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News Digest — 12/11/23

Alleged Israeli airstrikes targeted sites near Zaynab, a stronghold of Iranian militias, near Damascus on…

News Digest — 12/8/23

IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari spoke about the IDF’s progress in the war against Hamas on the two-month anniversary of the…

News Digest — 12/7/23

IDF Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Wednesday (6th) that the IDF is making significant progress in its…

News Digest — 12/6/23

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi stated that the IDF is launching the third stage of its ground campaign against the…

News Digest — 12/5/23

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant held a situational assessment Monday (4th), on the border of the Gaza Strip and praised the…

Rising Hate

The headlines and news reports announce the rise of antisemitism in both the U.S. and around the world…

News Digest — 12/4/23

In recordings released Sunday (3rd) by Israel’s public broadcaster KAN, Shin Bet head Ronen Bar is heard saying…

News Digest — 12/1/23

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came to an end Friday morning (1st) as Hamas renewed rocket fire toward…

News Digest — 11/30/23

A 24-year-old woman, a 73-year-old man and an additional victim were murdered Thursday morning (30th) in a…

Hamas Exploits Israel’s Patience

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire entered its fifth day on Wednesday, during which Hamas released 10 Israeli and two Thai hostages…

News Digest — 11/29/23

MK Avigdor Liberman on Wednesday morning (29th) responded to the extended ceasefire with…

News Digest — 11/28/23

A Palestinian prisoner who was released by Israel over the weekend as part of the Israel-Hamas hostage transfer deal was caught on video…

News Digest — 11/27/23

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first Israeli head of state to travel to Gaza in two decades when he visited IDF troops stationed…

News Digest — 11/22/23

On Wednesday evening (22nd), Hamas will provide Israel with a list of ten hostages expected to be released on Thursday (23rd)…

Israel at War: Week 7

Israel has advanced deeply into Gaza City and the fighting has, as expected, been fierce. An example, the 36th Battalion has encountered…

News Digest — 11/21/23

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the War Cabinet on Monday evening (20th) concluded their meeting with the families of the hostages being held by…

News Digest — 11/20/23

The Shin Bet and the IDF on Sunday night (19th) disclosed a video showing Hamas bringing back two foreign hostages…

News Digest — 11/17/23

The body of Israeli soldier Corporal Noa Marciano, who was abducted by Hamas during the Oct.7th attacks, was brought back to Israel after being…

News Digest — 11/16/23

Israeli security forces foiled a shooting attack on Route 60 just south of Jerusalem…

Israel at War: Week 6

The number of Israeli soldiers killed in Operation Swords of Iron is now up to 44, with 1,200 civilians killed…

News Digest — 11/15/23

IDF ground troops are currently carrying out a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a…

News Digest — 11/14/23

On Monday evening (13th), Defense Minister Yoav Gallant commented on the IDF’s revelation that Hamas held hostages under a childrens’…

News Digest — 11/13/23

On Tuesday (14th), Jews and their allies from across America will flock to Washington, DC, to participate in what promises to be one of the largest…

News Digest — 11/10/23

The IDF early Friday morning (10th) struck the organization in Syria that carried out the launch of a UAV toward Eilat on Thursday (9th), which hit…

News Digest — 11/9/23

IDF soldiers from the Nahal Brigade on Wednesday night (8th) completed an operation to take control of Post 17, a military fortress belonging to the…

News Digest — 11/8/23

Israelis across the country observed a minute of silence at 11 am on Tuesday morning (7th) to commemorate the victims of…

Israel at War: Week 5

US Jewry to hold vigils remembering those killed and still held hostage, as Hamas still holds 240 captives…

News Digest — 11/7/23

A broad coalition of American communities will gather for the “March for Israel” rally next week at 1 pm on Tuesday, November 14, at the…

News Digest — 11/6/23

The top political and diplomatic brass of the terror organization Hamas all live and operate outside of the…

News Digest — 11/3/23

Interest increases ahead of a speech announced by Hassan Nasrallah, scheduled for…

News Digest — 11/2/23

On Wednesday (1st) Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant visited the troops of the 36th Brigade, which are deployed to the…

News Digest — 11/1/23

Israeli missile boats were deployed in the Red Sea on Wednesday (1st) as reinforcements, the IDF said in a statement, following long-range missile and drone attacks…

News Digest — 10/31/23

A female IDF soldier who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists during the massacre of October 7 was rescued and returned to…

Israel at War: Week 4

Hamas captured Private Ori Megidish on October 7. In a rescue action combining the services of Shin Bet and the IDF last night, they freed her and she has returned to her family…

News Digest — 10/30/23

The IDF operated In Jenin ‘refugee’ camp early Monday morning (30th) in what Israeli media said was a widespread operation against…

News Digest — 10/27/23

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Friday (27th) that a strike in the Egyptian Red Sea town of Taba in the early hours of the morning originated from…

News Digest — 10/26/23

Israel Defense Forces deployed a limited ground incursion into Gaza overnight, sending infantry forces and tanks into the northern part of…

News Digest — 10/25/23

The Israel Defense Forces said it struck several Syrian military targets early Wednesday (25th) after rockets were fired from Syria toward…

Israel at War: Week 3

The United States leaders, Secretary of State Blinken and President Biden have both given lip service to Israel’s ground invasion…

News Digest — 10/24/23

In a push to prevent a regional escalation with Iran, French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Israel on Tuesday (24th) for a one-day…

News Digest — 10/23/23

Iran could launch a missile at Haifa “without hesitation” deputy chief of the IRGC Ali Fadavi said on Monday morning (23rd), threatening direct…

News Digest — 10/20/23

A special prayer service was held on Thursday evening (19th) at the Western Wall for the safe return of hostages held in the…

News Digest — 10/19/23

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Israel on Thursday morning (19th) for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…

News Digest — 10/18/23

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a joint statement to the…

News Digest — 10/17/23

IDF Chief Spokesman Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari on Tuesday (17th) said that the IDF used airstrikes to thwart an attempted…

The Gaza War: Week 2

On Monday, October 16, 2023, the number of hostages grew to 199. Noya Dan, a twelve year old girl with autism, is among the hostages…

News Digest — 10/16/23

No ceasefire has been agreed to in southern Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after reports claimed a ceasefire for the transport of…

News Digest — 10/13/23

The Israeli military announced on Thursday evening(12th) that some 600,000 Palestinians in Gaza should relocate to the enclave’s south within…

News Digest — 10/12/23

An emergency government was formed on Wednesday afternoon (11th) after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Unity leader Benny Gantz met in…

News Digest — 10/11/23

Jerusalem, usually the bustling capital of Israel; with its tourists and pilgrims, eating places and politicians, has become deserted amid…

News Digest — 10/10/23

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation Monday evening (9th) on the third day of the…

War!

Early in the pre-dawn hours on Saturday, October 7th, fifty years to the day of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Hamas unleashed an unprecedented attack on Israel…

News Digest — 10/9/23

Israel’s Cabinet early on Sunday (8th) made a series of decisions marking the start of the offensive phase of “Operation Swords of Iron,” ordering the…

News Digest — 10/6/23

In accordance with the assessment of the security situation and the guidance of the political echelon, a general closure will be placed on…

News Digest — 10/5/23

Israeli troops clashed with Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank city of Tulkarem Thursday morning (5th) with security forces reporting…

News Digest — 10/4/23

A three-year-old girl was injured Wednesday morning (4th) after Palestinian Authority (PA) Arabs hurled…

The Strife Continues

Crowds gathered in Israel for the thirty-ninth straight week, protesting the judicial overhaul by the current Netanyahu administration…

News Digest — 10/3/23

Israel will host the 68th annual Jerusalem March this week, continuing a tradition that began in 1955 and draws a crowd of…

News Digest — 10/2/23

The Jerusalem Municipality and the Israel Heritage Department, led by Deputy Mayor Aryeh King, this year put up the largest…

News Digest — 9/29/23

The Bnei Menashe Jewish community of northeastern India will gather to celebrate the Sukkot holiday this week, despite widespread…

News Digest — 9/28/23

Israeli security forces busted a weapons production facility and seized weapons during raids throughout the West Bank overnight…

Israel Joins U.S. Visa Waiver Program

Israel joined the U.S. Visa Waiver Program on Wednesday, a decision that reflects the strength of Israel’s relations with the United States…

News Digest — 9/27/23

Israel delivered a message to Hamas on Tuesday (26th) via UN envoy Tor Wennesland, who entered the Gaza Strip through the Erez Crossing in an effort to…

News Digest — 9/26/23

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended the 50th-anniversary state memorial service for Israel’s fallen soldiers in the Yom Kippur War at…

“Fifty Years Later”

Adding to the solemnity of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in Israel is the memory of the fateful Yom Kippur War in 1973 when Arab forces attacked Israel on the holiest day of the year…

News Digest — 9/25/23

Police remain stationed throughout Jerusalem to prevent vehicular traffic from disrupting the holy day of Yom Kippur, currently being…

News Digest — 9/22/23

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi penned a letter addressed to IDF service members in which he commemorates the 50th anniversary of the…

A House Divided

As Prime Minister Netanyahu left Israel for the United States he was greeted by protestors opposing his overhaul of the Supreme Court…

News Digest — 9/21/23

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday (20th) with the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during the…

News Digest — 9/20/23

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan waved a photo of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman, 22, killed in the…

News Digest — 9/19/23

NEW YORK – Iran’s President on Monday (18th) warned against normalization with Israel, denied his country had sent drones to Russia for use in the…

News Digest — 9/18/23

A terrorist attack was foiled in Jerusalem Monday morning (18th), hours after the end of…

News Digest — 9/15/23

On the eve of the Jewish New Year, the number of Jews worldwide stands at approximately 15.7 million compared to…

News Digest — 9/14/23

About 9.8 million people are living in Israel ahead of Rosh Hashanah, with the country’s population expected to reach…

News Digest — 9/13/23

Sinkholes opened on Eliezer Hoofien St. in Holon and Shirat Geulim St. in Herzliya on Wednesday (13th) as unseasonable…

News Digest — 9/12/23

Monday (11th) marked the 22nd anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks when terrorists flew hijacked planes into the…

A Shelter from Harm

I want to introduce you to a good friend of The Friends of Israel, Rabbi Shmuel Bowman, Executive Director of Operation Lifeshield in Israel…

New Digest — 9/11/23

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (10th) urged religious Jews to avoid traveling on the annual pilgrimage to Uman, amid the risks posed by…

News Digest — 9/8/23

Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant held a situational assessment on Thursday (7th) to discuss the defense establishment preparations ahead of the Jewish…

News Digest — 9/7/23

Qatari envoy Mohammed al-Emadi traveled to the Gaza Strip this week, according to several reports in Palestinian…

News Digest — 9/6/23

Papua New Guinea opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem on Tuesday (5th), becoming the fifth country with a full diplomatic…

News Digest — 9/5/23

On Tuesday (5th), following engineering guidance and ISA intelligence, IDF and Israeli Border Police forces targeted a building that contained…

News Digest—9/1/23

August 2023 has been a deadly month of terror attacks in Israel, and between August 5 to August 31, five people have been killed…

News Digest — 8/31/23

One person is dead and five young Israelis, three of them soldiers, were injured in a vehicular truck-ramming attack…

News Digest — 8/30/23

The Israeli and American militaries will hold a series of pre-planned joint military drills in the coming…

FIRED!

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen defended his disclosure of private meetings with Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush, who for this meeting has been…

News Digest — 8/29/23

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the UN Headquarters in…

News Digest — 8/28/23

An Israeli air aggression put Aleppo International Airport out of service, the Syrian Defense Ministry said on…

News Digest — 8/25/23

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Rabbi Slomo Koves and Rabbi Shmuel Oirechman on Thursday (24th) ahead of a discussion on…

News Digest — 8/24/23

A five-year-old boy was killed and at least 8 others injured in a rockslide at Nahal David near the…