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IDF says Muhammad Issam Hassan al-Habil, a Hamas cell commander, was targeted in Gaza City's Shati Camp; Shin Bet says he 'brutally murdered' Marciano at Gaza City Hospital.
Read More: Times of Israel
The U.S. and Iran have agreed to hold talks this Friday, in a rare diplomatic opening as tensions rise between the two nations.
Read More: Reuters
Soldiers of the IDF's 188th "Barak" Armored Brigade eliminated "a terrorist in the Yellow Line area who approached the forces."
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Riyadh on Tuesday, his first visit in more than two years, as ties warm between Saudi Arabia and its rival-turned-ally.
Read more: Times of Israel
An Israel Defense Forces reservist was seriously wounded by terrorist fire in northern Gaza on Tuesday night, in what the military called a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement by Hamas.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Tuesday tweeted a video of Syrian journalist Mustafa al-Miqdad alleging that some Gazans send their children into dangerous situations in the hope they will be injured by Israeli forces so their families can collect compensation from the Palestinian Authority.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian Shahed-139 drone that approached the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, roughly 500 miles from Iran’s southern coast, U.S. Central Command stated on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The upcoming U.S.-Iran nuclear talks are now expected to be held in Oman on Friday, after the Trump administration agreed to Tehran’s request to move the venue from Turkey, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing an Arab source familiar with the discussions.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Maj. Ella Waweya, widely known as “Captain Ella,” will be appointed as the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson, replacing Col. Avichay Adraee, the military announced on Tuesday.
Read more: Jerusalem Post
The New York City Police Department reported what it said was its safest January for gun violence in recorded history but admitted, at the end of a press release, that antisemitic hate crimes were up 182% in the city in January 2026 compared to January 2025.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Backed by Mexico and Brazil, Gabriel Boric, Chile’s outgoing president, nominated former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, a harsh critic of the Jewish state, to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
U.S. President Donald Trump's senior envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Israel for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's military chief.
Read more: Reuters
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir held talks in Washington over the weekend with American officials, focusing on Iran.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
For Michael Ganeles and his wife, visiting the City of David in Jerusalem was a must when they took their three children to Israel for the first time from West Hempstead, New York, to celebrate their middle daughter’s bat mitzvah.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The Israel Defense Forces on Monday targeted and killed a Hezbollah terrorist near Ansariyah in southwestern Lebanon “in response to Hezbollah’s repeated violations of the ceasefire understandings,” the military said.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Michael Sam Teekaye Jr., of Hanover, Md., pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to trying to join the Islamic State, a U.S.-designated terror organization.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
In recent days, multiple satellite photo providers have put out pictures of the latest Iranian efforts to conceal the status of their nuclear program rebuilding efforts at Natanz, Isfahan, and Parchin-Taleghan 2.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Jonathan Dekel-Chen, the father of former Israeli-American hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, is slated to join the faculty at Columbia University as a visiting professor at the School of International and Public Affairs in July.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Carlisle Rivera, 50, a convicted murderer hired by Iran to assassinate Iranian-American journalist and human-rights activist Masih Alinejad, was sentenced on Jan. 28 to 15 years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israel has declared South Africa's senior diplomatic representative, Chargé d'affaires Shaun Edward Byneveldt, persona non grata and has been given 72 hours to leave the country, as announced in a statement by the Israeli foreign affairs ministry on Friday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post