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Portrait of former naval chief vice-admiral (res.) Eli Sharvit at his home in central Israel, Jan. 19, 2024. Credit: Israel Hadari/Flash90.

Netanyahu rescinds nomination of former Navy chief as Shin Bet head

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reversed his decision to appoint Vice Adm. (res.) Eli Sharvit as the new director of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), less than 24 hours after announcing the nomination. Netanyahu thanked...
An El Al passenger plane takes off from Ben-Gurion International Airport, April 24, 2019. Photo by Kobi Richter/TPS.

Israel warns citizens of heightened global terror risk ahead of Passover

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Israel’s National Security Council issued a heightened travel advisory on Tuesday, warning that Iran, Hamas and other extremist groups could target Israeli and Jewish individuals abroad during the upcoming Passover holiday. The NSC identified Iran as a primary actor...
Yarden Bibas, 34, Shiri Bibas, 32, and their children, then-9-month-old Kfir and 4-year-old Ariel, were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

‘Literal torture’: Former Gaza hostages tell of harrowing captivity on ‘60 Minutes’

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Yarden Bibas, whose wife and children were murdered by Hamas terrorists, on Sunday discussed for the first time the horrors of captivity in Gaza, speaking to CBS's "60 Minutes" along with former hostages Keith Siegel...
Then-commander of the Israeli Navy Vice Admiral Eli Sharvit speaks at a graduating ceremony for Navy officers in Haifa Naval Base on Sept. 4, 2019. Credit: Flash90.

Netanyahu names former navy commander as new Shin Bet chief

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Vice Adm. (res.) Eli Sharvit, the former head of the Israeli Navy, as the next director of the Israel Security Agency, commonly known as the Shin Bet...
People take cover as sirens warns of incoming missile fire from Yemen in Jerusalem, March 27, 2025. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Missiles from Yemen send millions of Israelis scrambling for shelter

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Air-raid sirens pealed across central Israel on Thursday following missiles launched at the Jewish state by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group, sending millions of civilians running for bomb shelters. "Following alerts that were activated a...
Israeli security forces at the scene of a terror attack near Yokneam, March 24, 2025. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Since Oct 7, more Jews have been killed by Israeli Arabs, legal residents than...

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Since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli Arabs have murdered more Israeli Jews than have Palestinians from Judea and Samaria, according to an investigative report published...

Herzog meets released hostage Omer Shem Tov, calls for return of ‘all our sons...

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal Herzog, welcomed former Hamas hostage Omer Shem Tov and his mother Shelly to the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Monday. Shem Tov was taken hostage by Hamas...
Ronen Bar, the newly appointed head of the Shin Bet security services, leaves his home in central Israel, Oct. 11, 2021. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli Supreme Court rules Netanyahu allowed to interview replacement for Shin Bet director

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v Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, rejected a demand by Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara to bar Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from interviewing replacements for the position of Shin Bet (Israel...
Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor, winners of the Best Documentary Feature Film for "No Other Land", attend the 97th Annual Oscars Governors Ball at Ovation Hollywood Complex on March 2, 2025 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images.

Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning documentary arrested for stoning security forces

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Israeli forces on Monday night arrested Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Balal on suspicion of throwing stones at security forces during violent clashes near Susya in Judea, according to Hebrew media reports. Balal, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary "No...
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amir Baram speaks at his induction ceremony as the next Israeli Defense Ministry director general, March 24, 2025. Credit: Israeli Defense Ministry.

Maj. Gen. Amir Baram appointed head of Israeli Defense Ministry

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Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amir Baram was appointed the 26th director general of the Israeli Defense Ministry on Monday in a ceremony led by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz. Katz praised Baram’s leadership, stating, “We must be...