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Amid U.S.-led diplomatic push, defense minister insists IDF will maintain control of security zone inside Lebanon.
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.
Rom Braslavski was held alone for two years, during part of which time he was held together with the bodies of murdered hostages.
The Jewish state held its second national day of mourning for the military and civilian victims of the Hamas-led terrorist massacre of Oct. 7, 2023.
Prosecutors allege Ahmad Shehab of Jisr az-Zarqa communicated via Telegram, providing details about impact locations for payment.
Israeli researcher warns that machinery deployed for debris removal could help Hamas rebuild terror infrastructure.
Israeli observers warn that Ankara could emerge as a major winner from the Gaza deal, with dangerous repercussions for the region.
The aim is to create a “day-after” model for life in the Strip once Hamas rule ends.
“I grew up here, Israel is my home and Israel safeguarded us,” said Haleli Truman, who fled to the Jewish state with her family after the Israeli pullout from Lebanon in 2000.
The terror group returned the bodies of Inbar Hayman and Sgt. Maj. Muhammad Al‑Atresh, leaving 19 bodies still to be returned.
“Hamas’s brutality doesn’t stop at Israelis—it consumes anyone who stands in its way,” Likud Party MK Dan Ilouz told JNS.
As IDF troops hold to ceasefire lines, the terror group has launched a murderous campaign to eliminate internal rivals.
The survey also found that if elections were held today, the ruling coalition would win a 66-seat majority.
Addressing the Trump team at his son’s funeral, Rabbi Doron Perez said, “We are all forever grateful.”
