Prime Minister Netanyahu tells IDF to prepare dual plans for evacuating civilians from Rafah and defeating Hamas forces ■ Anti-tank missiles fired from Lebanon to northern Israel, IAF launches retaliatory strikes ■ Syria says it shot down two drones near Damascus ■ Hungary, Czech Republic sink EU effort to impose sanctions on violent Israeli settlers
He used to view Israel as a model for the safe use of firearms. Now an American gun policy expert warns that Israel is making the same mistakes as the United States
Women who belong to all of Israel's diverse populations are having fewer children. Secular society is hovering dangerously close to the so-called replacement level, at which point their numbers begin to shrink
Thousands demonstrated against a hostage release deal outside the Israeli government compound in Jerusalem while in Tel Aviv, hostages' families and their supporters protested in favor of a deal
Finkelstein Metals, employing around 60 individuals from diverse religious backgrounds in northern Israel, is critical to the nation's industrial infrastructure.
The IDF said that the plan was intended to meet the army's force buildup needs in the wake of the events of October 7 and the consequences of the war in the Gaza Strip, but made no reference to the issue of drafting ultra-Orthodox men
No cigarettes, electricity or potable water; a can of tuna goes for 100 shekels but the ATMs are shut down: A snapshot of the situation in the northern Gaza Strip
The U.S. Secretary of State was supposed to evaluate the passage of aid trucks from Israel to Gaza firsthand, but the visit was cancelled due to fear that protesters would be present, stopping aid trucks from entering Gaza
On the way to Israel, the plane will make a 45-minute pit stop in Cyprus for a crew change while passengers remain on board. Crews won't remain in Israel overnight due to insurance companies' conditions
'It's not enough just to put text next to an image,' journalist Yarden Michaeli says of Haaretz's interactive visual investigation into the vast devastation across Gaza. 'We really wanted to take people into the story in order to make an emotional impact'
Blinken says Hamas' response to cease-fire proposal has 'clear nonstarters,' but the U.S. thinks 'it creates space for an agreement' ■ Senior Hamas official says Netanyahu's reply to Hamas shows the PM intends to pursue conflict in the region ■ Several Israelis wounded from rocket, missile fire from Lebanon on Thursday ■ A Hezbollah commander killed in strike attributed to Israel ■ Here's what you need to know 125 days into the war
In this week's Israeli culture roundup: Artist-filmmaker Yael Bartana will represent Germany at this year's Venice Biennale, an event for a book two bereaved fathers, one Israeli and the other Palestinian, is cancelled in Haifa, and Tel Aviv Museum is still showing an exhibit grappling with the Yom Kippur War