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Fifty-nine soldiers were killed during their military service since Israel’s last Memorial Day, according to figures released by the Defense Ministry on Friday.
Another 86 disabled veterans died due to complications from injuries sustained during their service.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Saudis about moving closer to Iran, speaking in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday. The Saudis on March 10 announced a renewal of diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic.
On Monday, Iran invited Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz to visit the country, according to an Iranian Foreign Ministry…
The United States on Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of the deadly bombing of the US Embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut by announcing multi-million dollar rewards for information leading to the arrests of two senior operatives of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terrorist organization behind the attack.
Read more: The Algemeiner
The US Supreme Court rejected Wednesday the claim of sovereign immunity by a Turkish bank accused of violating Iran sanctions, in a case that has added tensions to ties between Washington and Ankara.
Halkbank was hit with US criminal charges in 2019 that it took part in a yearlong scheme to launder billions of dollars worth of Iranian oil and…
An Israel Defense Forces officer was lightly wounded overnight Wednesday during a counterterrorism operation in the Palestinian town of Dheisheh, just south of Bethlehem.
During the arrest raid, Palestinians attacked IDF, Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and Border Police personnel with explosive devices, Molotov cocktails and stones. The…
Kevin McCarthy will lead a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Israel at the end of the month and become the second US House speaker to address the Knesset plenum, his Israeli counterpart Amir Ohana announced on Tuesday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
A Palestinian 15-year-old was arrested overnight on suspicion of carrying out a terror shooting in which two Israeli men were wounded in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, the military said Wednesday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The Israel Defense Forces struck assets belonging to Iranian terror proxy Hezbollah in southern Syria overnight Tuesday, according to foreign reports.
According to reports, the military fired artillery at targets in Quneitra in the Syrian-held part of the Golan Heights.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Morningstar, a Chicago investment ratings firm with $1.9 billion in revenue, has been embroiled in allegations of anti-Israel bias for more than a year, and multiple U.S. states are investigating it and subsidiary Sustainalytics, in part, for potential violations of anti-BDS laws.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
IDF soldiers clashed with Palestinians in Jenin on Tuesday afternoon, according to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.
Ynet reported that Israeli security forces arrested three Islamic Jihad members, who were allegedly planning to carry out a terror attack in the near future.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has arrived in Saudi Arabia on an official trip that will see him meet with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman on Tuesday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Two people were moderately wounded in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem’s Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood on Tuesday morning, according to the Israel Police and United Hatzalah.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Iran’s president threatened on Tuesday to flatten Tel Aviv and Haifa, as Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, and a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the Islamic Republic the modern-day equivalent of Nazi Germany.
Read more: The Times of Israel
A US helicopter raid on Monday targeted a senior Islamic State group leader in Syria suspected of plotting attacks in Europe and the Middle East, US Central Command said.
“US Central Command forces conducted a unilateral helicopter raid in northern Syria in the early morning… targeting a senior ISIS Syria leader and operational planner,”…
Security forces uncovered attempts by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force to recruit Palestinians to carry out terror attacks against Israeli targets, and arrested two West Bank men suspected of planning an attack, the Shin Bet security agency said Monday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The number of Holocaust survivors living in Israel stands at nearly 150,000, according to statistics published on Sunday by the Holocaust Survivors’ Rights Authority ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israel is set to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day beginning on Monday evening.
The official state opening ceremony will take place at 8 p.m. in Warsaw Ghetto Square at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) believes that integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into military operations presents “a leap forward,” but researchers have raised concerns about the potential escalation AI would create on the battlefield.
Read more: Fox News