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First female soldier joins elite Entebbe raid IDF unit

Sayeret Matkal, modelled on the SAS, is responsible for some of the IDF’s most high-profile operations and was previously led by the now-former prime minister Ehud Barak

Israir flight diverted after Slovenia prevents landing

Transportation Minister Miri Regev called the move ‘an invalid political decision that directly impacts Israeli citizens’

Israel and Lebanon agree to renew ceasefire

The deal includes ‘pilot’ security zones controlled by the Lebanese Army, from which Hezbollah forces will be barred

Israel opens its first embassy in Fiji for 30 years

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar praised Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s ‘friendship, moral leadership and deep connection to the Holy Land’

IDF eliminates Hamas terrorist who captured four hostages

Yousef Ayesh Awad Ramadan served as a deputy commander of Hamas’ elite Nukhba cell

Schoolboy unearths ancient gemstone on school trip to Israeli dig site

Alon Horowitz discovered a rare ‘nicolo’ stone dating back to the Roman era in the Upper Galilee

Naftali Bennett brands Mamdani 'cowardly' over Israel Day Parade snub

The New York mayor was the first to miss the event since 1964

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting over Lebanon

The IDF has seized a strategically important castle beyond the Litani River in a significant expansion of its operation in the country’s south

Mother of female soldier killed by Hezbollah mourns 'sunshine' of her life

Sergeant Rotem Yanai died in a drone attack on Thursday while serving in the 435th Battalion

Provision of adequate shelters will take more than 30 years, says IDF

Gaps in shelter coverage have been highlighted by the recent wars with Iran and Hezbollah

IDF welcomes record number of Charedi recruits

The surge came despite the fraught debate over the conscription of strictly-Orthodox men

Ivanka Trump is beach-ready in Israeli designer’s swimwear set