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Israel confirms reopening date for Rafah Crossing following recovery of final hostage

The key border post will be open only for the ‘limited movement of people’ and not for humanitarian aid convoys

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Trucks carrying aid at the Rafah Crossing on January 27, 2026 (Getty Images)

Protesters block Israeli comedian Guy Hochman (r) Image: X

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

From heckler’s veto to divestment: how Jewish life is under assault in New York

3 min read

Boaz Bismuth MK leads a Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee meeting at the Knesset on January 27, 2026 (Flash90)

Israeli Politics

Charedi draft bill to face Knesset votes following committee approval

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Israel

Former Biden aide calls Netanyahu ‘ungrateful’ over claim US arms embargo led to IDF deaths

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Israel

Israel seeking new decade-long defence deal with the US

By David Isaac

2 min read

Itzik Gvili at the coffin of his son, fallen hostage Ran Gvili (Image: X)

By Yaakov Katz

Ran Gvili’s return reaffirms Israel’s promise and changes its war calculus

3 min read

Iron Dome

Israel blocks US takeover of Iron Dome software firm

By Yaakov Lappin

2 min read

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The last hostage: Ran Gvili’s return and Israel’s refusal to leave anyone behind

That instinct – costly, unyielding and often misunderstood – is not a weakness. It is civilisational clarity – a reaffirmation of the values that distinguish the Jewish state from those who fight it

2 min read

January 26, 2026 17:22

IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir addresses his troops following the recovery of Ran Gvili's body (IDF)

By Andrew Fox

Why cutting military ties with Israel would cost British soldiers’ lives

Do not pretend that refusing to learn battlefield trauma lessons from the IDF is some noble stand. It is a luxury belief that would be paid for by 19-year-olds

6 min read

January 26, 2026 11:20

Israeli soldiers during a medical military training in Northern Galillee (Image: Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Coalition delays first reading of state budget amid Charedi draft row

The vote was scheduled for Monday but has now been pushed back until later in the week

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

January 26, 2026 10:51

Coalition whip and Likud MK Ofir Katz leads a House committee meeting at the Knesset on December 1, 2025 (Flash90)

Settler violence increased by nearly a third in 2025, IDF confirms

Palestinian terrorism in the West Bank saw a significant decline in the same period, though those attacks which did occur were more deadly than in previous years

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

January 20, 2026 15:08

Palestinians inspect the scene of an attack on a Palestinian family by extremist settlers, during which several sheep were killed, in the town of As-Samu, south of Hebron, December 23, 2025 (Flash90)

Six killed in Rafah firefight IDF dubbed ‘blatant violation’ of Gaza ceasefire

The latest clashes come amid reports the US is preparing to push on with Phase Two of the truce despite Hamas’ lack of movement on disarmament or the return of the final hostage

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

January 14, 2026 15:42

The rubble of houses in Rafah on January 20, 2025 (Getty Images)

New IDF initiative offers fast-track reserve duty for immigrants to Israel

Explaining the reason for the programme, ‘Olim AI Bet’, an IDF planner said, ‘there were so many people who came to us and wanted to do this’

By Yaakov Lappin

4 min read

January 13, 2026 13:02

Young Jews arriving in Israel to join the IDF (Image: Flash90)

IDF ‘on alert’ for US strikes on Iran as protest death toll rises

The US has now ordered its citizens to leave the Islamic Republic as President Trump reportedly weighs up military intervention

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

January 13, 2026 10:58

US President Trump takes questions from the members of the press aboard Air Force One on January 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

IDF soldier jailed after being filmed randomly firing machine gun in Gaza on New Year’s Eve

The man was handed a 20-day sentence, but the military denied he had fired towards civilian homes

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

January 8, 2026 15:04

An IDF soldier firing his machine gun randomly in Gaza on December 31, 2025 (X/LTC_Shoshani)

Israel strikes Hamas and Hezbollah ‘weapons production sites’ in Lebanon

The IDF said it targeted weapons storage facilities and ‘military infrastructure’ in the southern regions, including in the country’s third-largest city

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

January 6, 2026 10:20

An Israeli strike on the village of Kfar Hatta, in southern Lebanon on January 5, 2025 (Getty Images)

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IDF

Israel confirms reopening date for Rafah Crossing following recovery of final hostage

From heckler’s veto to divestment: how Jewish life is under assault in New York

Charedi draft bill to face Knesset votes following committee approval

Former Biden aide calls Netanyahu ‘ungrateful’ over claim US arms embargo led to IDF deaths

Israel seeking new decade-long defence deal with the US

Ran Gvili’s return reaffirms Israel’s promise and changes its war calculus

Israel blocks US takeover of Iron Dome software firm

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