Following “legal difficulties that have arisen” in approving a planned night lockdown over Chanukah that was allegedly intended to prevent a general closure, alternatives are now being examined that will allow gatherings on Chanukah.
The Coronavirus Cabinet decided Monday night to institute a nighttime lockdown over the Hanukkah holiday in an effort to prevent a further spread of the coronavirus over the eight-day festival.
A stabbing attack was reported just outside of northern Jerusalem Monday afternoon. Initial reports say police stationed at the checkpoint opened fire and neutralized the terrorist.
Israel will open an embassy in Bahrain by the end of the year, according to a report. Israeli diplomat Dror Gabbay arrived in Manama on Monday to survey several potential locations for the new embassy.
The Slovenian government today announced its decision that Hezbollah is a “terror organization” with the characteristics of an organized crime organization, posing a risk to peace and security and conducting global operations.
Saudi Arabia will permit Israeli flights to the UAE to fly over its airspace, Israeli media reported Monday, Nov 30th. Issues arose when Saudi Arabia unexpectedly blocked Israeli flights to Dubai above its airspace following the normalization agreement with the Gulf kingdom.
Preparations are in full swing for the arrival in Israel of 2,000 immigrants who have been waiting for decades in Ethiopia.
As part of excavation work led by the Archaeology Unit at the Civil Administration at the Khirbet Kfar Mor archaeological site in Beit El, a rare find was discovered: An ancient play die dating to the Second Temple period.
Border Police shot a Palestinian Arab terrorist who tried to ram into them at the A-Zaim crossing between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim. No Officers were injured.
At least eight people were killed in airstrikes in Syria overnight, a Syrian monitor group reported Wednesday morning. The dead were members of militias and terrorist groups loyal to Iran, the report said, including the Hezbollah terrorist organization.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was nominated Tuesday for the Nobel Peace Prize, for the recent string of peace deals between Israel and moderate Arab states.
An Israeli source claimed that Netanyahu accompanied US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the city of Neom in Saudi Arabia Monday. Mossad chief Yossi Cohen was also present, the source claimed.
IDF fighters on Sunday thwarted an attempted terrorist attack near the Palestinian Arab village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah.
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Saturday night exploded in the area in the Ashkelon area. There were no reports of physical injuries.
At least 10 people were killed and more injured in Israeli airstrikes in Syria overnight, a monitor group reported Wednesday morning.
An IDF force operating on Israel’s northern border uncovered an explosive device Tuesday afternoon adjacent to the border fence near the Syrian frontier.
The New York Times reported that three months ago, Israel eliminated al-Qaeda’s No. 2 in Iran, Abdullah Ahmad Abdullah, at the request of the United States.
