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IDF & Security / Lebanon / Israel At War: Operation Northern Arrows / Hezbollah

Israeli Forces Locate Weapons Caches, Tunnel Shafts in Lebanese Civilian Homes

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Every third house in the Shi’ite villages of south Lebanon is used in some way by Hezbollah for military purposes.

IDF & Security / Lebanon / Israel At War: Operation Northern Arrows / Hezbollah

Israel Destroys Hezbollah Tunnels Intended for Attack on Galilee

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The tunnels was fully packed with combat bags belonging to Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force.

Analysis

‘Mafia Tactics’: How Hezbollah Intimidates Christians, Steals Southern Lebanese Property

By Pesach Benson / TPS

“We’re talking about extortion, forcing Christians to pay protection money, burning houses and cars and kidnapping businessmen. Those are the tactics they use. The Lebanese government doesn’t do anything. It’s dominated by Hezbollah.”

Israel / US / News Briefs

Half of Americans Support Israel’s Offensive Against Hezbollah and Hamas, But Divided on Military Aid

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Overall, 62% said they viewed US-Israel relations as important, 9% said they were not important.

Headline / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Operation Northern Arrows

Israel Strikes 1,600 Hezbollah Targets, Declares ‘Special Emergency Situation’

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Home Front Command closed schools in northern Israel, and the Transportation Ministry banned sailing in Lake Kinneret.

Israel / Business and Economy

Israel’s High-Tech Sector Defies War With $9 Billion in Investments

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Despite a year of war, Israel’s high-tech industry has been surprisingly stable.

Syria / Government / Iran

Syria Built Clandestine Atomic Reactor, Says Israeli Nuclear Chief

By Pesach Benson / TPS

A nuclear facility at Deir al-Zour was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in 2007.

Headline / Police and Crime / Government / Business and Economy

'Operation Jack Sparrow' Reveals Massive Smuggling Ring at Ashdod Port

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Among the dozens of suspects arrested in the Tuesday morning raids was an employee of the Ministry of Transportation.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas

Israel Discloses Targets of Khan Yunis Airstrike, Challenges Hamas Death Toll

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The Hamas-run Government Information Office in Gaza has consistently broadcast lies and false information throughout the war.

Government / The Courts

Israeli Justice Minister, High Court in Standoff Over Judicial Appointments

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The High Court unanimously ruled on Sunday that Levin must convene the Judicial Selection Committee, which he chairs, to elect a new Court President, akin to a chief justice.

Haredim & Hassidim / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

Groundbreaking Ceremony Welcomes First Haredi Combat Fighters to Israeli Border Police

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The event saw 31 Haredi men, graduates of the “Avneit” unit, complete their rigorous training and officially join the ranks of the Border Police, a paramilitary unit within the Israel Police that focuses on border security, counterterrorism, and maintaining internal security.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria

Tulkarem Terrorists Hide Bomb Inside Baby Stroller

By Pesach Benson / TPS

“Palestinian terrorists exploit the civilian population and exploit roads and infrastructure – but the ones who pay the price are the citizens,” tweeted Col. Avichay Adraee, the Israel Defense Force’s Arabic-language spokesman.

Headline / Israel / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Obituaries

WATCH: ‘Always Confident In Himself’: Thousands Pay Last Respects to Hersh Goldberg-Polin

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Thousands of Israelis gathered in Jerusalem on Monday to pay their final respects to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who became one of the best-known of the hostages held by Hamas.

Terrorism / Israel / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas

Families of Israeli Hostages Briefly Breach Gaza Fence in Protest

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Relatives with bullhorns called out messages to their loved ones from the border near Kibbutz Nirim.

Headline / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas

IDF Recovers Abducted Soldier's Body From Gaza

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The IDF said it took several months of effort to locate the soldier's body.

News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / ISIS

Israeli Police Arrest Arab Teen Trying to Recruit Classmates to ISIS

By Pesach Benson / TPS

His friends told investigators he tried to recruit them into ISIS, threatened those who didn’t, and expressed his desire to carry out an attack with a car bomb.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Eye on "Palestine"

‘The Whole Chain of Villages Has Heated Up’: Israel Ends Major Counterterror Raid in Northern Samaria

By Pesach Benson / TPS

“We’ve been active in the area for a few years, but we’ve seen a definite uptick in activity since the start of the war."

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Israel Hits Hamas Positions in Khan Yunis, Rafah

By Pesach Benson / TPS

In central Gaza, Israeli forces struck Hamas rocket launching sites, sniper posts, military structures, and observation posts.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Holidays & Observances

IDF Rabbis Rule Most Soldiers Must Not Fast on Tisha B’Av

By Pesach Benson / TPS

"Fasting during operational activity is prohibited; it is a life-threatening matter," says the Israeli Military Rabbinate.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Government / Lebanon / Media / Hezbollah

Israeli Gov’t Approves Ban of Pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen News

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The ban on Al-Mayadeen is being enforced under the terms of the “Al-Jazeera Law,” which allows Israel to temporarily end the operations of news services deemed harmful to national security, including revoking press credentials, confiscating transmitters and blocking websites.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas

Israel Presses Hamas in Rafah, Orders Evacuation of Northern Khan Yunis Neighborhood

By Pesach Benson / TPS

During the past day, the Air Force struck approximately 30 Hamas targets across Gaza, including an anti-tank missile launch post, weapons storage facilities and other structures.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Israel Strikes Hamas Command Centers Embedded in Gaza City Schools

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Hamas terrorists were operating inside the command centers in the “Abdel Fattah Hamoud” and “Al-Zahra” school compounds in Gaza City’s Daraj and Tuffah neighborhoods.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Lebanon / Hezbollah

As Tensions Soar, Israeli Airstrike Eliminates Another Hezbollah Commander

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The elimination of Jashi came one day after 19 Israelis were injured in a wave of Hezbollah drone strikes in the Western Galilee.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Islamic Jihad

Israel Strikes Hamas Weapons Factory Located in Humanitarian Zone

By Pesach Benson / TPS

To mitigate the risk of harming civilians, the Air Force used precise munitions, while surveillance monitored the area during Tuesday’s strike.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas

Bilha Inon, Last Unaccounted-For Oct. 7 Victim, Declared Dead

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Bilha’s death was declared by a committee of Ministry of Health experts, military and police officials and the Chief Rabbi.

Terrorism / Israel / Palestinian Authority

Israel to Seize $26 Million in PA Tax Revenues, Distribute it to Terror Victims

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Smotrich tweeted that the move was in retaliation for the Palestinian Authority’s “pay for slay” stipends to imprisoned terrorists.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

More Than 3,200 Terror Attacks in Judea and Samaria Documented in First Half of 2024

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The report doesn't include the hundreds of attacks on security personnel engaged in counterterrorism operations.

News Briefs / Science and Tech

Names May Shape Facial Appearance Over Time, Israeli Study Suggests

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The research showed that adults’ faces can be matched to their names more accurately than chance, whereas this effect is not observed in children’s faces.

Police and Crime / News Briefs

Shin Bet Employee, 2 Israelis Arrested for Sharing Confidential Information

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Some of the information the Shin Bet employee passed along to other Israelis was eventually shared widely with “many unauthorized parties.”

Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Government / Media / Hezbollah

Israel Working to Ban Pro-Hezbollah TV Channel

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Al Mayadeen, a Beirut-based TV station, is a Hezbollah mouthpiece and operated freely within Israel.

Israel / Business and Economy

Tax Changes to Hit Multinational Corporations, Bring Israel In Line With OECD Reforms

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The reform will impact multinational corporations operating in Israel such as Microsoft, Intel, Google, Apple and Amazon.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Budget Crisis Doesn’t Halt ‘Pay for Slay’ Program, Report Finds

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Despite claiming to be operating at a 172% budget deficit, the Palestinian Authority recently recognized 899 new prisoners from Gaza and tens of thousands more Gaza “martyrs” as eligible for controversial “pay for slay” payouts.

Featured / Health and Medicine

New Hope for Paralyzed Patients as Israeli Researchers Achieve Thought-Driven Speech

By Pesach Benson / TPS

“In the future, it will be possible to train a computer for an ALS patient in the early stages of the disease while they can still speak."

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Israel Strikes Terrorists Hiding in UN School

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Hamas used the Abu Oraiban School as a hideout and as a point to direct and launch attacks on Israeli soldiers.

Featured / Health and Medicine

Israeli Findings on a Hidden Brain Hub Open Path for New ADHD Treatment

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The findings open a new door to potential new treatments for disorders characterized by impaired impulse control, such as ADHD, drug addiction and schizophrenia.

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / Religious & Secular in Israel

Signaling Shift, Israeli Interior Minister Calls for Orthodox Flexibility on Military Service

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Arbel was speaking one day after Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told lawmakers he would begin drafting yeshiva students next month.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Palestinian Authority

Israel’s Sharon Region Reinforces Security Amid Escalating Threats from Tulkarem

By Pesach Benson / TPS

“Unfortunately, in recent months we have seen a significant increase in threats to [Israeli] borderline villages.”

Headline / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Lebanon / Hezbollah

‘The Next Step May Be the Capital’: Airstrike on Baalbek a Warning to Hezbollah

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The northern Lebanese district of Baalbek is a logistical hub for Hezbollah, housing critical assets including stockpiles of ballistic missiles and SAM-6 missile batteries as well as tunnel networks for weapons storage.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN)

Tunnel Shaft Found in Khan Yunis City Hall Was Hamas Gathering Point

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Israeli aircraft struck several terrorists operating a command center in a United Nations Relief and Works Agency School in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Jewish / Government / Elections / Religion

For First Time, Israel has No Chief Rabbi

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The Chief Rabbinate has jurisdiction over issues of personal status, such as marriage, divorce and conversions, as well as burials, kosher certification, holy sites, and rabbinical courts.

Terrorism / Bedouin / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Israel-Arabs Arrested For Providing Weapons to Terror Groups

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Seven people were also arrested in Bedouin towns on weapons charges.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Palestinian Authority / Jordan / Islamic Jihad / Israeli Arabs

IDF Destroys Large Rocket Factory, Kilometer-Long Tunnel and 100 Terrorists

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Israeli troops in Rafah’s Tel al-Sultan neighborhood destroyed Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s largest underground rocket factory, the Israel Defense Forces announced. For several years, the Iran-backed terror group produced hundreds of rockets, including long-range rockets at the facility. Reports in 2022 estimated that Islamic Jihad had an arsenal of 8,000 rockets, including locally-made rockets and Iranian-made […]

Israel / Business and Economy / Korea

South Korea, Israel to Establish $80 Million Fund for DeepTech Investments

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The fund, known as the NH-OC Global Open Innovation fund, will focus on investing in approximately 25-30 startups.

Terrorism / Islamists / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Former Jerusalem Mufti Indicted For Inciting Terror

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Sheikh Ekrima Sabri was appointed by Yasser Arafat, and served as Mufti of Jerusalem from 1994-2006.

Terrorism / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria

PA Arab Who Killed 14-Year-Old Jewish Shepherd Sought More Victims

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The PA terrorist and his friends believe that Jews and other non-Muslims need to die.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Israel Confirms Killing Senior Hezbollah Commander in Airstrike

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Fadel Ibrahim was working to improve the capabilities of Hezbollah’s ground forces.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Airstrike Kills Hamas’s Top Sniper

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The former Hamas sniper also participated in the October 7 attacks.

Israel / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Business and Economy

Israel Approves Plan to Import 92,000 Foreign Workers

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The workers will fill jobs in agriculture, industry, hotels and restaurants.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

UN: ‘No Supporting Evidence’ of Famine in Northern Gaza

By Pesach Benson / TPS

"...if famine were to occur in Gaza, it is unlikely to be due to any limitations posed by Israel on the food supply entering the Gaza Strip,” the 31-page study concluded.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Israel Confirms Killing Key Hezbollah Rocket Operative as US Envoy Arrives

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The IDF added that fighter jets struck other Hezbollah targets in the southern Lebanese area of Meiss El Jabal.

Druze / Police and Crime

Ambassador’s Son Found Decapitated in Northern Israel

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The 43-year-old victim was the son of the late Naim Araidi, a noted Druze author and scholar who also served as Israel’s ambassador to Norway from 2012-2014.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Israeli Forces Destroy 800-Meter-Long Hamas Tunnel

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The tunnel, which was 30 meters underground, contained several operational spaces and blast doors and reached within one kilometer of the Israel-Gaza border.

Israel / Business and Economy

Tel Aviv Rises to No. 4 in Global Startup Ecosystem Rankings Despite War

By Pesach Benson / TPS

“This remarkable achievement for Tel Aviv in the 2024 Global Startup Ecosystem Report is a testament to our resilience amidst challenging security circumstances,” said Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Social Media / Israeli Arabs

Israel-Arab Arrested for Impersonating Soldier, Spreading Fake News of Massacre

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Online incitement targeting Arab teens has also been traced back to the Palestinian Authority and local PA Arab clergy.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN)

Israel Strikes Hamas Compound Inside UNRWA School

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The IDF said precise munitions were used to minimize harm to civilians in the area.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas

Study Finds Hamas Poses Biggest Threat to Gaza Food Security

By Pesach Benson / TPS

"If famine were to occur in Gaza, it is unlikely to be due to any limitations posed by Israel on the food supply entering the Gaza Strip"

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Booby-Trapped Tunnel Where Soldiers Were Killed Was Under Rafah Health Clinic

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The UNRWA is under fire amid revelations that its staffers participated in Hamas’s October 7 attacks.

Headline / Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN)

UNRWA Ordered to Vacate Jerusalem Offices Over Lease Violations

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King noted,"They’re building illegal buildings, they have petrol stations in places they’re not allowed to have."

Terrorism / Iran / United Nations (UN)

‘Stop Eulogizing Terrorists’: Israel Slams Guterres For Signing Raisi Condolence Book

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Israel denounced UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for signing a condolence book at Iran’s mission to the UN over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN)

Once Again, Israeli Forces Find Weapons in Gaza UNRWA Facility

By Pesach Benson / TPS

IDF soldiers found weapons inside a UN Relief and Works Agency facility in Jabalya. No surprise there.

Terrorism / Judea & Samaria

Arab Arsonists Set Fire to Farm Pasture, Attack Firefighters

By Pesach Benson / TPS

It was the third such arson attack in the grazing area of the Rimonim Farm, located north of Jerusalem.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Gaza

US Navy Finishes Installing Gaza Pier, Will Begin Receiving Aid ‘In the Coming Days’

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The White House doesn't know what it will do if Gazans approach the port seeking asylum and to escape Gaza.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN)

Israel Kills 15 Terrorists in Hamas Command Center Inside UNRWA School

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The Hamas war room was embedded in a UN Relief and Works Agency school in the central Gaza area of Nuseirat.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN)

Israel Strikes Hamas Facility Located Inside UNRWA Complex

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Three IDF soldiers were killed in a Hamas attack that preceded the Israeli retaliation.

Government / Media

Israel’s Cabinet Approves Immediate Closure of Al Jazeera

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The directive allows authorities to revoke the Al Jazeera’s press credentials and confiscate its transmitters.

US / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

‘I Have No Campus to Go Back To’: Israeli Students Denounce US University Demonstrations

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Israeli President Isaac Herzog denounced the campus demonstrations as antisemitic and called on university administrators to take stronger action to protect Jewish students.

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