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The U.S. president calls for calm as diplomatic efforts continue over Israel-Lebanon truce.
The initiative aims to boost employment, expand IDF service pathways and position the nation as a leader in assistive technology.
The prime minister spoke before Israel and Lebanon began a 10-day ceasefire.
The move aims to boost long-haul capacity as other airlines scale back routes to and from Israel.
The agreement does not call for a withdrawal of Israeli ground forces from Lebanon and says that the initial ceasefire may be extended “as Lebanon effectively demonstrates its ability to assert its sovereignty.”
With Israeli elections set for this fall, “we don’t want to act politically” in halting the agreement governing the EU-Israel relationship, Dubravka Šuica tells JNS.
The incident occurred during violent riot near Beit Duqqu northwest of Jerusalem in Judea and Samaria.
IDF troops found more than 130 weapons stashed inside a school in the southern Lebanese town.
Israeli kickboxer Ahavat Hashem Gordon previously defeated his Turkish rival in a high-profile championship competition.
Katzrin is to be designated as the first city on the strategic plateau.
Some of the soldiers have reportedly already returned to fighting on the front lines.
Jerusalem ended its boycott of the right-wing politician in early 2025.
“In one case, we found a hive inside a couch on a home’s balcony,” a beekeeper from the western Negev said.
Budapest vetoed previous attempts to isolate and defund the Jewish state.
The reported talks marked the first direct U.S. engagement with Hamas since the ceasefire put into place on Oct. 10, 2025.
The Israeli prime minister joins roughly two dozen world leaders, including Trump, Xi Jinping and Pope Leo XIV, on Time’s 2026 list of most influential people.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak directly with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, says an Israeli Cabinet minister.
Gadi Taub’s criticism of Ronen Bergman’s reporting on the Mossad’s pager operation against Hezbollah was not defamatory, a judge ruled.
The vessels left Spain following a “temporary weather-related delay,” organizers said.
The Israeli prime minister added that the Jewish state is set to eliminate the “great stronghold” of Bint Jbeil, “the place where Hassan Nasrallah said 26 years ago, ‘The Israelis are cobwebs.’”
The Israeli currency’s symbolic 2.99-rate against the dollar is said to reflect shifting regional dynamics and growing confidence in the Jewish state’s economic outlook.
No injuries were reported among Israeli forces.
The Nazareth resident was accused of photographing military and energy sites for an Iranian handler in exchange for payment.
No injuries were reported in the attempted terrorist assault.
“I told my counterpart that Israel will grant all the assistance and benefits to Sonthaya’s family,” the Israeli foreign minister said.
“Barely days into a ceasefire, Hamas turned its weapons on Palestinians to reassert control through fear & violence,” the Foreign Ministry tweeted.
The animal was caught by Palestinian fishermen and butchered, with video circulating on social media showing crowds of Gazan men in Khan Yunis pulling the enormous fish ashore.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu’s sons were among the young men joining the IDF.
The winter session is expected to be stormy, with drafting or exempting ultra-Orthodox men from IDF service potentially the most disruptive issue for the coalition.
The sold out venue burst into loud cheers when seeing Israeli troops in Gaza and the hostages returning from Hamas’s captivity.
The American president said that he hopes to see Saudi Arabia join the Abraham Accords “soon,” with other countries following.
Rivalry with the U.S. sees Beijing seizing the Hamas war as an opportunity to expand its diplomatic influence and reshape global opinion in its favor.
Eitan was held in isolation for a year following his abduction by terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023.
The Blue Sky Warden, while not a fighter jet, provides a solution for the needs of the Gaza and Lebanon borders.
Some have been torn down by citizens acting independently but the city council has not yet taken action to remove the flags.
“Every hay barn that goes up in flames disrupts an entire supply chain—from the hay, to the dairy farms, to the supermarket shelves.”
