Two soldiers were killed and two others wounded in an explosion in southern Gaza’s Rafah as Israel prepares to significantly expand its ground offensive, the Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday. The deaths come amid tens of thousands of new call-up orders issued to reservists over the weekend.
A Houthi missile landed in a grove near a Ben-Gurion International Airport access road on Sunday morning, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Sunday morning. The attack marked the first time a missile has landed inside the airport complex.
Israeli police have arrested a 19-year-old resident of Issawiya in East Jerusalem on suspicion of inciting terrorism and involvement in arson. The suspect was detained following his online posts calling for violence and the destruction of Israel. The posts, which were shared on social media, included inflammatory rhetoric, urging for fires to spread and for the destruction of Israeli territories.
Amid deadly Sunni-Druze clashes near Damascus, the Israeli Defense Forces struck Syria in a warning to the extremist Islamic groups there, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday. But one Israeli Druze official told The Press Service of Israel that airstrikes would not be enough.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing to hold updates and assessments on the fire with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and all of the security and rescue services.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignited controversy during a Tuesday meeting with torchbearers ahead of Israel’s Independence Day, when he stated that “up to 24” hostages taken by Hamas in Gaza are still alive. The moment became more fraught when a video released by the Prime Minister’s Office picked up on his wife, Sara, whispering “less” under her breath.
Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief Ronen Bar’s Monday night announcement that he will step down on June 15 drew calls from the opposition for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do likewise.
As legal proceedings at the International Court of Justice resumed on Monday addressing the war against Hamas, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar condemned the hearing, calling it a “disgraceful” attempt to “politicize and abuse the legal process” aimed at “delegitimizing” Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces published Sunday the findings of its investigation into the October 7 Hamas assault on the Zikim training base, revealing a desperate battle fought by junior commanders who saved over 100 unarmed recruits from capture or death.
The global surge in antisemitic incidents triggered by the October 7 Hamas attack is showing signs of easing—but levels remain significantly higher than before the war, according to the *Antisemitism Worldwide Report 2024,” published by Tel Aviv University’s Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry and the Irwin Cotler Institute for Democracy, Human Rights and Justice.
