Netanyahu: Date set for IDF offensive in Rafah, essential to victory
Israel has set a date for the military offensive against the remaining Hamas terror battalions in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday night.
“We are constantly working to achieve...
No changes in instructions to civilians amid Iranian threat
There are no changes to current civilian guidelines issued by the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command, the military said on Thursday amid mounting fears of an Iranian retaliatory attack that could target large...
Netanyahu warns Iran: Israel knows how to defend itself
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly addressed Iran at a high-level meeting on Thursday night, warning the Islamic Republic that whoever harms or plans to harm the Jewish state will be hurt back.
“For years,...
Arab plot to assassinate Itamar Ben-Gvir with an RPG thwarted
The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) thwarted a plot to kill National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir using a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) or other means, the agency said on Thursday.
Seven Arab Israelis and four Arabs...
Hostages’ families call for increased military pressure on Hamas
Relatives of Israelis being held captive by Hamas in Gaza on Wednesday called on the Israeli government to launch a military operation in Rafah to destroy Hamas and bring about the release of the...
Smotrich freezes purchase of fighter squadrons from the US
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his intention to freeze the planned purchase of two fighter squadrons until the government agrees to establish a public committee that will...
Israel uses Gaza Fatah members to secure aid
In recent weeks, Israel’s War Cabinet approved enlisting the help of Gaza residents affiliated with the Palestinian Authority ruling Fatah movement to secure the entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip and prevent theft...
Jerusalem Arabs, sworn to ISIS, planned Teddy Stadium attack
Four Arabs from eastern Jerusalem who had sworn allegiance to ISIS, two of whom planned to attack a police station near the city’s Teddy Stadium, were indicted on Thursday.
Jerusalem’s Central Police Unit and the Israel...
Israeli wounded in Gan Yavne terror stabbing dies
One of three Israelis wounded on Sunday night in a terror attack at a mall in the southern city of Gan Yavne has died, Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital announced Thursday.
Lidor Levi, a 34-year-old software...
An unabashedly pro-Israel social-media platform in the non-Jewish world
Talk about an unorthodox voice for Israel at a time of global opprobrium.
He’s a 31-year-old London-born Roman Catholic of Polish and South African descent, who grew up in a conservative family, and who set...