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Echoing the demand by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Israeli prime minister issued Hamas an ultimatum and threatened its “total defeat.”

Held Hostage: The Fight for Alexander "Sasha" Trupanov's Release

The U.S. president stated a deadline of noon; otherwise, he says, “it’s going to be a different ball game.”

Before their release, Hamas paraded the hostages in front of a raucous crowd of Palestinians in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah.

As if the tortures that began on October 7, 2023, were not enough, Hamas has been staging more versions of traumatizing evil. In the “ceasefire agreement,” the terror group is producing, directing, and filming hostage releases in a chaotic rampage of hate from thousands of Gazan “extras” seemingly overjoyed to be part of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad propaganda.

onight, millions will tune in for Super Bowl LIX, watching two powerhouse teams—the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles—battle it out for the ultimate title. The debate over the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) will rage on. Is it legendary Tom Brady, or will Patrick Mahomes, the young phenom rise up with a three-peat this year?

We love a radical transformation story—the addict who finds healing, the enemy who becomes a friend, the nation that turns from war to peace. It’s why we celebrate comeback wins in sports, redemption arcs in movies, and life-changing testimonies in church.

Do the Arab and Muslim worlds want a solution to the Palestinian problem? Or do they just want to cling to an ideology with which they can bludgeon Israel?

“Yarden has returned home, but the home remains incomplete,” the family of Yarden Bibas said in a statement.

When the world feels like it’s unraveling, where do you fix your eyes?

Let’s be honest—if you spend more than 10 minutes watching the news, you might feel like crawling into a cave and waiting for Jesus to return.

Most of the world calls Judea and Samaria the West Bank. The name is a modern fabrication, one that wrongly describes Israel west of the Jordan River. The name West Bank has no ancient history. Within Judea and Samaria, the Holy Land’s biblical heartland for more than 3,000 years, Israel is a now waging an eight-front war.

“This institution of Yad Vashem, which is more necessary than ever, is now going to have a rightful place on the streets of New York,” Keith Powers, a New York City Council member, said at the street naming.

President Trump has signed a sweeping executive order to combat rampant antisemitism on college campuses, vowing to take action against Hamas sympathizers and those who threaten Jewish students. “We will not tolerate antisemitic hate, vandalism, or intimidation on our college campuses,” Trump declared as he outlined aggressive new policies.

As reports from Israel suggest officials are bracing for the worst, the world holds its breath for the fate of Kfir and Ariel Bibas, their mother Shiri, and father Yarden, the last known children still held hostage by Hamas.