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“In every generation, they rise up against us to destroy us,” Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir posted, citing the words recited from the Haggadah during the Passover service.
“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.
Israeli authorities are “working tirelessly” to bring home the remains of Ran Gvili, the last remaining hostage in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implied that the incident constituted a violation of the terms of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
“We want to know them, to understand them and to know how to make it easier for them if they will consider making aliyah,” a participant told JNS.
At the handover ceremony, Defense Ministry D-G Baram, whose parents survived the Holocaust, commented on the symbolism of the $3.5 billion deal.
The remains will be transferred to the National Center of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv for examination.
Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka is among a small group of senior leaders from Kyiv who have traveled to Israel since the outbreak of the war with Russia.
The 18-year-old Negev resident has been indicted on terror offenses.
“The Air Force must be prepared for future threats by procuring modern weapon systems to enhance air defense, which currently faces limitations in dealing with emerging threats effectively,” said the Royal Thai Air Force.
Israeli NGO Matnat Chaim had hoped an upcoming gathering of 2,000 kidney donors would make it into next year’s Guinness Book of World Records.
“Together, we will kill the idea of a Palestinian state,” said the Israeli finance minister.
The opposition initiative was announced after Israel expressed concerns over a U.S.-backed statement calling for a “pathway” to Palestinian statehood.
“Israel will not return to the 1967 lines and will not abandon the Golan. Not now, not ever,” Danny Danon said following the General Assembly resolution demanding an Israeli withdrawal.
