Israel strikes Gaza after Palestinian rocket fire

The Israeli Defence Forces struck a number of Hamas sites in Gaza overnight in retaliation for Tuesday’s rocket fire. Read more

Gaza terror groups fire rockets at Sderot

The Sderot municipality reported on Tuesday afternoon that two rockets fired from Gaza landed in the city, damaging cars but causing no injuries to people. Read more

Israel shuts down its last COVID ward

Officials at Jerusalem’s Herzog Medical Centre closed the COVID ward, Israel’s last one in operation, on Sunday. Read more

Stormy Knesset summer session begins today

Despite national demonstrations for and against a controversial judicial overhaul, the government’s priority will switch to passing a state budget as the Israeli parliament’s summer session begins today. Read more

Israeli population approaches 10 million on Independence Day

Israel’s population stands at 9.72 million, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics ahead of Independence Day. Read more

75-year-old compass found at battle site: Israeli archaeologists emotional

The discovery of a brass compass from a massacre of 35 Israeli soldiers in 1948 has left two researchers feeling like they were given a “punch in the stomach.” Read more

Five injured in car-ramming attack in downtown Jerusalem

Five people were injured in a car-ramming attack in central Jerusalem on Monday. Read more

Israel braces for tense Memorial Day

Israeli government, opposition and defence officials urged the politicians and the public not to politicise Memorial Day. Read more

New app finds graves of fallen Israeli soldiers

Ahead of Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and terror victims, the Defence Ministry launched an app to help people locate the graves of family and friends in military cemeteries. Read more

Holocaust memorial siren activated by survivor and her soldier granddaughter

Every Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli life stops to commemorate the six million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust with a national minute of silence. Read more

Judith Sohlberg was 8-years old when she saved lives in Nazi concentration camp

Near the end of World War II, Judith Sohlberg was just eight years-old when she and her family were in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp — and her father wanted her to do something odd by camp standards. Read more

Report on antisemitism worldwide finds orthodox Jews main target of antisemitic assaults

A report released on Monday ahead of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day saw a sharp increase in the number of antisemitic incidents in the US and other Western countries and that Orthodox Jews are the main victims of physical assaults. Read more

Half a million people visited Jerusalem’s Western Wall despite tensions

Despite security tensions with Palestinians on the Temple Mount, “about half a million people” visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem during the week-long holiday of Passover. Read more

Five patients receive organs from terror victim Leah Dee

Five Israeli individuals have already received organs donated from Leah Dee, who died on Monday of injuries from a Palestinian terror attack. Read more

Senior Israeli military officer reprimanded for unauthorized meeting with Itamar Ben-Gvir

A senior Israeli military commander was reprimanded by the Israeli Forces for an unauthorised meeting with Minister of Public Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, an IDF spokesperson confirmed on Thursday morning. Read more

Leah Dee dies of injuries from terror attack

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Police allow Jewish visitors ascend Temple Mount

Israeli police allowed Jewish visitors to enter the Temple Mount on Sunday morning after the conclusion of Muslim dawn prayers. Read more

Hackers launch massive attack on Israeli universities

A hacker group known as Anonymous Sudan is believed responsible for a massive cyberattack on Israeli universities on Tuesday, said Checkpoint, a cybersecurity company. Read more

Ex-Prime Minister Ehud Barak confirms Israel has nuclear weapons: Why it matters

Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak broke Israel’s policy of ambiguity and tweeted his confirmation that Israel possesses nuclear weapons on Tuesday. Read more

Sacrifices: Chief Rabbi bans animals from being brought to Temple Mount

The Chief Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Places, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, banned the bringing of animals up to the Temple Mount in an effort to prevent Jews from trying to bring Passover sacrifices on the holy site. Read more

Israel launches spy “Ofek 13” satellite into space satellite

The IMoD Space and Satellite Administration in the Directorate of Defense Research & Development (DDR&D), the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) successfully launched the “Ofek 13” satellite into space at 02:10 IST today. Read more

Law passed allowing hospitals to ban leavened bread during Passover

Knesset lawmakers passed into law legislation allowing Israeli hospitals to prevent leavened bread from being brought in during Passover. Read more

Israeli researchers develop revolutionary cell-sized robot

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a hybrid micro-robot, the size of a single biological cell that is 10 microns in size. Read more

Knesset passes impeachment law protecting Netanyahu

The Knesset passed the Impeachment Law on Thursday morning, protecting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from the possibility of a court-ordered recusal. Read more

Netanyahu delays UK trip; police use water cannons to break up Israeli protests

Israeli protests against a controversial judicial overhaul continued, with police using water cannons against demonstrators blocking roads in Tel Aviv and Haifa on Thursday. Read more

Israeli doctors save Philippine woman’s life with new brain cooling procedure

A 46-year-old woman suffering from a life-threatening cerebral hemorrhage was saved by Israeli doctors using a new brain-cooling procedure. Read more

‘Iron Man’ Tel Aviv terror victim dies of injuries

Or Eshkar, who was injured in a recent Palestinian terror attack in Tel Aviv has died of his injuries Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital announced on Monday. Read more

Shooting puts spotlight on Palestinian Pay-For-Slay program

When Palestinian terrorist Leith Nazar opened fire on an Israeli car driving through the village of Huwara on Sunday, he had no idea he was shooting at a former US Marine who is also a martial arts and weapons instructor and trainer. Read more

Israeli reserve pilots to refuse training this week in protest against judicial reform

Hundreds of Israeli Defence Force reservists yesterday refused to participate in training activities in protest against the government’s controversial judicial reforms. Read more

Israeli High Court bars Itamar Ben-Gvir from interfering in police operations

Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled on Sunday that Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir may not give “operational orders” to police commanders and may only issue a general outline on policy — particularly in regard to widespread demonstrations against the government’s overhaul of the judicial system. Read more

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