It's been 571 days too many.
More psychological torture from the terrorists - Hamas has released a new video of hostage Elkana Bohbot — the third time he’s been shown in captivity.
The United States, UK, EU, Russia must increase the pressure on Hamas and its allies in Iran, Qatar and Turkey to ensure the terror group releases the hostages
https://stories.bringthemhomenow.net/about-them
Egypt
Egypt Is Demanding that Hamas Disarm  (Israel Hayom)
Iran
> Massive explosion at Iranian port caused by chemicals from China used by Iran to produce missiles
> Now that the Trump administration is holding direct negotiations with Iran, it must demand that the ruling mullahs immediately stop supporting Hamas https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21567/iran-hamas-terrorism-plan
Israel
> Israel's war in Gaza is necessary, despite what its critics... war must be a last resort, undertaken only after all nonviolent alternatives — diplomacy, deterrence, sanctions, international mediation — have been exhausted.
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-moral-and-legal-case-for-israels-war-against-hamas
> How Israeli Military Technology Continues to Improve the US Military https://www.inss.org.il/publication/usa-army-idf/
Jordan
>Jordan outlaws Muslim Brotherhood group, confiscates its assets and offices
>Hamas-Trained Cell in Lebanon Linked to Jordan Missile Plot  (Ynet News)
Lebanon
>Hizbullah Commanders Flee Lebanon for South America   (Israel Hayom)
>Lebanese anger toward Hezbollah is rising, while IDF continues operations to prevent the group's resurgence https://www.ynetnews.com/article/byyvmbiygx#autoplay
Palestinians/Gaza
>Hamas’ Tunnels of Terror - for the first time ever, explore the underground war Hamas is waging beneath Gaza. https://tunnels.honestreporting.com/
> “Hamas slams U.S. decision to deprive UNRWA of legal immunity.” Qods International News Agency
>Why Hamas Must Not Be Allowed to Keep Its Weapons https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21572/hamas-weapons
>PA Leader Abbas Calls on Hamas to Release Israeli Hostages and Disarm  (CNN)
Qatar
US ally Qatar’s deputy prime minister: ‘We are all Hamas’ https://jihadwatch.org/2025/04/us-ally-qatars-deputy-prime-minister-we-are-all-hamas
Syria
>Syria's New Leader Was Imprisoned by the U.S. in Iraq for Five Years  (Foundation for Defense of Democracies)
>New groups in Syria include Uli al-Baas, an armed proxy of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
https://www.newsweek.com/us-friends-foes-syria-respond-trump-reducing-troops-2062811
UK
BBC Arabic and BBC need to confront their bias https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/aa6a6e2b173849c5
https://camera-uk.org/2025/04/23/omissions-in-bbc-jerusalem-bureau-journalists-recent-syria-reports/
USA
For Holocaust Memorial Day, three members of Congress voted to declare Israel an enemy of the US – - alongside North Korea, China, and Iran: Tlaib, Omar, Pressley. The amendment failed 3-410 in one of the most overwhelming rejections in congressional history.
Yemen
>Houthis claim US Air Force attacked Hodeidah, northwestern Yemen
https://theaviationist.com/2025/04/16/b-2-using-gbu-57-mop-yemen-reports/?s=08
>Houthis continue to fire missiles at Israel
>U.S. Says Chinese Company Is Helping Houthis Target American Warships  (Financial Times-UK)
 
On Campus
>Harvard, do you hear yourself? https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5263585-harvard-funding-civil-rights/
>The ACLU’s Egregiously Dishonest Attack on CAMERA for Exposing Georgetown Academics https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/04/23/the-aclus-egregiously-dishonest-attack-on-camera-for-exposing-georgetown-academics/
>Yale Derecognizes Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter After Group Blocks Jewish Students' Access to Parts of Campus https://freebeacon.com/campus/yale-derecognizes-students-for-justice-in-palestine-chapter-after-group-blocks-jewish-students-access-to-parts-of-campus/
Columbia Journalism Review editor fired after drawing line between journalism and activism https://jewishinsider.com/2025/04/columbia-journalism-review-editor-fired-after-drawing-line-between-journalism-and-activism/
 

For those celebrating Easter this Sunday, Happy Easter!

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HOSTAGE UPDATE: 558 Days

There are 24 hostages presumed to be alive who are still held by Hamas.

Since Saturday Hamas has released at least two hostage videos. One telling the hostage families "soon your children will return in black coffins" and another with a message from American hostage Edan Alexander. Islamic Jihad published a sign of life from hostage Rom Braslavski.

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The center of world terrorist activity and violent death is no longer the Middle East. The "Sahel region of Africa is now the 'epicentre of global terrorism,'" responsible for "over half of all terrorism-related deaths" worldwide, according to the respected Global Terrorism Index.

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Meanwhile, 3500 Israeli academics and over 1000 Israeli air force personnel call to end conflict, but Hamas rejects ceasefire deal. The IDF dismantled another mile of tunnel, yet 75% of Hamas tunnels haven’t been destroyed. Hamas continues to smuggle weapons into Gaza through Egypt. Hamas insists that there is a famine in Gaza, yet their smuggling operations are all focused on bringing in more weapons and drugs. And yes, Israel continues to strike Hamas targets in Gaza, including hospitals used to hide terrorists. Before the strike on Al-Ahli Hospital, the IDF gave a 20-minute warning. No patients were harmed. The Al Amal Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza was shut down because the medical personnel were protesting against Hamas members taking over the Surgery Ward/Division and hiding there.Today, during anti-Hamas protests in Gaza, people are chanting: “Yes to love, no to terrorism, yes to peace.” https://x.com/afalkhatib/status/1912553544927822024

➤Iran is attempting to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah by sea via the Port of Beirut, as it works to rebuild its terror proxy on Israel's northern border.

➤The U.S. Navy has positioned two aircraft carriers near Yemen to support nuclear negotiations with Iran and apply military pressure https://san.com/cc/2nd-carrier-strike-group-arrives-in-middle-east-as-us-presses-iran-for-nuclear-deal/

➤Iran Arming Proxy Forces in Iraq with Long-Range Missiles  (The Times-UK)

Jordan foils Muslim Brotherhood terrorist plot  https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/04/jordan-foils-muslim-brotherhood-terrorist-plot.php

➤Ongoing security chaos in Syria https://www.syriahr.com/en/360065/

➤US military poised to slash troops in Syria, officials say https://www.reuters.com/world/us-military-poised-slash-troops-syria-officials-say-2025-04-15/

Ukraine and Israel are fighting two fronts in the same war — the West must support both https://nationalpost.com/opinion/ukraine-and-israel-are-fighting-two-fronts-in-the-same-war-the-west-must-support-both

➤Reports of Palestinian student activist arrested by ICE on way to citizenship test: Mohsen Mahdaw, like Mahmoud Khalil, wasn't just an activist, he was the leader of the hate on campus, co-president of Columbia's SJP chapter. 

➤Dearborn Heights Fundraiser: This American Empire Must Fall https://www.memri.org/tv/dearborn-heights-fundraiser-palestine-empire-america-fall-fight-put-life-on-line

To those who celebrate: Happy Passover! As we remember the Exodus and the Israelites' journey from bondage to freedom, let us not forget those hostages who remain in captivity in Gaza today after more than a year and a half. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NbhiYYHCvY&t=1s
 
HOSTAGE UPDATE: 553 Days, 59 Hostages still in Hamas captivity.
There are 24 hostages presumed to be alive who are still held by Hamas.
Another Saturday, another Hamas hostage video. The terrorists dropped a *teaser* for a hostage propaganda video they plan to release later. Instead of releasing the hostages, feeding the Palestinian people, or ending the war, they produce teaser videos showing hostages being tortured.
 
The Taliban will no longer allow Afghan women to see with both eyes.
https://x.com/realMaalouf/status/1906403177316176266
Note: one of the jobs of the recently shuttered US Institute of Peace was Tracking the Taliban’s (Mis) Treatment of Women. That page is no longer functioning.
 
Smuggling Tunnels from Egypt to Gaza Still Open  (Jerusalem Post)
 
Al Jazeera Analyst Calls on Hamas to Murder Gaza Protestors
https://x.com/EFischberger/status/1907533826722828494
 
➤Iranian Official Reveals: How We Eliminated Regime Opponents in Europe  (Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs)
➤The U.S. has a third path on Iran aside from diplomacy, military strikes — maximum support for Iranians to bring down the theocratic regime https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmEsAFBNkqsMQnt5pypwEX0ul0NyIjd3E&feature=shared
 
➤The lies behind the Gaza casualty figures and the thousands of names removed without explanation https://nypost.com/2025/04/05/opinion/the-lies-behind-the-gaza-casualty-figures/
 ➤Gazans are risking their lives protesting Hamas. Glasgow University rector Ghassan Abu-Sittah calls them traitors. Western media still treats him as a hero. https://honestreporting.com/medias-darling-doctor-ghassan-abu-sittah-anti-hamas-palestinians-stabbed-resistance-in-the-back/
➤CNN Platforms Hamas Apologist While Silencing Gaza’s Real Protest Voices https://honestreporting.com/cnn-platforms-hamas-apologist-while-silencing-gazas-real-protest-voices/
➤Hamas uses DARVO -- Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender -- in the same way that individual abusers do, to confuse and silence https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/how-hamas-emulates-tactic-of-violent-abusers-and-weaponizes-it-against-israel/
 
South African Government Accused of Foreknowledge of October 7th Hamas Attack
https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/sa-accused-of-prior-knowledge-in-hamas-attack-d9786146-67b7-4997-9783-82d5a23372d2
 
Israel and Turkey Hold Direct Talks on Deconfliction Link in Syria - (Middle East Eye-UK)
 
London will host foreign ministers from nearly 20 countries as part of a summit aimed at ending the Sudanese civil war between the SAF and the RSF. The SAF has accused the UAE – a U.K. ally – of being a key backer of the RSF, while Saudi Arabia is a backer of the SAF.
 
➤Francesca Albanese: Contract with the UNITED NATIONS renewed for 3 more years after denying Hamas’s sexual crimes, accusing Israel of carrying terror attack in Paris, and implying that Israelis eat human flesh.  U.N. investigators into (UN Watch) our complaint find that Francesca Albanese's tweets may look antisemitic, but clear her for reappointment tomorrow to a 3-year term because they were “reassured” by her “detailed explanations.” https://unwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Letter-from-Coordination-Committee-on-Albanese.pdf
 
➤In a new op-ed, 167 rabbis from across New Jersey and across the ideological spectrum came together to condemn Senator Andy Kim's (D-NJ) votes last week in support of Bernie Sanders' resolutions to block vital arms sales to Israel,

HOSTAGE UPDATE: 546 Days
There are 24 hostages presumed to be alive who are still held by Hamas.
Another Saturday, another newly released hostage video, this time of Elkana Bohbot.
Meanwhile, the Red Cross continues facilitating Pay-for-Slay https://palwatch.org/page/37068
 
Israel and India Must Address Hamas Strongholds in Malaysia
https://www.meforum.org/mef-observer/israel-and-india-must-address-hamas-strongholds-in-malaysia
 
100,000+ Israelis protest renewed Gaza fighting, Shin Bet’s chief ouster https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-100000-nationwide-protest-renewed-gaza-fighting-shin-bet-chiefs-ouster/
 
➤ “No one in Lebanon wants normalization with Israel, it is rejected by all Lebanese.” https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025/03/26/french-envoy-jean-yves-le-drian-in-beirut-as-lebanon-seeks-funds-to-rebuild/  Meet new Lebanon PM Nawaf Salam, who until two months ago was the impartial President of the International Court of Justice, who by chance always ruled against Israel.  Yesterday, the commander of the Lebanese army, General Rudolf Heichal, reported that his forces had arrested “several suspects” involved in launching of rockets to Israel saying that such launches only serve Israel. Except that is not exactly what he said. Heichal said that “the launching of rockets to the occupied Palestinian territories serves the occupiers.” In other words, all of Israel including Kiryat Shmona and the other areas hit are “occupied Palestinian territories.”
➤Lebanese army arrests operatives responsible for rockets launched at Israel https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/artc-lebanese-army-arrests-suspects-suspected-of-launching-rockets-at-israel
 
What’s happening in Gaza?

➤Hamas begins brutal crackdown on Gaza protests with torture, executions 

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjl5xnua1x   

➤Media Mostly Silent https://honestreporting.com/media-silent-on-gazan-protester-murdered-by-hamas/ 

➤After a man was shot dead by a Hamas terrorist while waiting in line for flour. The man's family retaliated, openly executing the Hamas member and filming it for Hamas to see. https://x.com/HenMazzig/status/1907189154489975182

➤Palestinians are protesting against Hamas and demanding: “Free the Israeli hostages. End the war. No to Hamas". “Yes to peace!” https://www.memri.org/tv/beit-lahia-north-gaza-protest-anti-hamas-release-hostages-stop-war, https://t.me/almon5ol/17328,
➤THE ILLUSION OF SURRENDER | How Hamas is Using The Protests to Secure Its Survival https://x.com/EasternVoices/status/1904897009053528101 

➤Do Not Be Fooled by the 'Anti-Hamas' Protests 

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21521/anti-hamas-protests
 
➤U.S. Approves $2 Billion Arms Sale to Qatar https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjzelwzaje
➤Trump sells Qatar $12 billion of U.S. weapons days after accusing it of funding terrorism https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-sells-qatar-12-billion-arms-days-after-accusing-it-of-funding-terrorism/
➤Despite Qatar's support for Hamas, intelligence agencies from both Israel and Qatar cooperate, senior officials hold meetings, Israelis visit the emirate, and limited economic and commercial cooperation exists. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/qatar-challenge/
 
Should The New Syrian Government's Celebration Of October 7 – With Calls For Jihad, Massive Suicide Attacks And Blood And Limbs In The Streets – Prompt The World To Reexamine This New Regime? https://www.memri.org/reports/should-new-syrian-governments-celebration-october-7-%E2%80%93-calls-jihad-massive-suicide-attacks
 
➤Israel-Turkey Tensions Mounting over Air Bases in Syria  (The War Zone)
➤Turkey's Internal Crisis and Strategic Expansion  (Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs)
 
➤Columbia student protestors knew about October 7 attacks in advance
https://www.thejc.com/news/usa/columbia-protestors-knew-october-7-lawsuit-v7y0tm89
➤Hamas funded Columbia protesters, bragged to hostages about their ‘American operatives’ https://jihadwatch.org/2025/03/hamas-funded-columbia-protesters-bragged-to-hostages-about-their-american-operatives
➤Columbia announced it had issued “multi-year suspensions, temporary degree revocations, and expulsions” related to the occupation of Hamilton Hall.
➤The media is hiding the truth about the Georgetown Hamasniks
https://www.jns.org/the-media-is-hiding-the-truth-about-the-georgetown-hamasniks/
 
➤UN Bans Criticism of Francesca Albanese Ahead of Reappointment Decision
➤UNRWA Used Photo of Syrian Girl For “Aya From Gaza” Fundraiser Campaign https://civicrm.unwatch.org/civicrm/mailing/view
 
In Yemen, the US is obliterating the residences of senior Houthi officials along with those leaders inside. No word on casualties. https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025/03/31/us-air-strikes-on-yemen-a-source-of-terror-for-civilians/ Note: The National News is an English language news source published by UAE