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The IDF says a drone strike in southern Lebanon last night killed Hezbollah terrorist Muhammad Ali Shuweikh near the village of Mansouri, identifying him as the terror group’s local representative who coordinated with residents on economic and military matters.

Israel Police and the Knesset Guard have upgraded security for Degel HaTorah MKs Yaakov Asher and Moshe Gafni to Level 4—the second-highest tier—following extremist protests over the draft law, rising violence, and new intelligence warning of possible physical attacks.

The special team investigating the Sde Teiman affair achieved a breakthrough in the investigation on Monday, Yisrael Hayom reported. According to the report, the investigative team managed to recover data from the mobile phone of disgraced ex-Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, despite the phone having been submerged in seawater for five days. Sources familiar with […]

A senior figure on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team is facing intense backlash after a series of social-media posts surfaced showing him using anti-Jewish slurs, praising Israel’s enemies, and directing vitriol toward Jewish public figures. Hassaan Chaudhary — listed on LinkedIn as political director for Mamdani’s transition and inaugural committee — repeatedly used the word […]

The German government announced Monday that it will lift the partial arms embargo it imposed on Israel next week, after high-level diplomatic talks between senior Israeli and German officials. Berlin’s announcement came after a conversation between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday and after Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar met with […]

A Sefer Torah completed at the Kinnus Hashluchim in memory of Rav Moshe Kotlarsky Z”L, the longtime Vice Chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch.

GOP Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) is amplifying a new conspiracy theory about the 2024 attempted assassination of Donald Trump, claiming that the gunman was “programmed” by a secret intelligence operation. The Tennessee Republican laid out the theory during an appearance on MAGA influencer Benny Johnson’s podcast Friday, saying he believed 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who […]

A Canadian-Israeli woman says she was barred from listing Israel as her birthplace on her Canadian passport application — a move her lawyer calls a “serious legal, administrative, and human rights concern” tied to the Canadian government’s recent recognition of a Palestinian state. The woman, who publicly shared her experience on X, said a Passport […]

The Trump administration is facing questions about its latest wave of pardons after the Justice Department this week replaced seven clemency documents bearing nearly identical copies of Donald Trump’s signature with revised versions featuring visibly different signatures. The changes came after online observers noticed that the signatures on pardons issued November 7 — including those […]

The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal for the Trump administration’s intentions in South America as it conducts military strikes against vessels suspected of transporting drugs. The arrival of […]

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) is amplifying a new conspiracy theory about the 2024 attempted assassination of Donald Trump, claiming that the gunman was “programmed” by a secret intelligence operation. The Tennessee Republican laid out the theory during an appearance on MAGA influencer Benny Johnson’s podcast Friday, saying he believed 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who opened […]

Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro stunned observers this weekend after launching into an off-key rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine” — a surreal, almost pleading performance delivered as the United States intensifies military preparations and considers direct strikes against his regime. The bizarre moment, captured on state television, shows Maduro addressing supporters about what he called a […]