Articles by Shlomi Diaz

A 28-year-old woman died in eastern Siberia with suspected plague after a test tube containing the pathogen broke at the laboratory where she worked.

Strikes on bridges over the Dnipro River are causing massive traffic jams in Ukraine’s capital. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promises retaliation against data centers and infrastructure in Russia.

Iran’s state-run banks are selling billions of dollars in foreign currency in an effort to halt the slide. Inflation has reached 70%, hitting citizens’ wallets hard.

The Green Party of England and Wales has adopted a members’ resolution equating Zionism with racism. Israel’s Foreign Ministry responded: “The Greens have officially adopted Hamas’ green color.”

The IDF says it killed Sakr Nabil Musa Kaisi, a Nukhba terrorist who infiltrated Israel on October 7. According to the military, he ran a Turkish charity in Gaza that served as a front for funding and recruiting Hamas terrorists. Another terrorist from Hamas’s surveillance network was also killed.

At a senior command conference at Camp Glilot, the IDF reviewed its October 7 investigations. A commendation was awarded to a noncommissioned officer who warned in advance, but whose alerts were not addressed by senior Military Intelligence officials.

The investigation has so far found that the pilot-terrorist acted alone. Italian report: He allegedly tried to murder the captain and crash at the airport. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.

Tehran rejected the American proposal and announced plans to expand its missile range. The U.S. expelled two Iranian diplomats who refused to leave New York.

Ahead of the national Memorial Day, Israel’s Defense Ministry released updated figures: More than 7,150 family members have joined the bereaved community, including parents, widows, orphans, and siblings. State ceremonies will be held tomorrow.

Doron Buchovza of Be’er Sheva presented himself to Iranians on Telegram as someone with access to the nuclear facility in Dimona. He received payment in digital currency and was convicted of contact with a foreign agent under a plea deal.

The New York Times reports that Jerusalem alerted Berlin to a potential Iranian threat targeting German bases used by the U.S. military.

Captain Smith Matchar, who was stabbed by his Omani co-pilot, has spoken publicly for the first time about the opening moments of this week’s attempted attack on a Flydubai flight. From a hospital in the United Arab Emirates, he spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Fifty-two countries signed a declaration in Geneva calling on governments and tech companies to increase oversight and transparency. The concern is that artificial intelligence is being used to spread hate and Holocaust denial.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that his country is preparing for possible hybrid attacks by Russia, as Moscow and NATO exchange nuclear threats over the war in Ukraine.

The aircraft carrier Roosevelt has left San Diego and is expected to reach the region within weeks, amid Trump’s threats to resume fighting with Iran after the midterm elections. Iranian officials: “We are reviewing plans to expand strikes beyond the Middle East as well.”

A resident of Baqa al-Gharbiyye was arrested on suspicion of contacting Iranian operatives and carrying out assignments for them in exchange for payment. An indictment was filed against him in the Haifa District Court.

The Hamas terrorist Izz al-Din Bikh was killed in Gaza this week. Throughout the war, he oversaw the captivity of 15 Israeli hostages, including civilians and IDF soldiers.

Microsoft’s global digital defense report finds that Israel ranks second worldwide, after the United States, in the volume of malicious cyber activity directed at it, and tops the list of targets in the Middle East and Africa.

A federal court in Wisconsin has approved the deportation of Saleh Sarsour, who was previously convicted of terrorism in Israel and now serves as president of an Islamic association in Milwaukee. Meanwhile, two brothers from Louisiana have been charged with financing Hamas.

The U.S. president announced that the last American troops have left Iraq and addressed ongoing negotiations with Tehran. Iran said it received a U.S. response to its proposal last week to end the war.