HY’D: The remains returned to Israel on Friday by the Islamic Jihad and Hamas terror groups were identified as belonging to Lior Rudaeff, H’yd, following forensic examinations. Rudaeff was killed battling Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists at Kibbutz Nir Yitzchak during the October 7 massacre, and his body was abducted to Gaza. Rudaeff, a member of […]
UPS and FedEx said they are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes “out of an abundance of caution” following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky. The crash Tuesday at UPS Worldport in Louisville killed 14 people, including the three pilots on the MD-11 that was headed for Honolulu. […]
U.S. airlines again canceled more than 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s mandate to reduce air traffic because of the government shutdown. So far, the slowdown at many of the nation’s busiest airports hasn’t caused widespread disruptions. But it has deepened the impact felt by the nation’s longest federal […]
Story If you have upcoming travel plans anytime soon, you might notice fewer options on the airport’s departure board. Airlines are scaling back flights at dozens of major U.S. airports to ease the pressure on air traffic controllers, who have been working unpaid and under intense strain during the ongoing government shutdown. The Federal Aviation […]
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The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received the funds. A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental […]
Democratic Party chairman Yair Golan declared that he views the Arab parties as “partners” but completely ruled out any political cooperation with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit parties. “The Arab parties are partners, in my view,” Golan said in an interview. “The principle is very simple: any Arab leader […]
A Hamas terrorist who took part in the October 7 massacre in Israel is living freely in Belgium, the Jewish Information and Documentation Center (JID) has revealed. The JID organization, a Belgian antisemitism watchdog, reported that Hamas terrorist Mohand Al-Khatib, who was filmed participating in the massacre, lives as a free man in Brussels, regularly […]
A Hamas source told Al Jazeera on Shabbos that the terror group located the remains of IDF soldier Hadar Goldin, H’yd in a tunnel in eastern Rafah. Hours before the Al Jazeera report, Palestinian outlets reported that vehicles belonging to the Red Cross and Hamas entered Rafah’s Al-Janina neighborhood, where about 200 terrorists are currently […]
The remains returned to Israel on Friday by the Islamic Jihad and Hamas terror groups were identified as belonging to Lior Rudaeff, H’yd, following forensic examinations. Rudaeff was killed battling Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists at Kibbutz Nir Yitzchak during the October 7 massacre, and his body was abducted to Gaza. Rudaeff, a member of the […]
Israeli officials confirmed Friday that the coffin of a presumed hostage has been transferred back into Israel under military escort. According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, the coffin — received via the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) — was handed over to a joint IDF and Shin Bet unit inside […]
Mexican authorities, working closely with U.S. and Israeli intelligence, have foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate Israel’s ambassador to Mexico, Einat Kranz-Neiger, officials confirmed Friday — a brazen plan allegedly orchestrated by Tehran’s elite Quds Force as part of its global campaign against Israeli and Jewish targets. According to U.S. and Israeli officials who spoke […]
Heartbreaking tragedy in Beit Shemesh: Rabbi Yaakov Steinberg zt”l, beloved Maggid Shiur, passed away suddenly at just 44 years old. Now, his *eight young children are left without a father — and their mother is struggling to provide even the most basic needs. *There’s no food in the house, no stability, no hope for tomorrow. […]
Edan Alexander, the 21-year-old U.S.-Israeli IDF soldier freed after 584 days in Hamas captivity through a Trump-brokered deal, delivered a remote acceptance speech for the Fox Nation Patriot Awards’ Honor Award. He thanked Trump for securing his release, saying, “Serving Israel and standing for America remains the greatest privilege of my life.”
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the Department of War conducted a lethal strike on a vessel operated by a “designated terrorist organization” in the Caribbean. The vessel, which was trafficking narcotics, was targeted in international waters. Three male narco-terrorists aboard were killed, and no U.S. forces were harmed in the operation.
The IDF says troops foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons from Egypt into Israel using a drone this morning. Soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras spotted the drone crossing the border, and troops from the Paran Regional Brigade shot it down. According to the IDF, the drone was carrying three assault rifles, which were handed over to […]
The military says IDF troops shot and killed two Palestinians last night after they threw Molotov cocktails at a highway near Ramallah in the West Bank.
Four individuals were taken into custody Thursday night after demonstrators interrupted a performance by the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris, French officials said. The disturbance, which took place at La Philharmonie concert hall in northern Paris, involved protesters lighting flares and shouting pro-Palestinian slogans. Videos shared on social media showed members of the audience and […]
