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7+ min ago (48+ words) IDF continues to combat the terror tunnels in the Israeli-controlled area in southern Gaza, eliminating over 40 terrorists who were hiding underground over the past week alone. New footage: IDF troops hunt down terrorists in eastern Rafah New footage: IDF troops hunt down terrorists in eastern Rafah...

7+ min ago (175+ words) IDF continues to combat the terror tunnels in the Israeli-controlled area in southern Gaza, eliminating over 40 terrorists who were hiding underground over the past week alone. New footage: IDF troops hunt down terrorists in eastern Rafah IDF continues to combat the terror tunnels in the Israeli-controlled area in southern Gaza, eliminating over 40 terrorists who were hiding underground over the past week alone. Over the past 40 days, IDF troops, led by the Nahal and Golani Brigades, Yahalom soldiers, and under the command of the Gaza Division, have been working in a concerted effort to destroy the tunnel system in the eastern Rafah area. According to an IDF statement, over the past week alone, over 40 terrorists have been eliminated in the area of the underground network, and the escape routes for terrorists attempting to leave the tunnels have been blocked. In addition,…...

16+ min ago (493+ words) Request submitted weeks after Donald Trump called on Isaac Herzog to pardon Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's president for a pardon for bribery and fraud charges and an end to a five-year corruption trial, arguing that it would be in the "public interest. Isaac Herzog's office acknowledged receipt of the 111-page submission from the prime minister's lawyer, and said it had been passed on to the pardons department in the ministry of justice. The president's legal adviser would also formulate an opinion before Herzog made a decision, it added. "The office of the president is aware that this is an extraordinary request which carries with it significant implications, a statement from his office said. "After receiving all of the relevant opinions, the president will responsibly and sincerely consider the request. The submission on Sunday comes weeks after…...

26+ min ago (46+ words) A tense exchange erupted after captivity survivor Elizabeth Tsurkov accused Channel 12 of whitewashing the killing of two Gaza youths, prompting Amit Segal to fire back with sharp personal attacks on her record. 'Go to Gaza' | Segal fires back after former captive criticizes Gaza coverage...

26+ min ago (366+ words) A fierce argument broke out over the past day on X (formerly Twitter) between Elizabeth Tsurkov, who survived captivity in Iraq, and Israeli political pundit Amit Segal, after the former published a post criticizing Channel 12's coverage of the elimination of two suspicious individuals in the southern Gaza Strip. Channel 12 reported the incident, writing: "The Air Force this morning eliminated two suspects in the southern Gaza Strip who crossed the yellow line, conducted suspicious activities on the ground, and approached troops." At the same time, Arab sources reported that the two individuals who were killed were children, aged 10 and 12. Tsurkov, who was taken hostage by the Kta'ib Hezbollah terror group in Baghdad in March 2023 and released in September 2025, shared a translation of the wording of the report and wrote: "How Israeli Ch 12 reported on the killing of 10 and 12-year-old boys…...

28+ min ago (37+ words) Dr. Yolanda Yavor, Tel Aviv University professor arrested for posting incitement online, has thousands of followers, knows 'very well' the meaning of what she wrote, police representatives says. Police stress: TAU professor published 'violent, dangerous, inciting post'...

28+ min ago (211+ words) Israel Police on Sunday requested to extend the arrest of a professor who posted incitement online by an additional five days. Dr. Yolanda Yavor was arrested following an inciting post she published, for which the police attribute her with the offense of "publishing praise, sympathy, or encouragement for acts of terrorism." On Saturday, the Haifa Magistrate's Court extended Dr. Yavor's detention by a single day. She also wrote: "You don't topple a dictatorship at the ballot box," "Netanyahu is a traitor," and, "We're coming to get you." In her decision Saturday, the judge wrote that "there is indeed suspicion of a call for violence." She noted that Yavor cooperated in the investigation, and even though she believed her words did not express a direct incitement to violence, she concluded that there was a basis for detention due to the danger…...

45+ min ago (1008+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 786 Dror Or, a devoted father and husband from Kibbutz Be'eri who was murdered on October 7, 2023, was buried on Sunday morning, more than two years after his body was abducted to the Gaza Strip. Or, whose body was released to Israel last Tuesday under the terms of the ceasefire with Hamas, was buried alongside his wife, Yonat Or, who was also murdered by Hamas terrorists in the October 7 onslaught that sparked the war in Gaza. Elad, Or's older brother, said in his eulogy that he would never be able to comprehend the enormity of the tragedy. "I will never in my life really understand how this could have happened to you and to Yonat " how you were attacked like that in your beautiful home, with such terrible evil," he said. "And how you somehow managed to tell…...

47+ min ago (94+ words) [Pope Leo XIV disembarks the papal plane upon arrival at Rafic Hariri International Airport, during his first apostolic journey, in Beirut, Lebanon, November 30, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Yara Nardi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)]Pope Leo XIV begins a three-day visit to Lebanon, meeting leaders, touring five cities, and honoring victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion. Pope Leo XIV lands in Beirut during first Middle East visit Pope Leo XIV begins a three-day visit to Lebanon, meeting leaders, touring five cities, and honoring victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion....

1+ hour, 15+ min ago (113+ words) [Pope Leo XIV greets Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Maronite Church, cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi during an audience at the Apostolic Palace on October 18, 2025; illustrative. (photo credit: Mario - Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)]Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi urged Hezbollah to break from Iran and give its weapons to the Lebanese Army, calling diplomacy the only path to avoid another war. Maronite Patriarch: Hezbollah needs to 'free itself from Iran, disarm,' denounces Israeli strikes Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi urged Hezbollah to break from Iran and give its weapons to the Lebanese Army, calling diplomacy the only path to avoid another war....