News Digest — 5/23/25
Israel came under a missile attack from Houthi rebels early on Friday (23rd). Sirens were heard in central Israel…
Israel came under a missile attack from Houthi rebels early on Friday (23rd). Sirens were heard in central Israel…
Two staff members of Israel’s Embassy in Washington D.C. were shot dead outside the city’s Jewish Museum late on Wednesday evening (21st)…
IDF Chief of Staff LG Eyal Zamir conducted a situational assessment in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday (20th), after which he called on…
US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said the Trump administration remains determined to see Hamas defeated, prevent Iran from…
The Israeli Air Force launched a series of extensive strikes in Khan Younis Monday morning (19th), according to reports from Gaza…
The IDF struck Hamas targets in Gaza overnight on Thursday (15th) and into the early morning hours on Friday (16th)…
Israeli politicians reacted to the terrorist attack that killed Tzeela Gez on her way to give birth to her fourth child on Wednesday night…
Sirens sounded Wednesday morning (14th) across central Israel, Jerusalem and the Dead Sea region…
The IDF early Tuesday morning (13th) precisely struck significant Hamas terrorists who were operating from within a compound…
Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, 21, is set to be released from Gaza captivity, Hamas said on Sunday…
Israeli officials are closely monitoring the recent statements from Trump and admitted they were caught off guard…
Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a stern warning to Iran Thursday morning (8th), asserting that Israel will not hesitate to respond…
The President of the Houthi’s Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, stated on Tuesday evening (6th) that “our response will be devastating…
Israel launched airstrikes in Yemen late Monday (5th), targeting Houthi infrastructure in coordination with the United States…
Israel is set to retaliate to the Houthi missile launch at Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday (4th), following a decision made at the security cabinet…
A missile was launched from Yemen toward Israeli territory, and aerial defense systems are operating to intercept the threat, the IDF confirmed…
Firefighters continued to work overnight and into the morning hours on Thursday (1st) to contain the wildfires that spread in the Jerusalem Hills…
The walls of the Old City, the Chords Bridge, and other buildings throughout Jerusalem were illuminated on Tuesday evening (29th) in honor of…
President Isaac Herzog issued a heartfelt address Monday (28th) ahead of Memorial Day and the country’s 77th Independence Day…
The Israeli Air Force struck a Hezbollah precision missile storage facility on Sunday (27th) in Beirut’s Dahieh suburb, considered the terror…
The Ministry of Defense published on Friday morning (25th) ahead of Memorial Day for Israel’s Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Hostile Acts…
A drone accompanying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s convoy may have been the reason for his late appearance at the official ceremony for…
Members of the IDF General Staff, including Chief of Staff LTG Eyal Zamir, visited Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority…
The IDF killed Hussein Izzat Mohammad Atwi, a senior terrorist in the Jama’a Islamiya terror group affiliated with Hamas, during a strike in Lebanon…
The territory seized by the IDF in Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime is vital for Israeli security…
Israeli security personnel on Wednesday morning (16th) killed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist responsible for a deadly terror attack…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Iranian regime leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s post to X on Tuesday…
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Monday (14th) that Lebanon supports returning to the 1949 armistice agreement with Israel…
Even during the week of Passover, the IDF continues its operational activity and maintains full readiness across all sectors…
Ben Gurion Airport on Thursday (10th) saw its busiest day since October 7, 2023, with more than 80,000 people passing through the travel hub…
IDF Chief of Staff LTG Eyal Zamir, accompanied by his wife Orna, visited the Loewenstein Rehabilitation Medical Center on Wednesday…
The Hezbollah terror group is ready to disarm and surrender their weapons arsenals if Israel commits to withdrawing troops from…
US President Donald Trump said Monday (7th) he held a “great discussion” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in Washington on Sunday night (6th) ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump…
President Donald Trump said Thursday (3rd) that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may visit the United States as early as next week…
The Israeli Air Force carried out extensive airstrikes Wednesday evening (2nd) on multiple military targets in Syria…
The Israeli Defense Forces issued an evacuation order for areas in northern Gaza on Tuesday morning (1st), shortly after a rocket was fired from the Strip…
The IDF’s Spokesperson’s Unit announced Monday night (3/31) that the Israeli Air Force conducted a strike in Beirut’s Dahieh district…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his selection of Major General Eli Sharvit as the new head of the Shin Bet intelligence agency…
Two rockets were fired at northern Israel from Lebanon on Friday morning, leading the military to carry out strikes first in southern Lebanon…
Defense Minister Israel Katz addressed a message to the residents of Gaza, Wednesday (26th), following the demonstrations by Gazans…
An Israeli airstrike killed at least five gunmen in Southern Syria on Tuesday (25th) after the group opened fire at Israeli troops…
The IDF struck military capabilities at the Syrian military bases of Tadmur and T4 early Tuesday morning (25th). “The IDF will continue to act in order to…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on Sunday (23rd) to Prime Minister Netanyahu in a phone call meant to emphasize support for Israel…
“Spring is approaching, and so is the Persian New Year. I would like to wish the Iranian people and Persians everywhere a Happy Nowruz…
For the first time in two months, sirens were sounded early Thursday morning (20th) in central Israel, the Shefala region, and in Jerusalem…
Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday night (18th) blasted UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres over his latest…
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has ended as the Israeli Air Force has conducted strikes, between Monday…
The chief of the Houthi leader’s security detail was reportedly killed during…
Today the Jewish world is celebrating the delightful spectacle of Purim. A history of conquering enemies that wish to see the destruction of…
MG Yaniv Asor has assumed command of the Southern Command, replacing MG Yaron Finkelman who…
Defense Minister Israel Katz visited, on Tuesday (11th), the IDF posts in the buffer zone on the summit of Mount Hermon…
IAF fighter jets struck radars and detection assets used for constructing aerial intelligence assessments in southern Syria early Tuesday…
Schools in Kiryat Shmona reopened on Sunday morning (9th), nearly 16 months after they were evacuated because of…
Fierce clashes in Syria’s Latakia province have resulted in the deaths of at least 28 fighters loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad…
One of the pedestrians who was wounded in the ramming attack on Highway 65 last week succumbed to her wounds…
An Israeli official confirmed that a senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force was killed on Tuesday…
he IDF, Monday night, (3rd) targeted a military site, Qardaha in the mountains of Latakia province in northwest Syria…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Israel’s decision to prevent all goods and supplies from entering the Gaza Strip…
Ahead of the start of Ramadan Friday (28th) Hamas has been pushing for an escalation and acts of terrorism in Jerusalem…
Israel is currently working to confirm the identities of four slain hostages’ bodies returned by Hamas late Wednesday evening…
In a heartbreaking national moment, thousands of Israelis gathered Wednesday (26th) to pay their final respects…
Brigade 474 of Division 210 has carried out dozens of short attacks deeper into Syria beyond the Israeli buffer zone within southern Syria…
The White House on Sunday (23rd) expressed support for Israel’s decision to delay the release of more than…
Following the completion of the identification process by the National Institute of Forensic medicine, in collaboration with Israeli…
President Isaac Herzog addressed the Great Synagogue of Rome on Wednesday evening (19th) as the names of the slain hostages…
The Israeli Defense Forces pulled out of southern Lebanese villages but remained in five key positions Tuesday morning…
Jerusalem is preparing to receive the bodies of four or five hostages on Thursday (20th) who were murdered in captivity in the Gaza Strip…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated on Thursday (13th) that the United States is open to hearing new proposals from Arab nations…
Senior Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri spoke to Al Jazeera on Wednesday evening (12th) and stated that Hamas is…
Hamas has ordered a ban on the use of mobile phones, by senior leadership, within both its military and politburo divisions…
The IDF has decided to raise the level of readiness in the Southern Command and has postponed leave for…
Israeli fighter jets carried out several Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Sunday evening (9th), including against a tunnel between…
The IAF early Friday morning (7th), with the direction of the Intelligence Directorate, conducted a precise strike in Lebanese territory…
Four of the five freed surveillance soldier hostages returned home from the hospital on Wednesday (5th), 11 days after their release from Hamas…
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference following their meeting at the…
On Tuesday morning (4th), a Terrorist Gunman opened fire at a group of Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the Jordan Valley area of Samaria…
Prime Minister Netanyahu departed for Washington on Sunday, where he is set to meet with senior US officials and US President Trump…
The three Israeli hostages slated for release by Hamas from Gaza on Saturday were named Friday as Ofer Calderon, 54, Keith Siegel, 65, and Yarden Bibas, 35…
Three Israeli and five Thai hostages abducted during the October 7 attack on Israel have been released by Palestinian terror groups…
Freed hostage Amit Soussana, who was released in the first hostage-truce deal with Hamas in November 2023, shared Tuesday that Liri Albag, who was among…
US President Donald Trump dug in his heels Monday over a controversial suggestion that large numbers of Gazans take refuge in Egypt and Jordan…
On the evening of January 26 in Lebanon there were several protests and demonstrations by Hezbollah activists…
The IDF will stay in southern Lebanon after day 60 of the ceasefire but it’s still unclear for how long, according to sources in the…
Forces from the IDF’s Duvdevan Unit and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) eliminated two terrorists in Jenin on Wednesday evening (22nd)…
At least four people were stabbed during a terror attack on Tuesday evening (21st) on Nalhalat Binyamin Street in Tel Aviv…
Prime Minister Netanyahu extended congratulations and his “warmest wishes” to President Donald Trump, who was inaugurated on Monday…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Sunday (19th) with the Coordinator for the Hostages and Missing, BG (res) Gal Hirsch…
Israel’s Cabinet is expected to convene on Friday (17th) to approve the arranged Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal after reports surfaced on…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Wednesday (15th) with US President-elect Donald Trump and with President Joe Biden…
In a joint operation, an Israeli Air Force aircraft attacked the Palestinian ‘refuge camp’ in the city of Jenin on Tuesday night (14th)…
Rocket sirens sounded across Tel Aviv and central Israel following a missile that was launched from Yemen early Tuesday morning (14th)…
Israel Air Force jets struck and demolished multiple Hezbollah terror targets throughout Lebanon, the military confirmed…
Minister of Defense Israel Katz has instructed the IDF to present him with a plan for the total defeat of Hamas in Gaza if the terror organization does not…
Israeli officials affirmed Wednesday (8th) that the military would not withdraw from its positions in southern Lebanon unless…
As the IDF has returned to northern Gaza to battle Hamas, Israel’s military admits that many of the terrorists they are fighting are new recruits…
IDF Chief of Staff LTG Herzi Halevi on Monday (6th) arrived at the scene of the shooting attack near Al-Funduk, and conducted a situational assessment…
Two women in their 60s and a man in his 40s were killed and seven others were wounded in a shooting terror attack near Kedumim in the West Bank…
Sirens were activated across central Israel and in Jerusalem around 4:30 a.m. Friday (3rd) after a ballistic missile was launched at the country from Yemen…
Hours after the Israel Defense Forces carried out intense airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday (19th) that…