Monday, 17 June 2024 | Major European nations and the US have voiced alarm at Iran’s latest plans to expand the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, which will significantly increase the nation’s already growing nuclear stockpile as the threat of nuclear weapons looms larger. In particular, France, Germany and the UK highlighted Iran’s plans—as reported by
Continue Reading »Friday, 14 June 2024 | Two Israelis sustained light wounds on Thursday when rocket shrapnel fell in Katzrin, the largest Israeli community in the Golan Heights. The victims, who were both said to be in their 20s, were treated by Magen David Adom [Israel’s ambulance service] medics and paramedics before being evacuated to Ziv Medical
Continue Reading »Friday, 14 June 2024 | Israeli fighter jets destroyed some 45 terrorist targets across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the military said on Thursday. Among the targets struck were command centers, armed terrorist squads, rocket launchers, tunnel shafts and other infrastructure, according to the Israel Defense Forces [IDF]. Ground troops continued to
Continue Reading »Friday, 14 June 2024 | While Israeli security officials have requested that the four hostages rescued by the Israel Defense Forces [IDF] on Saturday keep their experiences secret, some details have nevertheless emerged. The four—Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40—appeared to be in good health when first seen on
Continue Reading »Friday, 14 June 2024 | A new scientific study has found that ancient tefillin, or phylacteries, were not colored black, as is mandated by Jewish law. The findings, published tonight in the prestigious journal PLOS ONE, challenge long-held assumptions about the practice of tefillin observance. Tefillin are small leather cases containing miniscule parchment scrolls inscribed
Continue Reading »Thursday, 13 June 2024 | Hamas’s official response to Israel’s hostages-for-ceasefire proposal included modifications that are not workable, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. “Hamas has proposed numerous changes to the proposal that was on the table. … Some of the changes are workable, some are not,” Blinken said in a press
Continue Reading »Thursday, 13 June 2024 | A United Nations [UN] panel previously knocked by a number of countries for anti-Israel bias issued a report Wednesday on the opening months of the current Israel–Hamas war, repeatedly claiming equivalencies between the actions of the Jewish state and the Western designated terrorist group. The UN Human Rights Council’s Commission
Continue Reading »Thursday, 13 June 2024 | Hezbollah reported overnight Wednesday the death of Taleb Sami Abdallah, the commander of its Al Nasr unit known by his call sign Abu Taleb, in an Israeli-linked strike on a house in southern Lebanon. Abu Taleb is reportedly the most senior Hezbollah commander eliminated by Israel since the outbreak of
Continue Reading »Thursday, 13 June 2024 | In an original research model executed by the Israel Antiquities Authority [IAA], British royal and nobility coats-of-arms were mapped and identified on early 20th century hospital walls. For the very first time, greetings were found from famed British historical figures, including King George the Fifth, and a member of the
Continue Reading »Please note that our offices will be closed on June 12 for the Shavuot (Pentecost) holiday. We will resume normal operations, including news, on Thursday, June 13. Tuesday, 11 June 2024 | The rhythm of life in the Land of Promise is governed by a cycle of annual holidays—days set aside in the 12-month Israeli calendar to celebrate what Leviticus
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