Fourteen soldiers and two security squad members died defending Kibbutz Sufa on October 7. Residents were evacuated from their homes only the day after the attack, and terrorists were found hiding in the nearby orchards several days afterwards

The Israeli army and Defense Ministry are seeking professional excavator operators to demolish homes in Gaza. While some contractors are drawn by lucrative offers, others are deterred by the deadly risks

According to official IDF figures, the number of soldiers who died by suicide while on active duty, whether in regular mandatory service or as reservists, has increased since the start of the Gaza war compared to previous years

Hamas' latest demand would require Israel to release all 288 Palestinian prisoners who are currently serving life sentences, including those it has previously insisted on keeping incarcerated. The diplomat said that the new demand suggests that Hamas intends to treat all remaining living hostages as equivalent to IDF soldiers

German Ambassador to Israel Steffen Seibert attributed the attack against the West Bank village of Taybeh to 'extremist settlers,' saying that 'whether they attack a Christian village or Muslim Palestinian herding communities,' the settlers are 'nothing but criminals abhorrent to any faith'

Just hours after the American Jewish Committee issued a statement expressing deep concern about acute food shortages in Gaza, the Reform movement put out its own response, saying Israel was 'culpable'

The thought of a Finance Committee chairman suspected of crimes like the ones attributed to MK Hanoch Milwidsky ought to horrify any decent person in the Knesset and in the country as a whole. And it doesn't matter whether he is ultimately indicted or not

'Everyone thinks that the solution is to bring in the food and to stuff them, but that's dangerous,' one pediatrician says, as Gaza's children face the risks of long-term growth and cognitive defects

The violent dispersal of an anti-war protest in Haifa and the passive response to a far-right riot in Nes Tziona reveal a dangerous pattern: the police are enforcing political loyalty, not democratic order

It's easier to persuade a man to avoid a war than to earn a living for his family. If we create a culture of work, livelihood and taxpaying, if the labor participation by ultra-Orthodox men rises, it will have a significant economic impact

The Health Ministry reported that since the measles outbreak began in Israel about three months ago, 245 cases have been diagnosed, mostly from Jerusalem and the Beit Shemesh area. Around 87 percent of measles patients are children, mostly unvaccinated against measles, according to the ministry

This contingency plan was not formulated on October 2023. It has always been there. We were always 'cancer,' a 'demographic threat,' a 'fifth column,' both when we cried out and when we kept silent

As the war in Gaza grinds on, a growing number of nations are preparing to rally behind a renewed push for a two-state solution – without the support of either Israel or the United States

The American Jewish Committee is the first mainstream organization to issue a public statement about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza resulting from Israeli restrictions on aid, while welcoming announcement of new measures designed to renew aid distribution in Gaza

As the investigation into Netanyahu's connections with Qatar moves forward, more current and former officials are being called in for questioning

Hostage families demonstrated for their loved ones' return, ultra-Orthodox Jews railed against the draft, and Arab Israelis protested against starvation in Gaza: Israel saw mass protests last week, as Netanyahu led the minority government through its second week

After an ad hoc committee formed to circumvent usual processes unanimously recommended ousting Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, a move she called ' patently illegal,' the AG faces a cabinet boycott. Source: 'We will stop treating her as the legal advisor to the government'

He was one of the most important Jewish artists of the 20th century, but is virtually unknown in Israel. At the Jewish Museum in New York, Ben Shahn's first retrospective in nearly half a century brings his vision of justice, protest, and a Jewish identity based on empathy and dissent back into focus

The Higher Arab Monitoring Committee in Israel aims to protest the war and the prevention of aid to Gazans. According to the Committee's Chairman, 'The crimes of the Israeli government and the fascist right are comparable to the Nazis' crimes in World War II'

Born and raised on Kibbutz Kfar Azza, Tal Mazliach has created 11 works of art for Yad Vashem, drawing connections between the two great Jewish tragedies of recent memory. 'Both, to me, are unfathomable,' says the distinguished artist, who spent 22 hours in her safe room hiding from Hamas

There can be no compromise between the destroyers of Israel and its defenders. The only course of action that could still save the country from becoming democracy's corpse is a total shutdown of the country until the Netanyahu government is replaced or the prime minister resigns

Following a cease-fire deal in mid-July after escalation in southern Syria, Israeli and Syrian officials have been meeting to reach a security agreement

Amid sharp international condemnation for Gaza's starvation, the Netanyahu administration has reportedly made moves to attempt to alleviate the crisis. The IDF spokesperson said the army is not starving the population in Gaza, and that Hamas is working to exacerbate the situation

Instead of holding Netanyahu to the terms of the January ceasefire deal, Trump and Witkoff allowed the Israeli prime minister to resume the war, strangle Gaza's aid supply and trigger a humanitarian catastrophe. All of which failed to bring the hostages home

One might assume that the use of such language, which compares between Israeli and Nazi actions, was altogether taboo in Israeli history. And yet, the archive tells us otherwise

Orna Weinberg, relative of murdered hostage Itay Svirsky, says the Netanyahu administration's 'purely utilitarian' approach to human lives has brought Israel to a point of 'terrible moral crisis'

The plans for the pipeline, which is expected to supply water to around 600,000 Gaza residents, were authorized by Israel's political leadership several weeks ago, the army said

Lawmaker Hanoch Milwidsky – suspected of raping a woman in 2018 after she testified in a rape trial – will likely become the Finance Committee chairman. Netanyahu's party accused the attorney general of a political investigation, calling her 'a threat to national security'