Captain Yosef-Haim Ashraf killed himself in a forest near Tiberias on Thursday, bringing the number of soldiers who died by suicide in 2025 to 18

Sunday's planned strike will become a widespread protest day, including demonstrations and protest actions in hundreds of locations around the country. 'The goal is to show our decision-makers that the people are with us,' said hostage Alon Ohel's father. 'The people of Israel want the hostages back'

The plan, which lays out administration of Gaza in the 'day after', would require as preconditions a cease-fire, Hamas disarmament and clear delineation of Gaza's borders, which entail consent from Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority. Unfortunately, all three have different visions for the future of Gaza

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem publicly declared that the government would bear full responsibility for 'any internal conflict or destruction that may occur in Lebanon' if it works to disarm the group

'Out of Nowhere: The Ultimate Rescue,' which tells the story of Noam Tibon rescuing his family on Oct. 7, will be shown at the festival after organizers said they found a solution to 'legal concerns.' Over 1,000 entertainment leaders, including actresses Amy Schumer, Debra Messing and Mayim Bialik, signed an open letter critiquing the festival's handling of the film

The left has ceded the police to the right, resigned to the reality that this vital institution has become ineffective, politicized and violent. But it doesn't have to be this way

Israelis are taking their summer vacation abroad to escape the malaise of the war and the horrific sights in Gaza. But when they reach their destination, the walls shout reality at them

This time the Israeli police didn't even bother to open an investigation. To them, a settler firing an automatic rifle at Palestinians, killing one and wounding several others, is no reason to question anyone – especially now, when Palestinian lives seem to count for nothing

The fate of the hostages, the Haredi draft-exemption, the Gaza quagmire and the attacks on the IDF chief. Will we reach a stage when Israeli citizens say enough is enough? ■ Was the standoff between the political echelon and the military merely exacerbated by the Gaza war?

Pete Buttigieg, a likely 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, clarified his stance on U.S.-Israel relations after his earlier remarks on a popular podcast were criticized as a 'non-answer.'

The 23 three leading economists - including 10 Nobel Prize laureates - sent an open letter to the Israeli prime minister in which they also warned that there could also be 'catastrophic' economic consequences for Israel.

UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that 420 children were for malnutrition every day in the beleaguered enclave last month; World Food Program: The trucks were looted mainly by starving, unarmed civilians

This is the first public footage of Barghouti, a senior Fatah official who was sentenced to five life sentences plus 40 years for his role in the Second Intifada, to be circulated in years

'We took to the streets because we cannot remain silent in the face of what is happening in Gaza,' one of the organizers in Haifa told Haaretz. 'The world must know that this is not just a war – this is the deliberate starvation of civilians'

According to Secretary General Antonio Guterres' report, Israel's refusal to allow access to UN observers makes it difficult to verify patterns of sexual violence. Israel was also urged to conduct exhaustive and independent investigations into claims of sexual crimes committed by its forces - especially in detention facilities - and to prosecute those responsible

Armed settlers, often backed by soldiers, are rapidly expanding illegal outposts, violently seizing Palestinian land. Despite multiple killings, enforcement against settlers is minimal, leaving Palestinians increasingly isolated and vulnerable

Twenty years from the scenes of soldiers pulling citizens from their homes in Gush Katif, Israeli TV is broadcasting an avalanche of Gaza nostalgia, converging on one message: the disengagement was a national trauma, and nothing will heal it except its reversal

Concurrently, an Israeli court cancelled the injunction banning Yonatan Urich, an advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from the Prime Minister's Office, and allowed the police to appeal by Monday

Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir sued Haaretz and Josh Breiner for 3 million shekels (about $886,000), over a report that exposed that a Kahanist charged with terrorism was advising Ben-Gvir. The court accepted Ben-Gvir's request to withdraw the suit, but ruled he must pay legal fees

Israel's Foreign Ministry has funneled tens of thousands of dollars for about a dozen influencers to visit Israel through Israel365, a pro-settlement organization attempting to bolster evangelical support for the Jewish State

Israel's impending approval to build in the E1 area of the West Bank will kill the two-state solution – and threatens Donald Trump's coveted Nobel Peace Prize, since Saudi-Israel normalization is contingent on a Palestinian state

Danny Elgarat said that an autopsy report on his brother Itzhak's body, which was returned to Israel in February, showed "a large number of broken ribs" as well as fractures in other parts of the body. Elgarat was previously believed to have died from a heart attack during interrogation

Tel Aviv is in the midst of a bagel craze. But if the bagel stands for liberalism and humanism, it can't be adopted here the way it was by our Jewish American cousins – an Israeli bagel is a contradiction in terms

In considering recognizing a Palestinian state, Berlin isn't mulling a withdrawal of its commitment to Israel, it's striving to fulfill it based on its devotion to peace, human rights and international law

Sa'ar told Newsmax that a Palestinian state would be 'extremely dangerous,' accusing the West of pushing empty slogans while ignoring the risk to Israelis: 'we will have to live with the consequences' – not the countries demanding a two-state solution

The well-documented rising starvation in Gaza is now acknowledged by nearly the entire world, yet Israel continues to peddles the lie that it's all a Hamas conspiracy

Around 100,000 Palestinians have fled the war for Egypt, but it's hard to secure a permit that will allow them to live the most basic life. In the meantime, they worry about their families back home and the prospect of deportation

The only sustainable solution is a diplomatic one. But how to negotiate a new nuclear agreement when Iran doesn't believe in a deal, Israel doesn't want a deal and the U.S. has proven to be a deal-breaker?

Smotrich vows to 'bury the idea of a Palestinian state' with 3,400 homes in E1. 'They'll talk of a Palestinian dream, we'll build a Jewish reality,' he said, as the plan deepens West Bank divisions and draws global criticism

Record profits in the business sector are lulling philanthropists, foundations and business leaders into complacency. After a decade of silence by the elites Israel is on the road to total collapse

I come from a country and a continent where thinking in nationalities and ethnicities has brought immeasurable pain, suffering and death. But conversely, doing the opposite – building on what unites rather what divides – has brought the longest period of peace and prosperity in history

Love in the time of reinforced concrete: A psychedelic Tu B'Av video from the Jewish National Identity Authority swaps flowers and vows for sirens, shelters and a sermon on eternal war

In July alone, the Israeli army conducted over 1,300 raids on Palestinian neighborhoods. Residents endure constant harassments, knowing every soldier acts with impunity, and no one will intervene. 'We see that every soldier behaves like a commander, doing whatever he wants, with no fear of higher rank'

Shimon Elkabetz always preferred to stay behind the scenes, but has been interviewing nonstop since his daughter, Sivan, was killed on October 7, 2023, in hopes of helping to release the hostages from Gaza and allow the families what he will never get – an embrace from their loved ones

The fire that scorched the Betiha nature reserve exposed mounds all over el-Araj: These were the homes of Bethsaida, archaeologists say. And there was a public building too

Eyal Zamir's fall from grace shows the far right's unending cycle: coronate, humiliate, replace

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman refused Herzl Halevi's request to shelve the draft reports after the former army chief claimed that Engelman refused to meet with him and created a false narrative against him

In Lebanon and Iraq, the Islamic Republic is trying to make it clear that it still has the power to influence their stability and policies – but the main concerns are the reimposition of international sanctions and public pressure to rehabilitate the economy

A joint letter, signed by organizations such as Oxfam and Save the Children, was spurred by 'desperation,' said a director of an NGO that signed the letter: 'It's like sending up a flare from a boat in the middle of the ocean, hoping somebody sees you and does something'

According to the source, 'Hamas is feeling the political isolation and knows it cannot dig in its heels.' Meanwhile, an Israeli source told Haaretz that if the U.S. and the mediators present a plan that meets Israel's demands, negotiations could be renewed

The Australian government's decision to recognize a Palestinian state – along with France, Canada and the U.K. – will do nothing to end the war in Gaza. But it has spurred a quiet panic among Australia's Jews

'If you starve people in Gaza, don't come feed people in Berlin': Gila and Nancy, a restaurant co-owned by the former spokesman of the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, Shahar Segal, was initially scheduled to open mid-July, but the opening was delayed after a similar protest

Israel's journalists refuse to see that a country that has killed more newspeople in this war in Gaza than have been killed in any other conflict in history will one day also turn its guns on them

Despite a surge in vaccinations, measles cases continue to climb, with 503 confirmed infections and 12 unvaccinated children hospitalized. 'This death was entirely preventable,' said a Health Ministry official, warning that the real numbers may be far higher

As reported by the Guardian, London's IWM refuses to amend a caption on the Nazi race laws despite objections from a visitor and two top historians, who say it inaccurately links Jewish persecution to religious observance – not ancestry

Historic temperature records were set from Safed to the Jordan Valley, including Israel's warmest night ever, as the extreme heatwave peaked Wednesday. Relief is not expected before the weekend

Elad Or's brother, Dror, was killed on October 7, 2023, and his body was taken to Gaza. In his eyes, the Netanyahu government keeps proving they're not interested in returning the hostages, but only in endless war, saying that the 'revenge' being enacted on Gaza 'doesn't bring anyone back to life'

Netanyahu's government has long viewed Israel's courts, attorney general, and military leadership as enemies – and now it's escalating. As he pushes Gaza toward a 'forever war,' we can't forget about the internal war being waged on Israeli democracy

The main factor behind the sharp downturn is a sharp drop in aliyah from Russia, the main driver of immigration to Israel in recent years. Growing antisemitism is not driving Jews out of their countries, as Israeli immigration officials had predicted

Over the years, Netanyahu has followed a fairly transparent pattern: he advocates for extreme measures he doesn't believe in while leaving the actual restraint and execution to another actor, be it the IDF Chief of Staff or any relevant body, so that it bears the brunt of any backlash

The visit to the illegal Ma'aleh Tidhar outpost included a meeting with far-right activist Elisha Yered, who was suspected of involvement in the killing of a Palestinian teen, underscoring declining enforcement against nationalist crime and settler construction

The ministry says it has delisted Rahma and Catholic Relief Services, plus the one-man outfit Gaza Direct Aid, under new law enacted in March. International NGO officials say they are skeptical of the announcement

In an attempt to debunk Hamas' claims of Israel-induced starvation in the Gaza Strip, the IDF pointed out that some who died of malnutrition had preexisting medical conditions. Experts say the information provided by the military actually proves that the population is indeed suffering from hunger

International Rescue Committee's Bob Kitchen explains why Gaza is the 'most intense crisis' he's seen in 25 years of responding to humanitarian emergencies and how the IDF strangles aid efforts in the Strip

As a young teen, Rabbi Idit Mevorach Shaag went to Gush Katif in 2005 hoping to prevent the evacuation of the Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip 'with my own two hands.' It was her military experience that put her on the path to becoming what she describes as a 'weird leftist'

Replacing the locks in the attorney general's office Monday night is a thuggish and insane move that testifies primarily to Levin's frustration. Unfortunately for him, there is a good chance that Baharav-Miara will remain steadfast while Levin and this government are chucked out by the voters

Attorneys have been barred from visiting Israeli prisons to meet with their Palestinian clients due to accusations of 'transmitting information,' and guards have demanded to read legal documents. During the war in Gaza, the Israel Prison Service has made the lawyers targets as it tries to keep what's happening at the prisons under wraps

Critics use the argument of performativity not as a call for more meaningful action, but as a way to delegitimize a cause – in this case, Palestinian national aspirations - and discourage others from following suit. For those of us who identify as Zionists, this is particularly shameful

Clashes broke out between Palestinians and settlers who arrived in the West Bank town of Duma to prepare the land ahead of the establishment of an outpost. Two Israelis, including an off-duty soldier who shot the Palestinian man, were wounded

As the New Zealand government weighs joining Australia in recognizing a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he thinks Netanyahu 'has lost the plot,' and called what is happening in Gaza 'utterly appalling'

Despite unprecedented civilian suffering and clear precedents for intervention, Western governments condemn Gaza's devastation but avoid any meaningful intervention

The reported deal will allow a corridor for the transfer of aid from Israel to the Sweida region in Syria to improve the deteriorating humanitarian situation of the Druze minority, in a deal that may also improve chances of future normalization between Israel and Syria

The Israeli army will have to call up 100,000 reservists, who will be operating in a population of around 1.2 million Palestinians against well-prepared guerrilla fighters, amid a threat to the hostages and unclear legal authority for ordering civilians to once again move south

A UN report draft obtained by Haaretz acknowledges for the first time Hamas' sexual crimes committed against Israelis on October 7 and hostages held in captivity in the Gaza Strip. It also calls on Israel to hold suspects of sexual crimes against Palestinians accountable

The film 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue,' about Noam Tibon, a retired Israeli general who rescued his family on October 7, won't be screened at the Toronto Int'l Film Festival after organizers requested filmmakers receive approval to use Hamas footage of the deadly attack

Media reports indicate that all seven members of the Abu Hanidek family were killed when their displaced-person tents in Gaza City were bombed. Media outlets also reported that four people were killed by IDF fire in central Gaza while waiting for aid trucks

Tensions between the IDF chief and ministers had escalated last week amid debates over Netanyahu's plan to take over Gaza. A senior official from Netanyahu's office said that Israel was 'going for a full conquest of Gaza,' and added, 'If it doesn't suit the chief of staff, he should resign'

If implemented, plans would amount to transferring people from one war-ravaged land at risk of famine to another – raising human rights concerns. South Sudan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement following the report that the claims of resettling Palestinians from Gaza in the country 'are baseless'

Thousands rallied across the country on Tuesday, urging the government to real a cease-fire deal with Hamas and slamming its handling of the humanitarian crisis

Two unrelated people in far-flung cemeteries in England from 1,400 years ago exhibit close African ancestry, suggesting early medieval Britain was more diverse than thought

While nations rush to recognize a Palestinian state, they sidestep the real pressure tools that could halt Israel's war in Gaza. 'Symbolic statehood has become a moral escape hatch, not a policy.' Meanwhile, the license to kill remains valid

The French ambassador to Israel explains how his country's imminent declaration of a Palestinian state facilitates peace and Israel's security

The heat index measures apparent temperature using discomfort units – a phrase that doesn't even begin to describe what it felt like on Tuesday at the Dead Sea. Wednesday is expected to be even worse

Though held by Hamas for nearly a decade, Abera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed aren't covered by the new laws aiding the October 7 hostages. 'They need a law that will include a broader envelope,' a source says, as both men face delays and red tape in disability claims

'Immediate, permanent and concrete steps must be taken,' says joint statement signed by Britain, France, and 22 other nations, accusing Israel of imposing restrictions on humanitarian organizations in Gaza, forcing NGOs to abandon operations and worsening the humanitarian crisis

After backing new operations in Gaza, Prime Minister Netanyahu said an IDF takeover of Gaza City would 'allow' Palestinians to leave safely, noting other countries should take in Palestinians displaced by the war

Justice Minister Yariv Levin changes locks on longtime Attorney General's office, barring Gali Baharav-Miara and calling her presence 'unauthorized.' The Israel Bar Association chief called Levin's actions 'an existential threat to the state'

Zamir says Netanyahu and his family are targeting him after he opposed the Gaza conquest. 'The IDF Chief of Staff understands exactly what is happening and will not put the military in the hands of Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz,' one source said

Israel's Health Ministry reported on physical and mental damage in eight released hostages. After sexual abuse and malnutrition in Gaza, the freed hostages have difficulties ranging from hearing and driving to trusting others

France delayed visa renewals for Israeli airline staff in response to security checks on its diplomats at Ben-Gurion Airport, amid strained Israeli-French relations. Last week, El Al's Paris office was splashed with red paint

National resilience scholar Shaul Kimhi says political divisions over Gaza hostages are widening in Israel. After two years of war, Ukrainians showed greater resilience than Israelis, with the key factor 'apparently a trust in leadership'