HostagesWounded Fauda star Idan Amedi participated in operation to recover Ran Gvili’s bodyAmedi was badly injured in an explosion while serving in the combat engineering corps in 2024By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Hostages‘The whole nation is with you’: Ran Gvili’s family celebrate and mourn the return of Israel’s final hostageRan’s parents, Itzik and Talik, hailed his selfless sacrifice on October 7 as they met his coffin, which returned from Gaza draped in the Israeli flagBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Iron DomeIsrael blocks US takeover of Iron Dome software firmThe proposed deal would have left the state-owned Rafael as a minority shareholder, but security officials are wary of foreign control.By Yaakov Lappin2 min read
Israeli footballPolice arrest 17 suspects linked to Israeli football club in match-fixing probeThose detained include current players and a group of senior team officialsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
HostagesIDF recovers body of final hostage Ran Gvili after 843 daysThe discovery of the late police sergeant’s remains mean that, after more than two years, all of the hostages have been liberated from HamasBy Jacob Jaffa4 min read
Israeli PoliticsSubmarine affair enquiry finds ‘systemic failings’ that ‘endangered state security’The procurement of German-made vessels under the previous Netanyahu-led government is at the centre of a major corruption probeBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Football‘My country is my pride’: Israeli footballer Tai Abed ‘turns down millions’ to play for UAE national sideAbed, 21, is one of Israeli football’s biggest rising starsBy Ben Conway1 min read
HostagesIDF searching Gaza City cemetery for body of Ran GviliIsrael has confirmed that the Rafah Crossing will be reopened when the final hostage’s remains are returnedBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Israeli PoliticsCoalition delays first reading of state budget amid Charedi draft rowThe vote was scheduled for Monday but has now been pushed back until later in the weekBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
HostagesFather concealed his Muslim identity to protect hostage sonLiam Or as he was known in the hostage release campaign was actually Liam Or-Nassar from a mixed faith backgroundBy JC Reporter1 min read
IsraelProtests call for release of final hostage Ran GviliSteve Witkoff and Jared Kushner may pressure Israel to open the Rafah Crossing into GazaBy JC Reporter1 min read
Israeli PoliticsArab Knesset parties sign deal to revive Joint ListVarious Arab-Israeli factions look to unite ahead of the next elections after accusing the government of failing to deal with a communal crime waveBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Emily DamariEmily Damari proposes to girlfriend at party celebrating first anniversary of her releaseThe former hostage got down on one knee and popped the question to her partner, Danielle AmitBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
OlympicsCool Runnings: Israeli bobsleigh team clinch first-ever Winter Olympics spotThe team qualified for next month’s Games on Thursday, bringing the total delegation of Israeli athletes up to nineBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Temple MountPolice allow Jewish prayer sheets on Temple Mount in reversal of long-held banThe change in policy is the latest part of a long-running push by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to revoke the unofficial prohibition on Jewish worship at the siteBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelPalestinian prisoners suffer abuse in four Israeli jails, Justice Ministry reports claimPrison inspectors from the Public Defenders’ Office reported instances of violence against inmates, poor sanitation and food shortages, with one site described as ‘unfit for humans’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
