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Simon Karam previously headed the Lebanese team in negotiations regarding the implementation of the 2024 truce.
“The IDF views the use of schools for terrorist activity with the utmost severity,” the military said.
Foreign Minister Sa’ar fires back by recalling Madrid’s support for dictatorships.
The father of nine-year-old Noor expressed his “deepest gratitude” to the family of the daughter whose organ saved his daughter’s life.
A trooper damaged a statue of Jesus on the cross in Southern Lebanon.
Gideon Sa’ar spoke ahead of Israel’s Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Hostile Acts.
“Jihadi Hamas officially sponsors the ‘Sumud’ flotilla. The flotilla embraces that support. No ambiguity there,” the Foreign Ministry said.
“Riots with Palestinian flags—not in the streets of Gaza, but in Queens in New York,” Ambassador Danny Danon tweeted.
“There is no limit to the amount of aid that can enter Gaza,” said the Israeli Defense Ministry body.
The plot targeted an oil pipeline and Jewish sites, with drones and explosives smuggled in under IRGC direction, Israeli agencies said.
The building will be illuminated with Israeli flags, the word Yizkor and the number 25,648, representing the fallen.
“Mind boggling how António Guterres can post about a Hezbollah terror attack in Lebanon without mentioning the perpetrator,” the Foreign Ministry said.
Speaking with families of service members killed in action, the premier promised that their loved ones’ deaths were not in vain.
Some 170 Israeli soldiers have been killed during their military service since last Yom Hazikaron.
This year’s guiding theme, “Forces of Renewal,” symbolizes Israel’s achievements on the battlefield and technological innovation.
“For over two years, our children have suffered without any security solution on the horizon,” said Mayor Avichai Stern.
April 21 event highlights the bridge between Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut.
PM tells Independence Day torch-lighters Israel has achieved unprecedented military successes.
Public letter says kicking the Jewish state out of song contest would be “inversion of justice.”
“The Hezbollah terrorist organization continues to exploit the ceasefire to carry out terror activities, while endangering and harming international forces and personnel,” the IDF said.
“Aid is consistently exceeding international requirements,” said COGAT.
The Argentine president will become the first foreign leader to light a torch at Israel’s official Independence Day event in Jerusalem, in recognition of his deep friendship with the Jewish people and the State of Israel.
The Israeli army killed Hezbollah’s Bint Jbeil sector commander, Ali Rida Abbas.
The American diplomat described his mission as “the honor of a lifetime.”
“Even those who believe we were forced to sign this agreement should not celebrate it,” Likud’s Amit Halevi said.
The hostages were received by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which transferred them to the Israel Defense Forces.
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters above Air Force One, en route to Israel, that he believes the assurances are “going to be held very strongly.”
“People are ready for some kind of promise of an agreement to feel hopeful and even jubilant,” Ross Baker, a distinguished professor emeritus at Rutgers, told JNS.
“Some did not believe this day would come. But our fighters believed. Many among the people believed. And I believed,” the prime minister said.
The new body is designed to position Israel as a global superpower in artificial intelligence.
“Ichilov Medical Center is preparing to receive our hostages with open and professional hands,” Isaac Herzog said.
The death toll among Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip since the start of the ground incursion on Oct. 27, 2023, stands at 468.
The former Smiths front man has expressed his love for the Israeli people in the past.
“This wasn’t a ‘spontaneous uprising.’ It was a scripted campaign for the destruction of Israel—planned, rehearsed and executed,” said Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
The Religious Services Ministry will assist the families in holding funerals for the murdered captives.
From most of them, real signs of life have been received—videos from Hamas or messages from captivity survivors who were released in the last deal in January-February 2025.
