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The gunman posed an immediate threat and was targeted in a precision strike, the military said.
Regional security officials said it was used during operations targeting Tehran in 2025 and 2026.
Earlier forecasts feared a 9.5% drop in GDP in the first quarter, but current data point to a much more positive outcome.
The incursion was said to be the fourth within 24 hours and the 14th since the Bashan Pioneers group was founded.
The targets included weapons storage facilities, observation posts and other infrastructure used to plan attacks on Israeli troops and civilians.
The Dallas-based carrier has not flown to the Jewish state for over two and a half years.
“This is a strategic move designed to ensure Israel’s technological superiority, accelerate development in the field of AI, and maintain Israel’s position in the first line of world powers,” according to the Prime Minister’s Office.
“There are certainly many possibilities; we are prepared for any scenario,” the premier said.
The weekend statement from the Foreign Ministry comes six months after Jerusalem and the South American nation restored full diplomatic relations.
Herzog will also greet new envoys from Australia, South Korea, Vietnam and the Vatican.
Three others were also hurt when an explosive device detonated.
Another terrorist died in a second strike in the central Strip.
“I call upon the Air Force Veterans Association to retract their intention to appoint Dan Halutz as the association’s president,” Israel Katz said.
Club inked a multi-year deal for Israeli co-founded payroll and HR platform to appear on the players’ jerseys starting next season.
Fatah members also elected terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi, a former commander in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades.
Israel’s U.N. ambassador condemned the protest as “blatant antisemitism disguised as activism.”
KKL-JNF said the package was one of the largest approved amid the war with Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.
French police took six people into custody as a climate activist group took responsibility, accusing Israel of “ecocide crimes.”
“Every terrorist is a marked man; we will pursue and reach them all,” the Israeli prime minister said.
Sgt. Netanel Ayala, 20, from the southern Samaria community of Ofra, was killed on May 3.
Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, from Itamar in Samaria, was set to get married in a month.
Many reservists were called up in the middle of the night for the surprise exercise, part of the military’s post-Oct. 7 testing of readiness.
Those who mark “Nakba Day” are ignoring the real cause of the mass Arab migration in 1948, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.
Skirmishes to Israel’s north continue despite the announcement of a 45-day extension of the ceasefire.
Regavim-led visit points to sewage, dumping and construction encroaching on Area C, kilometers from Jewish state’s population centers.
Be’er Shalom Synagogue honors four members of the community’s security team killed on Oct. 7.
Staff Sgt. A., an immigrant from Los Angeles, shares his remarkable journey to the IDF’s Hashmonaim Brigade in Lebanon.
With Russia’s role in Syria diminished, analysts question the value of strategic ambiguity.
“The name of the arch-terrorist Izz al-Din al-Haddad came up again and again” when speaking with the freed abductees, the IDF chief said.
New disclosures reveal Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir joined Netanyahu, the Mossad director and the Shin Bet chief on covert visits to Abu Dhabi during “Operation Roaring Lion.”
The World Jewish Congress-Israel head says the mission is more vital than ever as antisemitism surges worldwide.
“There will be ups and downs, but the potential for success is great,” wrote Yechiel Leiter, the Israeli envoy in Washington.
According to the Diaspora Affairs Ministry, the terrorist group promoted genocide claims against Israel at the ICJ and influenced international media coverage.
The biblical heartland “is our land and it will always be our land,” the prime minister declared at Jerusalem Day event.
The capital’s fertility rate is 3.68 childen per woman, higher than the national average of 2.89.
“They choose to leave their comfort zone and do something for the good of Israeli society,” commander says.