Did Islamic Jihad rocket specialist also work for Doctors Without Borders?

Doctors Without Borders said on Tuesday that a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket specialist killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza had worked for the humanitarian aid group. Read more

Israeli High Court orders state to conscript yeshiva students

Israel’s High Court of Justice unanimously ordered the state to begin drafting yeshiva students into army service on Tuesday in a verdict that could potentially topple the governing coalition. Read more

October 7 victims file US$1 billion lawsuit against UNRWA

More than 100 survivors of Hamas’s October 7 attacks filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the United Relief and Works Agency for “aiding and abetting” Hamas on Monday. Read more

Israel strikes UNRWA facility taken over by Hamas

The Israeli military struck buildings used by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad that previously served as headquarters for the UN Relief and Works Agency in northern Gaza, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday. Read more

Israeli self-repairing glass might revolutionize satellites, biomedicine and more

Israeli researchers have unveiled a highly transparent, self-repairing adhesive glass that forms spontaneously upon contact with water. Read more

Hero policeman’s name tag returned to family amid emotional ceremony

In a poignant ceremony, the name tag of a hero police officer was returned to his grieving family after it was recently discovered on the body of a Hamas terrorist killed on October 7. Read more

Israel presses UN to ‘scale up’ efforts as undelivered aid piles up at crossings

Israel called on the United Nations to “scale up” its efforts to distribute humanitarian aid on Thursday as goods continued piling up at Gaza’s border crossings. Read more

Orthodox parties threaten to topple government over ‘Rabbis Bill,’ yeshiva deferments

Two Orthodox parties on Wednesday threatened to topple the Israeli government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew a controversial “Rabbis Bill” from the Knesset agenda the previous day. The governing coalition is already strained by the contentious legislation to grant deferments to yeshiva students. Read more

UN: ‘No supporting evidence’ of famine in northern Gaza

A UN committee of experts said in a recently released report that there is “no supporting evidence” to conclude that there is a famine in Gaza. Read more

Israeli excavation reveals first evidence of little-known Gallus revolt against Rome

The discovery of a large, 1,650-year-old public building and a hoard of coins at an excavation in Lod provides the first compelling evidence of the little-known Gallus Revolt against Rome, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Sunday. Read more

Israeli High Court suspends state comptroller’s probe into Oct 7 failures

Israel’s High Court of Justice on Sunday ordered State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman to suspend his investigation into the failures the security services of October 7 pending a hearing on the matter in July. Read more

Israel directs $35 million in Palestinian Authority funds to terror victims

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordered 130 million shekels ($35 million) in tax revenue collected for the Palestinian Authority be redirected to terror victims, Smotrich said on Thursday morning. Read more

Uncovering history: British nobility coats-of-arms found in Jerusalem hospital

The walls of a historic Jerusalem building have revealed a rich tapestry of early 20th-century British nobility and royal insignias, thanks to new research conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority. Read more

Israeli High Court orders government to explain ban on Al Jazeera

Israel’s High Court of Justice has ordered the government to respond to a petition demanding that the Al-Jazeera Law — which allows for foreign news services to be temporarily shut down — be annulled. Read more

Israel strikes Hamas, Islamic Jihad Squads hiding in UNRWA school

Israeli aircraft struck a compound inside a UN Relief and Works Agency school in Gaza where Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists were hiding, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday morning. Read more

Israel-Arab arrested for impersonating soldier, spreading fake news of massacres

An Israeli-Arab man who posed as a soldier and said in an interview on social media that the troops deliberately killed Palestinian women and children in Gaza daily was arrested, Israeli Police said on Wednesday morning. Read more

Innovative ‘Metamaterial’ could revolutionize development of smart materials

A collaborative team of Israeli and American researchers have made a significant breakthrough in materials science by developing a mechanical metamaterial capable of remembering the order of actions performed on it. Read more

Israeli Government divided by US ceasefire proposal

The Israeli government is divided over a US proposal for a ceasefire, with leaders of the Orthodox religious parties voicing support on Tuesday while far-right leaders threaten to quit the coalition. Read more

400,000-year-old tools reveal early human adaptation to changing prey

Tel Aviv University researchers have identified the earliest known instance of specialized stone tools designed for butchering fallow deer, dating back 400,000 years. Read more

Remains of Israeli medic missing since October 7 recovered near Kibbutz Nir Oz

The remains of a volunteer Israeli medic who was thought to have been abducted on October 7 were discovered near Kibbutz Nir Oz, the Israel Defence Forces announced on Monday morning. Read more

Jerusalem population doubles Tel Aviv

More than one million people live in Jerusalem, more than double the number living in Tel Aviv, according to an annual report released on Sunday, ahead of Jerusalem Day. Read more

Israel’s High Court hears petitions against orthodox army exemptions

Israel’s High Court of Justice began hearing petitions on Sunday morning against a government plan to exempt Orthodox men from mandatory military service. Read more

UNRWA ordered to vacate Jerusalem offices over lease violations

The embattled United Nations Relief and Works Agency has been ordered to vacate its Jerusalem offices within 30 days over violations of its lease. Read more

Two soldiers killed in Palestinian car-ramming attack

Two Israeli soldiers critically injured in a Wednesday night Palestinian car-ramming attack died of their injuries, the Israel Defence Forces said on Thursday morning. Read more

Israeli military takes full control of Gaza-Egypt border

The Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday it was in full “operational control” of the entire Gaza-Egypt border and has so far located 20 tunnels leading into the Egyptian Sinai. Read more

Knesset advances legislation labeling UNRWA as ‘terror organization’

The Knesset plenum approved a preliminary reading of legislation designating the UN Relief and Works Agency as a “terror organization” on Wednesday. Read more

Three Israeli soldiers killed in booby-trapped building

Three soldiers were killed when a booby-trapped building in Rafah blew up on Wednesday, the Israel Defence Forces said. Read more

Nikki Haley denounces UN and Hamas at Nova massacre site

Nikki Haley, former US presidential candidate and Ambassador to the UN visited southern Israel on Monday, touring the sites of Hamas massacres, meeting with the families of hostages, and briefings in northern Israel about the Hezbollah threat. Read more

Golden glimpse into the past: 2,300-year-old child’s ring found in Jerusalem

Archaeologists discovered a remarkably well-preserved 2,300-year-old child’s ring from the Hellenistic period at an excavation in Jerusalem’s City of David archaeological park, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday. Read more

‘Shameless’: Israelis heap scorn on The Hague’s Rafah ruling

Israelis heaped scorn on the International Court of Justice for apparently ruling on Friday that Israel must scale back or end its military operations in Rafah. Read more

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