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Liebke Schaffer, who was killed while rescuing an injured man during the 1948 War of Independence, finally found.

Iranian plans for a reprisal against Israel for attacks on its bases in Syria would not be part of a campaign but a one-time retaliatory revenge attack using Hezbollah militias and officers, according to Channel 10 Television.

The purpose of publishing this information is to signal that we see them. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will present this information to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week.

Chronicle of hostile events, threats, and moves that spiraled into the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1967.

Traffic on the westbound Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway is congested between the Ganei Sakharov intersection and Harel Interchange due to a vehicle that is stuck in a traffic lane.

Highway 35 has reopened in both directions between Nechusha and Kiryat Gat.

It was blocked due to a forest fire.

Survey shows Kulanu leader stands to lose votes in next election if he continues to oppose Overrule Clause.

The government is reconsidering the clause allowing the prime minister and the defense minister to declare war on their own without government approval, according to News 2.

Former Supreme Court Justice Salim Jubran has told a conference in his honor by the Haifa District of the Bar Association and the Ono Academic College, "I am very concerned about some of the politicians and their attack on the Supreme Court."

The comments have been made in the course of discussion about a proposal to let the Knesset override Supreme Court striking down of legislation. Jubran said, "They say that the Supreme [Court] justices are leftists, and one of them even said that he would come there with a D9 [bulldozer -ed]. This attack must stop. Everything that happens around the override clause harms democracy, harms human rights and harms the Arab minority in Israel."

Virginia Republicans are calling a Democratic nominee for Congress a "virulent anti-Semite".

'There's not such thing as a free lunch,' says Defense Min, following report US will ask Israel to withdraw from Jerusalem neighborhoods.

Iran will fire missiles at Israel from Syria, according to an appraisal by the Israel Defense Forces. This is a program Iran is currently working on in retaliation for Israeli action in Syria.

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The meeting of the diplomatic-security cabinet on the issue of tension on the northern border and the nuclear agreement with Iran has ended.

The meeting lasted about three and a half hours.

Waze has announced that malfunctions in company servers have been repaired.

The malfunctions caused disruptions to the navigation application.

Foreign Ministry receives enthusiastic responses: 'Digital embassy will promote productive, positive dialogue.'

Members of neo-Nazi gang in Argentina given terms ranging from 4.5 to 9.5 years in prison in unprecedented punishment for hate crimes.

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz is exploring the possibility of making day passes issued on Fridays valid on Saturday night, according to Member of Knesset Uri Maklev (United Torah Judaism).

Katz is responding to complaints relayed by Maklev from yeshiva students and their families about not getting the full benefit from them on Friday because of the onset of Shabbat. Katz is also looking into creating a discount for youngsters purchasing day passes to lighten the load on parents who have to make multiple trips with their children.

The Israel Police report a short while ago, three youths aged 16-17 from eastern Jerusalem were caught throwing Molotov cocktails near the Ma'aleh Adumim Road.

No injuries or damage were reported. The suspects were arrested and taken for questioning

Smoke rose from a train car in the Netanya area on Sunday. The source of the smoke was traced to the brakes of the car and not a fire.

No one was hurt. The Israel Railways said that "for safety reasons the passengers have been removed and the train will continue to travel. In any case, another train was dispatched to the place for the passengers."

The Waze navigation application has been disrupted by a malfunction in the company's servers.

The company is working to fix the problem.

California Republicans refuse to allow Patrick Little, who is dedicated to 'exposing Jewish control,' to participate in party convention.

Highway 35 has been blocked to traffic from Nechusha Junction to Kiryat Gat due to a forest fire.

Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was shot twice in the arm on Sunday evening at a meeting of his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Party.

Police arrested a suspect in his early twenties.

Italy's Elia Viviani has won the third part of the Giro d'Italia bicycle race held in Israel.

It's the last part of the Giro in Israel. The participants will continue the race in Italy.

Liebke Schaeffer, who was killed in the battles of Yad Mordechai during the War of Independence and whose burial place was unknown, was located after an intensive investigation by the branch for locating missing persons in the Israel Defense Forces casualties department.

Schaeffer fell during the battles to defend her kibbutz from Egyptian assault and shelling on the night of May 23-24, 1948, a few days after the declaration of the establishment of the state.

A senior Israeli official says the United States has not informed Israel if the president will retain or tear up the controversial 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded on Sunday to those who said last week that the intelligence Israel received on Iran's nuclear weapons development program was nothing new or showed the need for the 2015 agreement between the international community and the Islamic Republic.

Speaking to reporters, Netanyahu said, "Anyone who says there’s nothing new in the material we showed has not seen the material." He added, "And to those who say that this proves why you need the deal, I say that a deal that enables Iran to keep and hide all its nuclear weapons know-how, is a horrible deal."

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IDF seizes ax, bottles of gasoline from terrorists who attempted to infiltrate Israel from Gaza. 3 terrorists killed, 1 captured.

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz has signed and sent a new regulation to the Knesset Economics Committee, which eliminates the need to carry a driver's license and a vehicle license while driving.

Under the new regulation, a driver's license, identification or passport will suffice. According to Katz, the new regulation will save drivers from the need to issue double driving and vehicle licenses, and will assist the police in identifying drivers and enforcing traffic laws.

Montreal paper outs 32-year-old IT consultant as online recruiter for white supremacist movement.

Member of Knesset Benny Begin (Likud) has attacked the endorsement of the Ministerial Committee for Legislation of a proposal to allow the Knesset to override Supreme Court vetoes of legislation.

Interviewed by Israeli public radio, Begin said, "I will vote against this flawed bill. The Ministerial Committee on Legislation has turned itself into an arena of competition with extremism. It was a wildly political exercise."

Two southbound lanes of traffic on the Ayalon Highway (Route 20) have reopened between the Rokach and Hashalom Interchanges.

The lanes were closed when the cargo fell off a truck.

A Jerusalem court convicts nine haredim for inflating the number of students studying at a yeshiva in order to obtain fraudulent benefits.

Rain and strong winds have been reported in the Be'er Sheva' area, according to the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation.

In Ofakim, a tree collapsed on a car. The driver was not injured.

The Israel Defense Forces said, Sunday afternoon, that a preliminary investigation of a failed infiltration attempt from Gaza indicates a squad of four terrorists arrived at the perimeter fence to infiltrate the territory and attempt to carry out hostile terrorist activity.

The squad was under surveillance by the IDF when it moved suspiciously and its members hit the fence and crossed it, and an IDF force arrived at the point and stormed the terrorists with fire from which three terrorists died. A bag that was found on one of the terrorists contained a camera, an axe, an oxygen mask, a wire cutter, and gloves. 2 petrol tanks were found next to another terrorist.

Highway 40 has reopened to traffic in both directions from Mitzpe Ramon to Tzichur Junction.

It was blocked earlier due to the Giro d'Italia bicycle race..

The Foreign Ministry launched, Sunday morning, a new Facebook page to create discourse and dialogue with residents of Iraq. The page, called "Israel in the Iraqi dialect," will serve as a kind of "digital embassy". The new page focuses on content related to the Iraqi audience, whether it is exciting stories about the large Jewish community living in Iraq which continues to exist in Israel, or points of similarity between Israeli culture and Iraqi culture, as well as presenting Israel's achievements and diversity to the Iraqis.

Foreign Ministry Director-General Yuval Rotem explained that "the digital embassy is intended to provide a response to the growing interest that the Arab world is showing in Israel. Social networks allow us to reach this audience - our neighbors - and present the true face of Israel, in a way that was not possible before. We chose to start in Iraq in light of the glorious history of Iraqi Jews in Israel, and the great interest that the local population has shown in Israel, especially in recent years. We saw this through sympathetic responses reaching our posts in the social networks from Baghdad and across Iraq."

"For years Amona residents have said Yesh Din is anti-Zionist group that makes cynical use of Israeli Court system."

Border Police arrested a 47-year-old Arab woman, Sunday afternoon at the Qalandiya crossing in northern Jerusalem, after a knife was found in her bag.

The Al-Eizariya resident is currently being questioned by the police.

The southbound Ayalon Highway is congested from the Rokach Interchange to the Hashalom Interchange.