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Originally from Casablanca, Morocco, Amelie made aliyah in 2014. She specializes in diplomatic affairs and geopolitical analysis and serves as a war correspondent for JNS. She has covered major international developments, including extensive reporting on the hostage crisis in Israel.

The U.S. Army has “flattened” Iran’s air defenses and defense industrial base, including the factories and production lines supporting missile and drone programs, the American defense secretary said.
“We are on a very hard journey that doesn’t end,” said Ruhama Bohbot, whose son Elkana was taken captive on Oct. 7, 2023, and has now been a hostage for more than 580 days.
“If the Saudis want peace for peace, with a maximized win-win for everyone, we’re very happy about that,” said the Israeli finance minister.
“We really need to implement what Trump told us to do,” Israel’s national security minister tells JNS.
“Humanitarian aid should not have been allowed to enter since the start of the war, as long as our hostages are rotting in Hamas’s tunnels,” he told JNS.
U.S. and Israeli military officials have expressed satisfaction with Beirut’s efforts thus far.
Moran Stella Yanai was attending the Supernova music festival as a jewelry vendor when she was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists.
The rebel militia “will absorb heavy blows” if attacks continue, and Israel holds Tehran directly responsible for arming and directing its terror proxy forces, said the Israeli defense minister.
IAF strikes on Sanaa International Airport caused $500 million in damage, according to the airport’s CEO.