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Prayer notes calling for peace have been sent from Arab countries to the holy site in Jerusalem, and some even from Iran.
The Israeli prime minister said strikes on steel production facilities weaken the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as the operation against Iran progresses “beyond the halfway point.”
“These acts of violence stand in stark contradiction to the values upon which Israel was founded and to the enduring ethical tradition of the Jewish people,” the Israeli president wrote.
“I think that the rule that women always pay the price could sadly, unfortunately, materialize here as well,” the legal scholar Ruth Halperin-Kaddari told JNS.
Around 400 munitions were dropped in a “large wave of strikes” across the country.
Rescue teams pulled a mother and her two children from a partially collapsed residential building after a fragment fell on the roof.
The precision strike in Beirut eliminated Hamza Ibrahim Rakhin, the deputy commander of Unit 1800, along with his operations chief and a third operative.
The move follows French restrictions on Israeli defense companies and support for a U.N. arms embargo amid tensions over Paris’s stance during the war.
The country’s Defense Ministry signed an agreement for the production of tens of thousands of 155mm shells, boosting Israel’s local arms output.
“No one was hurt in the strike on Bazan, and the strike was not in production facilities,” Israeli Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen stated.
Liran Ben-Zion, 19, from Holon, served in the 401st “Iron Tracks” Brigade.
The bill is expected to go to the Knesset plenum for its final two readings later on Monday.
An operative in the Anatolian nation directed a cell in Samaria and recruited two locals for terrorist activity, the Shin Bet said.
According to an indictment filed against two Israelis, the Air Force officer’ exposure to classified information earned them a total of $152,331 on Polymarket.
The Menashe Regional Brigade’s “Netzah Israel” Battalion was suspended from operational activity.
Two soldiers were severely wounded by an anti-tank missile and three others were hurt by a separate attack.
“Even in times of war, we care for all the citizens of Israel without exception,” says Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
Projectiles trigger air-raid sirens across the north, hitting Haifa refineries as emergency crews respond to multiple sites.
Israel says the use of ambulances to move weapons and launch attacks a grave breach of international law.
Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Reza Sheibani has remained past Beirut’s March 29 deadline to leave.
The complex was “designed to have the capability to produce weapons-grade plutonium,” the IDF said.
Ahmed Faiz Salem Abu Rida “systematically violated the terms of the agreement, including by crossing the Yellow Line multiple times, transferring funds to suspects for terrorist activity and posing a threat to IDF soldiers.”
All assailants were neutralized.
Israel temporarily asked people of all faiths to avoid worship at major religious sites in Jerusalem’s Old City, the prime minister said.
Jerusalem’s political echelon ordered the crossing reopened for the passage of aid and goods after “necessary security adjustments” were implemented.
The Knesset speaker met with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. John Fetterman.
“I will only say or repeat what the prime minister has said himself: He will come to New York,” said Gideon Sa’ar.
Is Ra’am sincere or just engaged in political theater, attempting to survive a process that would render it an outlaw?
“Our role is to defend the citizens of Israel against every threat—and that is what we will do,” said the Israeli defense minister.
Six arrested and 46 pounds of drugs seized in an operation near the Egypt-Israel border.
The new bipartisan caucus will join a global network of over 60 pro-Israel parliamentary groups worldwide run under the aegis of the Washington, D.C.-based Israel Allies Foundation.
From China’s rising threats to AI-driven warfare, Israel’s cybersecurity sector shines amid a record-breaking year for investment.
“No coordinated digital campaign will silence those who stand for truth,” says Friends of Zion founder Mike Evans, who organized the trip.
“The State of Israel is a great light,” the Israeli premier told lawmakers.
From medieval Provence to modern Jerusalem, a richly illustrated Mishneh Torah offers a rare glimpse into Jewish legal and artistic heritage.
“The time for empty promises has passed,” wrote members of Congress, led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer and Jefferson Shreve.