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Senior IDF officer: “The writing was on the wall. We should have prepared long ago.”
As NASA astronauts highlight global cooperation, some countries remain “fixated on outdated narratives,” the Israeli envoy said.
Omer Tischler said he is taking on the role “after more than 900 days of a long, demanding and just war.”
Defensive measures followed repeated attempts by terrorists to infiltrate the Carmel community.
The equipment was simultaneously loaded onto hundreds of trucks and transferred to IDF bases throughout the country in an operation personally overseen by Defense Ministry’s director general.
“We extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of Liem and share in their profound grief,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted to X.
“The orphans of Israel’s wars are the sons and daughters of Israeli society,” a Defense Ministry official said.
The U.S. ambassador made the comment after meeting with the Jewish state’s newly appointed Special Envoy to the Christian world.
The Zenziper Company declined the delivery, flagged as “stolen,” amid diplomatic tensions with Kyiv.
Inbar Yehezkeli Blilious, a lawyer from Jerusalem and mother of two, is the former CEO of the Jerusalem Sexual Assault Crisis Center.
“We believe that Israeli scientific excellence can deliver the next major breakthrough in cancer care.”
Ibrahim Abu Tzakar “had planned to carry out an imminent terror attack against IDF troops.”
In “When We See You Again,” Rachel Goldberg-Polin chronicles the story of her son Hersh, who was abducted during the Hamas-led invasion on Oct. 7, 2023.
The military dismantled more than 30 terrorist infrastructures in Lebanon in two days.
The defendant attempted to procure a handgun and execute an attack on IDF troops in the Galilee city of Karmiel, police said.
The Iranian-backed group “continues to position terrorist infrastructure within and near to civilian infrastructure,” the army said.
Case could be the longest-running fraudulent impersonation the state has known.
Two soldiers were moderately injured; several others sustained light wounds.
MK Ohad Tal says applying Israeli sovereignty is the only viable solution to stabilizing the region.
A campaign by the Israeli consulate in New York calls for the advancement of peace with Lebanon.
Magen David Adom, in cooperation with the Health Ministry, has restructured its emergency response unit as a result.
Some 175 activists “are now making their way peacefully to Israel,” according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
While visiting her parents in Turkey, Jessica Bachar, 28, was arrested by Turkish authorities following calls by Islamic groups in Ankara to imprison her.
The Israeli foreign minister stated that one would expect a country to submit a legal request before posting on social media.
The American children’s YouTube star finds herself at the center of a firestorm after collaborating with a Hamas-supporting photojournalist.
“Every soldier here can see what he is protecting, he can see the [Gaza border] communities, and he knows what he is protecting them from.”
Troops also seized large sums of terror-linked funds and dozens of weapons.
At least 718 people have been killed since sectarian violence erupted.
Israeli military operations across the coastal enclave are ongoing as part of “Gideon’s Chariots.”
The attack triggered air-raid sirens across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and parts of Judea and Samaria.
The House Judiciary committee released a memo based on 380 documents that it received in a probe of six nonprofits.
Pro-Israel groups welcomed the defeat of what they called a “reckless” and “attention seeking” amendment from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove the funding.
“The field of Israel studies is thriving, despite the stiff challenges it admittedly faces,” Alexander Kaye, director of Brandeis University’s Israel studies center, told JNS.
The deputy Israeli envoy said the Jewish state has “an unwavering moral obligation to safeguard the Druze population, with whom we share deep historic and national bonds.”
The pontiff presses for renewed talks after Israeli shell hits church.
Three Hamas-linked terrorists face charges for the killing of Tzeela Gez and her infant son, with more attacks linked to the cell.