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Declining national resilience is damaging Israel’s social fabric, warn researchers
Israel’s national resilience has markedly decreased, with the potential to lead to a severe crisis in public confidence in state institutions, a study unveiled on Sunday found. While personal resilience and morale…
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Jerusalem population doubles Tel Aviv, report finds
More than one million people live in Jerusalem, more than double the number living in Tel Aviv, according to an annual report released on Sunday, ahead of Jerusalem Day. The report, compiled…
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Israel attacks Hezbollah military base in Lebanon
Beirut: Israeli warplanes attacked on Sunday a military base used by Hezbollah to launch assault drones against Israeli army targets, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua. Israeli warplanes fired three air-to-surface missiles at…
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Israel: 120K protesters demand hostage swap deal with Hamas
Tel Aviv: Anti-government sentiments surged through the streets of Tel Aviv as protesters voiced their demands for a hostage swap deal with Hamas and the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied…
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Hamas launches ‘big missile’ attack on Tel Aviv
Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said it launched a “big missile” attack from the Rafah area in the southern Gaza Strip at Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv on Sunday,…
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Mass protests in Israel for release of hostages, early election
Tel Aviv: Thousands of Israelis protested in 70 locations on Saturday, May 4, demanding the release of hostages in Gaza Strip and calling for early elections. It is organized by Change Generation,…
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Israel reopens Gaza’s Erez crossing for first time since Oct 7
Tel Aviv: Israel reopened the Erez Crossing with Gaza for the first time since October 7 with the passage of 30 trucks delivering food and medical supplies from Jordan to the northern…
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Cancer-stricken Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqah dies in Israeli prison
A 62-year-old cancer-stricken Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqah has died in Israel’s Shamir Medical Center, formerly Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, in southeast of Tel Aviv. This came after he spent 38 years in prison in…
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Protestors in Israel call for PM Netanyahu’s resignation, early elections
Tel Aviv: The anti-government protesters have once again stormed the streets in Israel, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and demanding early elections in the country amid its ongoing…
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Israeli army kills senior Hamas official: Spokesperson
Gaza: Israeli military has announced that a senior internal security official of Hamas was killed in its recent airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on social media platform…
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Israeli finance minister cancels tax benefits for UNRWA
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced his intention to cancel tax benefits for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency currently working for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). “The State of Israel will…
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Israel’s top court delays law thwarting removal of Netanyahu from office
Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court has delayed the activation of a controversial law that aims at preventing declaring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfit for office. In a 6-5 vote, the Supreme Court judges…
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Iranian oppn leader creates history by attending Israeli Parliament meeting
Tel Aviv: Iranian opposition member Vahid Beheshti has created history by becoming the first leader from the Islamic Republic to address a meeting of the Israeli Knesset, or Parliament. In the historic…
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Over 20 rockets fired at Israel in midnight barrage by Hamas
Tel Aviv: As Israel entered 2024 on Monday, more than 20 rockets were fired by Hamas at southern and central Israel just at the start of the new year, according to The…
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Israeli soldiers discover 1,500-year-old Byzantine oil lamp
Tel Aviv: Two Israeli reserve soldiers unexpectedly stumbled upon a small, well-preserved Byzantine oil lamp at an army staging area in southern Israel near the Gaza border, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced…