Israelis Brace for Passover Battles with Hezbollah, Hamas as U.S. Anti-Semitism Rages

The Jewish people celebrate Passover each year with a Seder meal, recalling the Israelites' miraculous exodus from Egypt after Moses told Pharoah: "Let my people go." Ahead of the upcoming Passover holiday, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, the main group that has been representing the hostages, organized an event at Kibbutz Nir Oz, close to the Gaza border, for family members of those taken hostage on October 7th to come together at their devastated kibbutz and cry out once again for their loved ones’ freedom.

After Iran's missile barrage last week against Israel, many people here who endured the explosions and sirens during the night were both relieved and stunned to learn that 99 percent of the more than 300 drones and missiles fired at them were shot down, and most did not even make it to Israeli airspace.

Israel has reportedly struck targets in Iran in response to last weekend's unprecedented missile and drone attack against the Jewish state. The Iranian Tasnim news agency reported the assault took place in the southeastern part of the city of Isfahan, near its "nuclear energy mountain." Isfahan is the site of one of Iran's major nuclear sites that enriches uranium for the country's nuclear program.