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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.”
Israel temporarily asked people of all faiths to avoid worship at major religious sites in Jerusalem’s Old City, the prime minister said.
A moving tradition, the Torch Relay connected communities, youth movements and educational institutions around a shared spirit of unity.
The brigade-level exercise held in the Mount Hermon and Mount Dov sectors on the northern border sought to maintain and strengthen readiness.
Calling it “a dream come true,” the museum’s director Eilat Lieber says the Kishle site will become the Schulich Wing for Archaeology, Art and Innovation.
Rom Braslavski delivered powerful testimony at Italian PM Meloni’s party event, describing the Oct. 7 massacre and two years in Hamas captivity.
Jerusalem “will not allow Hamas murderers to rearm and threaten us again,” the premier vowed.
“The Jewish state stands at a pivotal moment defending its place in the region,” Gideon Sa’ar told a visiting delegation of evangelical leaders.
Danny Lacker, head of water security at the Israel Water Authority, tells JNS about the ongoing battle to safeguard the nation’s critical lifeline.
“It is likely that we will soon need to return and operate there to preserve the gains achieved against Hezbollah,” Smotrich told JNS.
In a query to Jonas Gahr Støre, a lawmaker questioned Jumana Manna’s role in renovating a government building that was damaged by a terrorist.
“I’m really stunned,” he told JNS. “I have an enormous sense of satisfaction that I helped such a man.”
The event, meant to build dialogue among media members and ideas toward advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace, again featured a pro-BDS panelist.
IDF troops found a booby-trapped compound containing the weapon of Cap. Daniel Peretz, who was returned to Israel for burial on Oct. 13.
