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New Gaza aid flotilla sets sail from Spain, trying again to break Israeli blockade
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (611+ words) A new flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza was due to set sail on Sunday from the Spanish port of Barcelona, aiming to try to break the Israeli blockade on the coastal Palestinian enclave. Thirty-nine boats were due…...
IDF says Hamas terrorists who abducted, held hostages were killed in Gaza strike
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (477+ words) The Israel Defense Forces said a strike targeting a cell of Hamas gunmen on Saturday killed a terrorist involved in abducting hostages on October 7, 2023, and two others who held another hostage in captivity in the Gaza Strip. The strike overnight…...
Be'eri begins demolishing homes destroyed on October 7, choosing life over ruins
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (447+ words) Demolitions started on Sunday in the Olive neighborhood of Kibbutz Be'eri near the Gaza border, one of two neighborhoods worst affected by the Hamas invasion of October 7, 2023. Be'eri was one of the hardest-hit communities during the attack. Of the over…...
There is no rule of law: High Court justices rail at failure to enlist Haredim
4+ hour, 22+ min ago (1074+ words) The High Court of Justice sharply reprimanded the police on Sunday during a hearing on the government's efforts to enforce ultra-Orthodox military conscription, with one justice declaring that the rule of law had failed. Justice David Mintz, the strongest conservative…...
IDF says it raided hospital used by Hezbollah in group's Bint Jbeil stronghold
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (811+ words) The Israeli military advanced into the southern Lebanon town of Bint Jbeil, a Hezbollah stronghold, on Sunday, Lebanese media reported, as the army said it raided a hospital in the area where terror operatives had been holed up. Lebanon's official…...
Easter prayer fiasco, resolved too late, shows Christians still treated as afterthought
5+ hour, 44+ min ago (1684+ words) When Easter services took place in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre on April 5, only a few dozen people were present in the cavernous space that would normally be thronged with pilgrims and worshipers for the holy day. Leading the…...
Several cities nix Independence Day parties due to shaky Iran truce, Hezbollah war
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (577+ words) Mayors of several major cities have canceled celebrations for Independence Day next week amid wartime guidelines on large gatherings, ongoing fighting in Lebanon, and persistent rocket attacks by the Hezbollah terror group against residents of Israel's north. Though the US-Israeli…...
Reservist soldier fatally shoots Palestinian amid alleged rock-throwing near Ramallah
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (802+ words) A Palestinian man was shot and killed by a reservist soldier on Saturday after allegedly hurling stones at an Israeli civilian in the West Bank, the military said, adding in a statement that it was investigating the incident. The incident…...
Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, 111, 000 survivors living in Israel
6+ hour, 34+ min ago (498+ words) At the start of 2026, there were 111, 000 Holocaust survivors in Israel, according to figures released Sunday by the Central Bureau of Statistics ahead of the annual commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day later this week. All survivors are at least 80 years old,…...
Nine foreign airlines plan to resume Tel Aviv routes this week, amid US-Iran truce
7+ hour, 33+ min ago (318+ words) Nine foreign carriers are expected to gradually resume flight services to and from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport this week, the Israel Airports Authority said Sunday. On Sunday, Israeli-owned Greek airline Bluebird Airways will restart a limited schedule with a…...