The bathing season, which began April 12, ended approximately one week ago with a net drop in the number of children who drowned or nearly drowned, the Beterem – Safe Kids Israel organization reported.
Hezbollah’s television station Al-Manar said on Saturday that most of the Twitter accounts associated with the station have been suspended. The accounts in English, French and Spanish were said to be suspended, but the Twitter handles of specific television shows seemed to be working, AFP reported.
The State Department has reportedly decided to withhold $105 million in military aid to Lebanon, a day after Israel said it was asking international donors to withhold funds amid political turbulence in Beirut.
American-Israeli astronaut Jessica Meir last weekend released three images of the State of Israel and its surroundings taken by the International Space Station where she has been staying since September.
An explosive device was located Saturday afternoon in the Re’im Stream. The device, located inside a book, was discovered by hikers. Police sappers arriving at the scene neutralized the explosive device. No one was injured and no damage was caused.
It was a difficult Shabbos for many residents of Southern Israel as Gaza-based terrorists fired 10 rockets into Israel in the hope of killing Israeli civilians. It began on Friday night, at 9:00PM, as the Red Alert was heard in Sderot and Shar HaNegev Regional Council communities.
An IDF tank and aircraft attacked two Hamas military posts in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday night, in response to a rocket that was launched from Gaza into Israeli territory.
The world’s first modern underground cemetery was inaugurated in Jerusalem Wednesday. The innovative solution was to excavate some 24,000 “new” burial plots at the depth of 50 meters (about 160 feet) underground, with the first phase of about 8,000 graves expected to be available for burial towards the end of 2019.
WhatsApp on Tuesday sued Israeli technology firm NSO Group, accusing it using the Facebook-owned messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists, human rights activists and other.
A female terrorist attempted to carry out a stabbing attempt in the city of Hevron early Wednesday morning, defense officials reported. The terrorist was wounded and is in critical condition.
El Al, Israel’s national airline, has agreed to compensate passengers from last year’s infamous “Shabbat flight”, paving the way for an out-of-court settlement, ending a class action lawsuit against the airline. UPDATE: Deal cancelled!
A terrorist attempted to stab a young man near Herod’s in Jerusalem and when he realized he could not perform his plot attempted to escaped the scene. The terrorist, a 16-year-old boy, was wounded by gunfire from security forces who tried to neutralize him and brought to the hospital for treatment. Two suspected aides were also arrested.
The body of missing IDF soldier Eliezer Ashkenazi, 20, was found Monday after he was reported missing since Sunday morning.
The aircraft which is to serve as Israel’s ‘Air Force One’ was spotted at the Aircraft Division of Israel Aerospace Industries Sunday. Ynet journalist Itay Bluementhal reported that the top of the plane was painted blue and the bottom was painted white. In the tail of the plane is a giant Star of David and the words “State of Israel” are written on the body of the plane.
Passengers on an El Al flight from Geneva that was scheduled to land at Ben Gurion airport on Friday afternoon were forced to remain in Switzerland until Saturday night due to the foggy conditions in Geneva, according to a Israel Hayom report.
Palestinian Arab media reported that IDF soldiers on Wednesday night demolished the home of Islam Abu Hamid, the terrorist who murdered IDF fighter Sergeant Ronen Lubarsky in May of 2018.
President Reuven Rivlin gave the mandate to form the next government to Blue and White leader Benny Gantz Wednesday night. The mandate was passed on to Gantz after Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that he was unable to form a coalition and returned the mandate to the president earlier this week.
