R. was on his way to check suspicions of an infiltration when he was forbidden to approach the fence. Two hours later, the Hamas assault began ■ A handful of soldiers blocked dozens of terrorists who were trying to capture a military outpost near Kibbutz Nahal Oz. Twelve soldiers were killed, and their parents want answers
The hundreds of thousands Israelis who went out to protest over the past year are optimistic that the Netanyahu's judicial coup has faded with his dropping popularity. But institutional and social decay has only accelerated in recent months and some are already paying the price
Kiryat Shmona municipality requests assistance from the government's housing and finance ministers and the Israel Land Authority CEO to enable young families to remain in the city.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intensified his criticism of Israel on Wednesday, comparing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler. In a speech at an award ceremony, Erdogan also suggested that the United States was complicit in the deaths of 20,000 people in Gaza, for "supporting" Israel. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, […]
Whenever America tells us "Don't go to war" and we reply "Yes, but" – in 1948, in 1956, in 1967, in 1981 (destruction of the Iraqi reactor) – we earn respect from Washington. When we answer with, "Yes, alright" – as was the case in 1973, in 1991 (the first Gulf War) – we […]
In her new book 'From Time to Time,' Rabbi Dalia Marx explores some lesser-known dates on the Jewish calendar, featuring voices that were often marginalized
Notions like 'we tried peace' and 'this isn't the time,' along with a compressed range of history that begins on October 7, are pushing Israelis – and Palestinians – away from a political solution to the Gaza war
With the situation on the border with Lebanon heating up and chances of a full-fledged war there growing, talk of ousting Netanyahu has cooled and the day Gantz quits the emergency government is growing more distant
Israel launched heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza overnight and into Wednesday after broadening its offensive against Hamas to more areas where the military had told Palestinians to seek shelter earlier in the war. Residents reported heavy bombing in the built-up Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, in the southern city of Khan […]
CNN host John Vause became tearful on air on Tuesday while reading a letter on air from the mother of Israeli captive Noa Argamani, Liora Argamani to President Joe Biden. "I am terminally ill with Stage 4 brain cancer. All that's running through my mind before I part ways with my family forever is […]
'Take everything that's north of the Gaza river, until the Jewish community of Netiv Ha'asara. That whole northern section, tomorrow morning, make a new Jewish community. Whoever wants to keep Al-Shifa Hospital as a museum is welcome' said lawmaker Tzivka Foghel
Despite the prime minister, the defense minister, and other officials stressing in no uncertain terms that Israel will "eliminate" and "destroy" Hamas, there is still one major card that Israel does not currently intend to take from Hamas: the Philadelphia Axis, which runs along the border with between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Follow […]
According to the report, Iran has reversed a months-long reduction in uranium enrichment, noting increases in two Iranian nuclear production facilities
Infectious disease experts told Haaretz that Israeli soldiers' exposure to bacteria and fungi that may cause infection is low, and not necessarily unique to the Gaza Strip and that these infections occur mainly in patients with severe injuries
Since the October 7 terror attack, Iran has refrained from taking an active part in the war – but is openly supporting Hamas. It now seems that Israeli restraint has come to an end ■ The IDF, planning to do even more damage to Hamas, is sending a message: The organization cannot survive this conflict ■ Families of the Israeli hostages continue to fight but despair is mounting