' ex-hostage Rom Braslavski says after IDF kills PIJ terrorist who held him in Gaza

Braslavski posted the news on Instagram, sharing the abuse he endured by the killed terrorist and writing, "Now I can say 100% that I won."

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Former hostage Rom Braslavski at the Israeli Premier League match between Maccabi Netanya and Beitar Jerusalem at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on November 30, 2025.
FOREIGN MINISTER of Iran Abbas Araghchi, and Speaker of Iran Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf with the delegation of Iran at the Lake Lucerne Summit at the Buergenstock resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026.

Escalation must cost: Current Switzerland talks leave Iran stronger, Israel exposed - editorial

The talks in Switzerland may have calmed markets and lowered the volume for a day. They have not answered the question that matters: Is Iran being forced to retreat or merely being paid to pause?

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Students take part in a pro-Palestinian protest in front of the Israeli Embassy in Brussels, Belgium May 30, 2024.

Inside the minds of extremists: Counterterror experts warn antisemitism driving wave of radicalism

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Hamas’s October 7 attacks have drawn more young people into a complex conflict environment without the information or analytical tools needed to understand it fully.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Terrorists from Palestinian Islamic Jihad stand on a street during Eid al-Adha, in Gaza City, May 27, 2026.

IDF kills two Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders, one Hamas commander in precision strikes

The terrorists, identified as Qasslam Hassan Saleh, Sami Jamil Abu Dalal, and Ubay Mamoun Saleh Farwana, were planning attacks against IDF troops.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN

Irrational, injurious, ignoble: Islamism puts Israel at peril - opinion

Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah, Hezbollah, and other Iranian surrogates think of war, terror, and genocide against Israel as ennobling expressions of religious sacrifice.

JULY 17, 2024ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
Iranian Shi'ites attend a ceremony to mark Ashura, the holiest day in the Shi'ite calendar.

Fear's defeat: Militant Islam and the challenges of deterrence - opinion

Today, deterrence fails miserably in the Middle East. It is ill-equipped for mitigating threats posed by militant Islamists who feature a potent ideological component.

JUNE 25, 2024ByJOSEPH NICHOL
NATIONAL SECURITY Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi issues a statement to the media in Tel Aviv, in late October. Just days before the October 7 attacks, he said in an interview: ‘Hamas is very, very restrained and understands the implications of further defiance.’

IDF destroys launch site placed in humanitarian zone, escalates operations in Rafah

The Israeli Air Force struck the launch site that was placed inside a shelter located in the humanitarian zone. Additionally, IDF troops escalate operations in Rafah.

JUNE 21, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
IDF operating in the Gaza Strip, June 21, 2024

The dispensable statesman: What impact does Raisi's death have on Iran? - opinion

RAISI’S DEPARTURE won’t end this rise of the mediocre in the Iranian system. His temporary successor, former IRGC officer Mohammed Mokhber, is a product of the same process.

MAY 24, 2024ByJONATHAN SPYER
MOURNERS ATTEND the funeral for victims of helicopter crash that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and others, in Tehran, on Tuesday.

The Middle East is at a crossroads in potential Iran-Israel conflict - analysis

The Middle East is now approaching a new crossroads in history. Iran launched a regional war on Israel in the wake of the October 7 attack by Hamas. 

APRIL 19, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
IRANIAN PRESIDENT Ebrahim Raisi attends the Tehran International Conference on Palestine, in Tehran, last month.

Iran's attack on Israel stirs admiration among Gaza Palestinians

Palestinians in Gaza react with mixed emotions to Iran's attack on Israel, some seeing it as solidarity, others questioning its motives amid ongoing conflict.

APRIL 14, 2024ByREUTERS
Palestinians returning to their homes a day after the Israeli army withdrew from the area, in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip. April 8, 2024.

IDF discovers weapons and explosives in central Gaza school

The IDF troops located and removed several large armed explosive charges that were hidden in the classrooms and the schoolyard of the Ibrahim Al-Makhadmeh School.

APRIL 12, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An aerial photograph of the 'Ibrahim Al-Maqadma' school with the explosives found in it, April 12, 2024.

EU and US impose sanctions on Hamas and Islamic Jihad

EU and US impose sanctions on Hamas personnel. EU targets sexual violence perpetrators, while US sanctions leaders of Hamas drone unit. Property freezes implemented.

APRIL 12, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, HANNAH SARISOHN, REUTERS
A Hamas terrorist stands in front of a picture of the group's top leader Ismail Haniyeh during his visit at Ain el Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon, Lebanon September 6, 2020

My Word: Hostages’ stories and terrorists’ narratives

The pain of the families of the more than 130 hostages still being held by the terrorists in Gaza is unfathomable.

APRIL 12, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS
RAINDROPS FALL on a poster of hostage Liri Albag at a rally earlier this year in Yehud, near Tel Aviv.

Islamic Jihad spokesman admits taking over all Gaza hospitals

The Islamic Jihad spokesman was arrested recently during the second takeover of Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza.

APRIL 8, 2024ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Smoke rises during an Israeli raid at Al Shifa hospital and the area around it, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, March 21, 2024.