Endangered seal spotted on Israeli beach for first time

A rare Mediterranean monk seal was spotted on an Israeli beach on Friday, the first time the endangered mammal has made land in Israel. Read more

Israel begins gradual opening of Gaza border crossings

Israel began gradually reopening its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning as a ceasefire took hold. Read more

Egypt: Ceasefire talks so far unsuccessful

Attempts to broker a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian terror groups in Gaza have made no headway, with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry admitting that “efforts continue for now without success.” Read more

Commander of Islamic Jihad’s Gaza rocket squads killed In Israeli air strike

Ali Ghali, commander of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Gaza rocket squads, was killed in an Israeli air strike early Thursday morning. Read more

UN Security Council to discuss Israel-Gaza tensions

The United Nations Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the situation in Gaza as widely-expected Palestinian rocket fire failed to materialise. Read more

Defence Minister to Israeli mayors: Prepare for ‘prolonged campaign’ against Gaza

During a briefing for mayors of communities near the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told the municipal leaders to be prepared for a “prolonged campaign” against the Palestinian terror groups. Read more

Israel kills three top islamic Jihad commanders, braces for Gaza’s response

Israel launched surprise air strikes on Palestinian Islamic Jihad targets, including killing three of the terror group’s senior figures on early Tuesday morning. Read more

Israeli coalition tensions escalate as Ben-Gvir boycotts cabinet meeting

Public Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and the two other ministers from his Otzma Yehudit party boycotted Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting, raising tensions within Israel’s governing coalition. Read more

Israeli High Court rules gov’t can delay demolition of illegal Bedouin village

Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled on Sunday that the government may delay the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar, an illegally built Bedouin village near Jerusalem that has been the epicentre of a decades-long legal battle. Read more

Family hears slain mother’s heartbeat in transplant recipient

In an emotional encounter, the family of Leah (Lucy) Dee met on Tuesday for the first time with the woman who received their slain mother’s heart in a transplant at the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikvah. Read more

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

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