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Israeli Forces Thwart Smuggling of 32 Handguns Near Jordanian Border
Israeli forces confiscated 22 handguns after busting a smuggling attempt in the Jordan Valley on Sunday, days after seizing 10 other firearms along the border.
IDF soldiers noticed the suspect near the town of Yafit in the West Bank, and apprehended him while he was...
Blinken’s visit will come on the heels of a scheduled trip to the region by President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel by the end of January for talks with the new government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid tension over the Temple Mount, Israeli sanctions...
The threatened executions come just a day after two other Iranian protesters were executed by the Iranian regime.
Iran's judiciary sentenced three more anti-government protesters to death on charges of "waging war on God," the Mizan news agency reported on Monday, defying growing international criticism over its fierce crackdown on demonstrators....
US antisemitism envoy praises move, which will see primary and secondary school students learn about the Nazi genocide in history classes; says she ‘expects others to follow suit’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates will begin teaching about the Holocaust in history classes in primary and secondary schools across the country,...
A coin from the Bar Kochba revolt was found recently during an archaeological dig in Murabba'at caves in the Nahal Darga Reserve in the Judean Desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday.
The coin, dated to the second year of the revolt (133 AD), features a date tree on one side with the name "Shimon" on it. Shimon Bar Kochba...
Khaled Shurrab had been waiting more than half his life to get out of Gaza.
The 27-year-old had never left the coastal enclave, which has been blockaded by Israel and Egypt since 2007. He couldn’t find a job — the territory’s youth unemployment rate is over 60 percent. Like a growing number of Gazans, he packed his life into a suitcase and...
Parts made by more than a dozen US and Western companies were found inside a single Iranian drone downed in Ukraine last fall, according to a Ukrainian intelligence assessment obtained exclusively by CNN.
The assessment, which was shared with US government officials late last year, illustrates the extent of the problem facing the Biden...
An IDF soldier slips into a grassy spot next to a tree to gain a concealed position.
Two Hezbollah border spies appear for a moment from behind a tree on their side of the Lebanese border and then briskly fade into the shadows.
It is a slow and constantly unfolding chess match.
Luckily, however, it is only an IDF drill to bolster Israel’s...
Karim Younis, the longest-serving prisoner jailed for security-related offenses, was released from prison Thursday after serving 40 years behind bars.
Younis, an Arab Israeli, was convicted of terrorism offenses for the murder of an Israeli soldier in 1980. He was freed from Hadarim Prison, north of Tel Aviv, at 4 a.m.
With a black and white...
Antisemitic hate crimes in London were slightly higher in December than the preceding month, according to the latest data issued by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).
MPS recorded 44 such incidents in the British capital last month. There were 43 in November, bringing the total for 2022 to 575. A total of 3,211 antisemitic hate crimes have...
Iran’s pro-government media said on Thursday that a US base at the Conoco gas facility and near the Omar oil field in eastern Syria was targeted by a “heavy rocket attack.”
The attack took place on Wednesday apparently. This would be the latest claim of an attack on the US in Syria. Over the last two years, pro-Iranian groups in Syria and Iraq...
A United Hatzalah volunteer ambulance driver was lightly injured on Thursday in a stoning near Tekoa, in the Gush Etzion region of Judea.
The driver, Rachel Chuna, was treated at the scene. The ambulance’s front windshield was smashed in the incident.
As I was driving past the Arab village of Tuqu’, a number of teenagers began throwing...
Hasidic and Orthodox Jews in New York City are the minority group most victimized by hate crimes in the city, according to a Dec. 28 report by Americans Against Antisemitism (AAA), a US based group founded in 2019 to raise awareness of rising antisemitism.
The report, titled “The Hate Crime Accountability Project” and based on data provided by...
An Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps officer commanding a Tehran security phalanx was gunned down in front of his home Tuesday, a semi-official news site reported, as Iran marked the third anniversary of the assassination of shadowy general Qassem Soleimani.
Qassem Fethallahi was shot four times at the entrance to his home in an assault...
A rocket launched toward Israel from Gaza fell within the Strip on Tuesday night, the IDF confirmed.
No sirens were activated in Israel and activities around Gaza continued as usual following the failed launch.
Confirmation of an attempted rocket launch from the Gaza Strip comes after Israel's new National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir...
U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price revealed on Tuesday that Iran had rejected a revised nuclear deal that was “essentially finished.”
“The point we’ve made is that the Iranians killed the opportunity for a swift return to mutual compliance with the . They most recently did so in September when they turned their backs on a deal that was...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning his first official visit the United Arab Emirates, his office confirmed on Monday.
The visit could take place as early as next week, though the exact dates and itinerary are still being worked out, sources in the premier’s office told The Times of Israel.
The PMO said in a statement that it is in...
The United Kingdom is expected to officially designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, following several alleged plots to kidnap or murder UK citizens, according to a Monday report.
The case against the IRGC in the UK has been in the works since last year, following 10 attempts to target people on British...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday vowed to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions, saying during the weekly Cabinet meeting that his new government was united in achieving that aim.
“We will work openly, from a position of strength, in the international arena against a return to the nuclear agreement, not only in talks with leaders...
Crowds of Iranian demonstrators gathered at the graves of protestersmurdered by Iranian security forces during the anti-government protests that continue to sweep Iran to mark 40 days since their murder on Thursday.
A large crowd of protesters gathered at the grave of Hamidreza Rouhi at the Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery in Tehran to mark the 40-day...
