Simchat Torah War News Today

Calling the ongoing war the "October 7 War" is more accurate than its current name, and demands respect for the victims of that day.

IDF finds killed Gaza hostages' SOS sign, chief says incident was avoidable • IDF publishes names of four more soldiers killed in Gaza

On Tuesday, the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns, and Israel's Mossad Chief, David Barnea, held discussions with Qatar's senior officials in Qatar's capital, Doha.

On Monday, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said he felt Israel had another two to three weeks left on the diplomatic clock before pressure mounts on Israel for a ceasefire.

This war is unlike any before. It is slow, and methodical, and successful, but without a dramatic moment of victory.

From the blog of Matan Rudner at The Times of Israel

From the blog of Van Wallach at The Times of Israel

It was feared that politics had divided Israelis to the point that the call would not be answered, instead the reservists led the charge for unity.

Volunteers examine bodies of murdered and fallen outside Gaza and stand with devastated families

Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster comments on the despicable terror attacks perpetrated by Hamas on Israel.