The October 7 Massacre

The October 7 massacre was a brutal series of terrorist attacks along the Gaza border, when Hamas terrorists under the cover of a barrage of rocket fire infiltrated several Israeli towns, cities, and IDF bases. 

The resulting attacks stretched as far east as Ofakim in the Negev and resulted in at least 1,200 people murdered and hundreds taken hostage by Hamas back to Gaza. 

Occurring on the morning of the Simchat Torah holiday, the October 7 massacre kicked off Operation Swords of Iron, the code name for Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.

From tragedy to triumph? Netanyahu stakes legacy on stopping Iran - analysis

Netanyahu’s critics have said that his legacy will forever be stained—blackened—by the failure of October 7.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Israel Katz attend a Plenum session of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem, June 11, 2025.
	 download high resolution download low resolution add to lightbox file name: F180430MA100  File Size: 7116 KB  caption (en): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exposes files that prove Iran's nuclear program in a press conference at the Kirya government headquarters in Tel Aviv, on April 30, 2018.

Netanyahu achieved his life's work by stopping a nuclear Iran, now it's time to resign - comment

 Left wing activists protest against the war and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, not far from the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, May 23, 2025.

Editor's Notes: What’s left? Is there still a left wing in Israel?

 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Re'im on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 26, 2023.

IDF silence on Brig.-Gen. Avi Rosenfeld in probe of Camp Re’im battle is badge of shame - analysis


WATCH: Caitlyn Jenner visits Kibbutz Be'eri, calls to bring the hostages home

Jenner met with members of the community and heard about the Hamas massacre at the Kibbutz on October 7, 2023. 

 Transgender activist and Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner visits Kibbutz Be'eri

Jewish group seeks dissolution of Samidoun France following Brussels Oct 7 reenactment

"France must never become a refuge for those who celebrate terrorism," said the Jewish Observatory of France's president, René Levy.

 A person holds a placard during a demonstration against antisemitism, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Brussels, Belgium December 10, 2023.

The phrase ‘Free Palestine’ is freeing no one, but it is killing some of us - opinion

Two men have been arrested for terror attacks while invoking "Free Palestine." For them the phrase is a rallying cry sanctioning violence.

 PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS hold a rally at Columbia University in New York City on the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack, last month.

IDF probe: IDF failed to defend Moshav Pri Gan, Israel Police, civilians left to protect themselves

An IDF probe found that the IDF failed to protect Moshav Pri Gan, two IDF units refused to enter the Moshav. The Moshav did not have a functional readiness team and the IDF did nothing about it

ZELDA BURKEY outside her burned-out house: The country and people around the world opened their hearts and hands

A year after my murdered daughter Shani’s burial, I was attacked for honoring her memory - opinon

Let the world see what Hamas did to my child. Let the world see what Islamist terrorists do to Jews.

 SHANI LOUK. ‘I have tried to carry her memory as a torch of light through the unbearable darkness,’ her father, the writer, says.

IDF recovers second body of slain Gaza hostage in Wednesday operation

The second hostage's name has not been made public yet due to the family's request, but they have been informed of the body's recovery.

Demonstrators protest for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 7, 2025

‘Traumatic invalidation’: Therapists discuss how Jewish distress has been ignored since Oct. 7

Many Jews have been "met with a stunning mix of silence, blaming, excluding, and even outright denying the atrocities of Oct. 7," explained Bar-Halpern and Wolfman.

  Kay and Hannah Dubrow attend a "Stand with Israel" rally at Freedom Plaza in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2023.

FBI delegation in Israel to investigate October 7 crimes on US citizens

As part of the investigation, FBI representatives are working to obtain a full picture of the events from the crime scenes themselves.

Border Police officers visit the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im, near the Gaza border, February 21, 2024

Knesset passes law to require gov't to formulate national security policy

Behind the law is the idea that often Israeli governments let politics and short-term considerations govern their major decisions.

 A plenum session and a vote on reviving the Ultra Orthodox enlistment bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 11, 2024.

Professor Uriel Reichman's journey toward building a global academic home for the Jewish people

Interviewing Professor Uriel Reichman, the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Jerusalem Post's Conference, he reflects on Zionism, October 7 & his vision for Reichman University

 Prof. Reichman holding his award from the Jerusalem Post Group

Inside Houthis’ war machine: How it is organized, what it means for Middle East- explainer

Units have been indoctrinated with extremist ideology, including the notion that anyone who opposes the Houthis is an ‘agent of Israel’, a new report notes.

 Newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march during a parade in Sanaa, Yemen December 2, 2023