Israel’s Finance Ministry is moving ahead with plans to close the rabbinical court in Tzfat as soon as after the *Tishrei* holiday season. Rabbis, staff members, and Israel’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi David Yosef, are opposing the move, while the ministry says it is part of an efficiency effort.
Marking 20 years since the Second Lebanon War, Israel held the state memorial ceremony for those who fell in the war. In his remarks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "Not only is Israel not weak like a spider’s web, as Nasrallah said — Israel is strong like strands of steel."
At Israel’s Foreign Ministry, officials signed the agreement allocating land for the future permanent U.S. Embassy building in Jerusalem. During the ceremony, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee presented Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar with a one-dollar bill as a symbolic gesture marking the land allocation for the project.
A court on Tuesday rejected the petition filed by Lt. Col. A., who served as the Gaza Division’s intelligence officer on October 7, against the termination of his service, allowing the IDF to continue the dismissal process. At the IDF’s request, the sweeping gag order on the case was also lifted.
Israel’s Defense Ministry and Rafael have completed a broad series of Iron Dome tests that included operational upgrades and integration with "Or Eitan." The systems were evaluated against a range of current and future threats.
The IDF says it has completed sealing the tunnel in southern Rafah where Lt. Hadar Goldin הי"ד was held. The route, stretching more than 16 kilometers, also served as a major Hamas command center in the southern Gaza Strip.
President Donald Trump said Iran requested an official meeting in Doha as soon as tomorrow. In Tehran, officials pushed back: "The technical meetings of the working groups are not scheduled for this week."
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani criticized Israel, objected to defining it as a Jewish state, and called for a reassessment of American aid. Israeli Consul General Ofir Akunis responded sharply, warning: “Mamdani’s inflammatory words will end in very serious actions.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over his statements against Israel and said Jerusalem will raise the issue with the United States: "Hardly a day goes by without Erdogan calling for the destruction of the State of Israel—we take those words very seriously."
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, talks between the U.S. and Iran that were supposed to take place in Switzerland with mediating countries present have been put on hold בעקבות the latest escalation between the two countries.
The IDF said an initial investigation indicates that an explosive drone struck the tank in which Battalion 52 commander Lt. Col. Dor Gedalia Ben Shimon and three other soldiers from the battalion were killed 10 days ago in southern Lebanon. The incident is still under investigation, and the families have been updated on the findings.
Esmail Qaani, commander of Iran’s Quds Force in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, issued a threat against Israel on social media and called on it to withdraw from Lebanon: "This land is a field of resistance and steadfastness, not a playground for occupiers."
At the Defense Ministry’s Economic Campaign conference, Defense Minister Israel Katz warned against the continued flow of money to Iran. At the same time, he unveiled a new strategic goal: developing strike capabilities from space and securing Israeli superiority in the field.
An IDF soldier was rescued overnight from the Palestinian town of Tarqumiyah near Hebron after Palestinian security forces reported that a man in IDF uniform had been found in the middle of the town. Following the report, officers from the Hebron police station responded, located the soldier, and transferred him safely to security forces.
According to the IDF, Abu Hadaid served as a commander in Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s production unit, which was responsible for manufacturing and supplying weapons to the organization. The military said he was involved in advancing the group’s production capabilities and led infrastructure focused on developing weapons intended to target IDF troops and Israeli civilians.
The airline announced a temporary suspension of its flights on the busy Tel Aviv-Moscow route בעקבות the latest security developments and Ukraine’s broad attack on Moscow. El Al said clearly: "A new situation assessment will be carried out next week."
The final day of talks between Israel and Lebanon opened under the shadow of an American report claiming the IDF had partially withdrawn from southern Lebanon. Officials in both Jerusalem and Beirut rejected the claim, even as Washington urged the Lebanese army to move into the area.
Twenty years after Gilad Shalit was abducted, the IDF Archive at Israel’s Defense Ministry has released, for the first time, the official operations logs from the Southern Brigade command center. The documents capture, in real time, the confusion, assessments, and growing realization that an IDF soldier had been kidnapped into the Gaza Strip.
Master Sgt. (res.) Basel Sweid, 32, of Peki'in, was killed yesterday in an operational accident in southern Lebanon after a military fuel truck overturned. Another IDF soldier was moderately wounded in the incident.
Yahya Hosseini Pangchehi, commander of the Iranian hacker group "Handala," was killed in a targeted strike during the war in Iran. For the first time, a channel linked to Revolutionary Guards intelligence confirmed that Pangchehi led the group.
