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“Clearly, we’re at a difficult hour. We’re at war for our lives, for our freedom and also for the freedom of the world,” said the Israeli president.
The new non-stop service comes amid burgeoning relations between Jerusalem and Buenos Aires.
The initial strikes on the Islamic Republic were planned meticulously over months and in coordination with the U.S. military.
The Quds Force officer was eliminated as IDF targets weapons and missile sites across Iran.
Israel’s foreign minister condemned the attack as “part of the strategy of war crimes committed by the Iranian terrorist regime.”
The IRGC’s Imam Hossein University in Tehran was also used to develop ballistic missiles, says IDF spokesperson.
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 troops were reportedly killed during a close-range firefight with Hezbollah terrorists.
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.
Limor Son Har-Melech, who introduced the bill and whose husband was murdered in a 2003 terror attack, stated that the “historic law” means “whoever chooses to murder Jews because they are Jews forfeits their right to live.”
“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.
A Christmas tree lighting ceremony was held at the capital’s YMCA.
Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the UAE say the Rafah Crossing should be open in both directions.
“You wanted to know what this trial is about? Bugs Bunny and cigars,” the Israeli premier said.
In two separate incidents, troops identified terrorists who crossed the Yellow Line and posed an immediate threat.
Troops killed six terrorists and apprehended dozens of wanted suspects.
Calling Turkey “the greatest threat,” Athens reveals deployment plan.
A nuclear weapon offers the possibility of wiping out Israel, fulfilling what the Islamist regime sees as a historic, strategic and religious prophecy.
The uncertainty around the circumstances of Yasser Abu Shabab’s death exposes fractures within new militias operating under Israeli coordination.
“I know their language, I know their culture, I know a lot of things about these demons,” said the Israeli-American at an event near the Gaza border.
The new campus across from Sacher Park aims to become a global hub for Jewish learning and leadership.
The course marked a milestone in the army’s ongoing efforts to integrate Haredi soldiers into the Hasmonean Brigade.
More than 1,000 visiting pastors traveled to Israel’s south, witnessing the devastation of Oct. 7 and vowing to amplify Israel’s story.
