Technical Glitch Snarls Ben Gurion Airport
Flight schedules and the loading of planes were disrupted at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport Monday morning, following technical problems with the airport’s luggage checking system.
Flight schedules and the loading of planes were disrupted at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport Monday morning, following technical problems with the airport’s luggage checking system.
IDF lookouts on Sunday morning identified an armed terrorist approaching the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said. The terrorist fired at IDF soldiers along the border. The soldiers, who were on alert following the identification of the terrorist, opened fire at him.
Shabak (Israel Security Agency) working together with Israel Police and the IDF, arrested two suspects believed to have been involved in the murder of IDF soldier and peace activist Dvir Sorek.
IDF spokesperson: The body of a soldier was found in the early hours of the morning with stabbing wounds, near the city of Hebron. The soldier was a student in a Yeshiva, at the first stage of his military service. Our troops together with Israeli security forces are searching the area.
It was permitted to be published that the General Security Service, in collaboration with the IDF and the Israeli police, recently thwarted a bomb attack intended to be carried out in Jerusalem, after they uncovered a ready-to-operate explosive device in Hevron, as well as a sabotage lab where it was assembled.
On Sunday, the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) and the Office of the Head of the Armored Corps, completed a demo event to reveal the platforms developed within the framework of the Carmel Program.
A flare up occurred Wednesday night at the border crossing of Khan Yunis on the Gaza border. Unconfirmed reports say that three IDF soldiers were injured by sniper fire, and were airlifted to the hospital.
Foreign media sources, quoted by News12, are reporting that an Israel Air Force (IAF) F35 plane struck targets in Iraq twice in a ten-day period. According to the report, the stealth fighter jet struck a missile warehouse near Bagdad.
Switzerland on Tuesday said it was suspending funding to the UN agency for Palestinian Arab refugees after an ethics report revealed alleged mismanagement and abuse of authority at the agency’s highest levels.
The Israeli embassy in Finland has been vandalized by neo-Nazi and far right extremists at least 15 times in the last year and a half.
The Syrian news agency reported on Tuesday night that Israel attacked several targets in the Deraa and Kuneitra regions of Syria.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military-terrorist wing of Hamas, announced its intention to broadcast an “important speech” on Tuesday evening, which will deal with Israeli citizens held captive in the Gaza Strip.
On Monday, the United Nations Security Council held a discussion on the “Situation in the Middle East,” with Israel participating. Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, revealed intelligence information about Iran’s involvement in Hezbollah’s buildup in Lebanon, with help from Syria, a direct violation of UN Resolution 1701.
Mr. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy of the United States, came with his wife for a visit to the Western Wall and the Western Wall Tunnels to begin his official and first visit to the State of Israel.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has become Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. Netanyahu, 69, on Saturday surpassed the number of days as prime minister held by David Ben Gurion, the country’s first prime minister.
A number of major fires broke out across Israel Wednesday afternoon, forcing some evacuations and destroying a number of homes. Hundreds of boys in the Belz Yeshiva in Haifa were also evacuated.
A huge ancient settlement, one of the largest of its kind in the region, has been discovered during archaeological excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority near Motza Junction.