Royal Commissioner Virginia Bell made 14 recommendations on Thursday in her first interim report. The report noted that the Australian government has allocated $73 million to increase security at Jewish sites

Whether Jewish Zionist parties would enter a coalition with Arab factions has become an early issue of the emerging election campaign. Both Bennett and Lapid, who launched a new party this week, have said they won't include Arab parties in their coalition

According to the military prosecution, the IDF major helped an Israeli civilian cross into Gaza and remain there several days as part of the smuggling operation, knowing that bringing an Israeli into Gaza could aid Hamas