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4+ min ago (80+ words) [Palestinians shelter in tents on a rainy day in Gaza City, November 25, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa)]The people were under constant observation while inside Gaza, the IDF assured. The suspects were then handed over to the Israel Police for processing. Several Israelis attempt to cross into Gaza, escorted back to Israel by IDF The people were under constant observation while inside Gaza, the IDF assured. The suspects were then handed over to the Israel Police for processing....

18+ min ago (119+ words) [Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel, as she marches on a three-day journey from Kfar Saba to Jerusalem to protest the current outline of the haredi conscription bill. (photo credit: Alen Ben Heuster)]I couldn't just sit there and continue to argue and see they're not changing their minds," Haskel told the Post about the marathon discussions on the bill taking place in the Knesset. 80 km. on foot: Sharren Haskel's three-day march in protest of haredi draft bill - interview I couldn't just sit there and continue to argue and see they're not changing their minds," Haskel told the Post about the marathon discussions on the bill taking place in the Knesset....

19+ min ago (56+ words) Avi Marciano, the father of IDF lookout Noa Marciano, who was abducted from the shelter at the Nahal Oz outpost on October 7, recounts for the first time how his daughter was murdered in Hamas captivity. Shocking: Father of Noa Marciano reveals how she was murdered Shocking: Father of Noa Marciano reveals how she was murdered...

21+ min ago (174+ words) US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday evening that the appointment of a Gaza Peace Council will take place next year. Trump said the council would be composed of leaders of the world's most influential countries. He added that "everyone wants to be part of the council". When White House reporters asked, regarding the Gaza plan, when an announcement could be expected on the council's leadership structure, he replied that the move would take place early next year. According to Trump, the Gaza Peace Council will be "one of the most legendary councils ever." "We did not think of it at first", Trump said, "but it will be led by the most important countries. It was not planned this way. We thought we would receive very important people who do this sort of thing for…...

36+ min ago (571+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 796 Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent. President Isaac Herzog has been quietly convening consultations in recent months at the President's Residence in Jerusalem aimed at reaching an agreement for establishing a widely sought state commission of inquiry into the failures surrounding the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led massacre, Channel 12 reported on Wednesday, without citing any sources. The unsourced report alleged that the four representatives of the two forums " Yehoshua Shani and Menachem Klemenson of the Gvura Forum, and Eyal Eshel and Reut Hecht-Edri of the October Council " were required to sign confidentiality agreements barring them from disclosing the existence of the meetings or their contents. The group has been meeting once every two weeks, Channel 12 reported, and as recently as within the past month. Herzog has long insisted that the only correct way to probe…...

41+ min ago (1128+ words) Syrians who have rebuilt their lives abroad face uncertainty over their futures amid hardening of attitudes Tears of joy streamed down Abdulhkeem Alshater's face as he joined thousands of other Syrian nationals in central Vienna last year. The moment they were marking felt like a miracle: after more than five decades of brutality and repression, the Assad regime had fallen. In Austria, where Alshater had spent the past decade painstakingly rebuilding his life " learning German, upgrading his professional certifications and raising his family " the government said it had ordered a review of cases where asylum had been granted to Syrians and that a programme of "orderly repatriation and deportation" was being prepared. "It's alarming and disappointing," said Alshater, who heads the Free Syrian Community of Austria, a group that supports Syrian newcomers and helps them build bridges with Austrian officials…...

42+ min ago (42+ words) Real time news brief - Trump confirms: US seized oil tanker near Venezuela - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Trump confirms: US seized oil tanker near Venezuela Trump confirms: US seized oil tanker near Venezuela...

59+ min ago (167+ words) US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will announce the membership of Gaza's "Board of Peace" in early 2026, adding it will include world leaders. "It will be one of the most legendary boards ever," he said, noting it will be made up of "heads of the most important countries in the world - Kings, heads of state, and presidents - they all want to be on the 'Board of Peace.'" The remarks are a change from a report in Walla! earlier this week, which stated that Trump is expected to announce the establishment of the Board of Peace before Christmas. A senior State Department official told the Israeli website that the move comes amid "remarkable progress" in implementing the President's 20point plan for Gaza, with the White House preparing additional significant announcements in the weeks ahead. The Board of Peace, along…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago (78+ words) US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will announce the membership of Gaza's Board of Peace in early 2026, adding it will include world leaders."It will be one of the most legendary boards ever," he said. Trump will announce membership of Gaza's Board of Peace in early 2026 US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will announce the membership of Gaza's Board of Peace in early 2026, adding it will include world leaders....

1+ hour, 13+ min ago (37+ words) The point of the Torah is not that great people are saints who never do wrong. They are ordinary humans who are imperfect beings and capable of serious mistakes. From disaster to destiny From disaster to destiny...