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Knesset to vote on 2026 State Budget

Members of the Knesset are set to vote today on the updated 2026 state budget in its second and third readings-almost at the last moment allowed by law. If the budget does not pass, the Knesset will automatically dissolve, triggering elections.

Knesset to vote on 2026 State Budget

“E-3 aircraft torn in two"

Footage circulates of destruction at US Base: “E-3 aircraft torn in two"

Images showing the destruction from an Iranian attack on the Prince Sultan Air Base have been circulating on social media.

Footage circulates of destruction at US Base: “E-3 aircraft torn in two"

Hermon

Troops march through snowy Hermon to prevent Hezbollah foothold

IDF troops from the Alpinist Unit completed a targeted operation to thwart attempts by terrorist organizations to establish a foothold along the Lebanon border.

Troops march through snowy Hermon to prevent Hezbollah foothold

Attacks in Iran:

Attacks in Iran: IDF destroys Iranian mobile command centers

Israeli Air Force completes widespread wave of strikes in Tehran, targeting command centers that relocated to mobile units after permanent facilities were destroyed.

Attacks in Iran: IDF destroys Iranian mobile command centers

Forecast

Forecast: Rain in most of the country

Rain is expected in most areas of the country and there is a slight risk of flooding in the Arava stream, the Judean Desert, and the Dead Sea.

Forecast: Rain in most of the country

Under cover of the war:

Turkey and Syria advance a trade route bypassing Israel

While the Strait of Hormuz is blocked, Ankara and Damascus try to exploit the fighting in Iran to divert the India-Europe trade corridor through their territory.

Turkey and Syria advance a trade route bypassing Israel

Amos Epstein, four of whose family members were murdered on October 7, has passed away

Epstein, a longtime member of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, lost his wife Bilha, his son-in-law Ofir Liebstein, head of the Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council, and his two grandchildren, Nitzan and Neta, in the massacre.

Amos Epstein, four of whose family members were murdered on October 7, has passed away

'Make Iran Great Again'

Iranian Crown Prince applauded at CPAC: 'Make Iran Great Again'

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah, receives thunderous applause at CPAC in Texas as he urges the US to press its military campaign to topple Iran's clerical regime and bring democracy.

Iranian Crown Prince applauded at CPAC: 'Make Iran Great Again'

Cleared for publication:

Cleared for publication: Sergeant Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz fell in southern Lebanon

Sergeant Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz from New Haven, Connecticut, fell during combat in southern Lebanon. Three IDF soldiers moderately injured.

Cleared for publication: Sergeant Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz fell in southern Lebanon

After campuses bombed

IRGC threatens US universities in Gulf after Iranian campuses bombed

Iranian Revolutionary Guard threatens retaliation against US universities in the Middle East following US-Israeli strikes that it claimed damaged two Iranian universities.

IRGC threatens US universities in Gulf after Iranian campuses bombed

Britain:

Britain: Man arrested after car plows into pedestrians in Derby

Man in his 30s arrested after a black Suzuki Swift strikes multiple pedestrians in Derby city center, injuring several.

Britain: Man arrested after car plows into pedestrians in Derby

Report:

Report: Pentagon preparing for weeks-long ground missions in Iran

The Washington Post reports that the Pentagon is preparing for possible limited ground operations in Iran involving Special Operations and infantry raids, as thousands of US soldiers and Marines arrive in the Middle East.

Report: Pentagon preparing for weeks-long ground missions in Iran

Eisenkot clarifies:

Eisenkot clarifies: I didn't leave Gantz to become Bennett's number 2

The chairman of the Yashar! party states in an interview with Channel 12 News that he is running for prime minister and has no intention of being Naftali Bennett's "number 2."

Eisenkot clarifies: I didn't leave Gantz to become Bennett's number 2

IDF hits 250+ Iran, Hezbollah targets in massive weekend offensive

IAF strikes across Iran and Lebanon target missile sites, UAVs, and Hezbollah infrastructure, as ground forces intensify operations and eliminate terrorists.

IDF hits 250+ Iran, Hezbollah targets in massive weekend offensive

IDF Chief of Staff orders investigation into clash with CNN

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir orders investigation into incident in which IDF soldiers violently clashed with a CNN crew, demanding findings and recommendations.

IDF Chief of Staff orders investigation into clash with CNN

Cluster missile fragment falls in attic

Sappers called to private home in Savyon after unexploded cluster missile fragment found in attic.

Cluster missile fragment falls in attic

Six-year-old falls into pot of boiling soup in Beitar Illit

Boy, six, suffers severe burns after falling into a pot of boiling soup at a synagogue in Beitar Illit.

Six-year-old falls into pot of boiling soup in Beitar Illit

IDF destroys home of terrorist who murdered SSGT Inbar Avraham Kav

Security forces demolish Shechem home of terrorist who rammed and killed Staff Sergeant Inbar Avraham Kav in Jit Junction terror attack last year.

IDF destroys home of terrorist who murdered SSGT Inbar Avraham Kav

Report: US running low on Tomahawk missiles

Reports say US fired over 850 Tomahawk missiles in first month of war against Iran, raising Pentagon concerns over rapidly shrinking stockpiles.

Report: US running low on Tomahawk missiles

IDF strikes Iranian naval HQ, expands Tehran offensive

Around 50 IAF jets hit Iran’s Marine Industries headquarters and multiple weapons facilities in Tehran, deepening damage to the regime’s military production and naval capabilities.

IDF strikes Iranian naval HQ, expands Tehran offensive

Bat Mitzvah Disaster:

Bat Mitzvah Disaster: 12-year-old Tamar killed at ski resort, sister injured

Tamar Haberfeld, 12, was killed when a bus rolled down a slope at a ski resort in eastern France.

Bat Mitzvah Disaster: 12-year-old Tamar killed at ski resort, sister injured

IDF eliminates senior Hezbollah communications operatives

IDF strikes dozens of Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure sites in southern Lebanon, eliminating two senior terrorists in Hezbollah’s Communications Unit.

IDF eliminates senior Hezbollah communications operatives

Extensive damage near Beit Shemesh following Iran missile strike

Iranian missile barrage causes damage in Eshtaol, along with light injuries to 13 people.

Extensive damage near Beit Shemesh following Iran missile strike

3 killed, 2 critically injured in Negev crash

A serious collision between three vehicles near the Nahal Yatir interchange left three men in their 30s dead. Two more men were evacuated in serious condition to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva.

3 killed, 2 critically injured in Negev crash

IDF eliminates Hezbollah 'journalist'

IDF eliminates Hezbollah Radwan Force terrorist Ali Hassan Shaib, who operated for years under the guise of a journalist.

IDF eliminates Hezbollah 'journalist'

Footage from the cockpit:

Footage from the cockpit: US refueling plane and Israeli fighter planes

Special footage from Iran's skies shows US and Israeli planes refuel together midair.

Footage from the cockpit: US refueling plane and Israeli fighter planes

Two IDF officers injured in Lebanon

Two IDF officers severely injured, seven others moderately injured, as a result of Hezbllah fire in southern Lebanon,

Two IDF officers injured in Lebanon

13 injured near Beit Shemesh following launches from Iran

Vyacheslav Vidmant, 52, named as victim of Friday missile launch from Iran; 13 injured in missile strike near Beit Shemesh.

13 injured near Beit Shemesh following launches from Iran

Iran war

German Chancellor doubts success of US-Israel campaign against Iran

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz voices skepticism over whether the United States and Israel have a clear strategy to end the war with Iran.

German Chancellor doubts success of US-Israel campaign against Iran

Iranian hackers breach FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email

Iranian government-linked hackers breach FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email, leaking old photos and documents. The FBI confirms no government data was taken.

Iranian hackers breach FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email

Iranian cluster missile kills man in Tel Aviv

Man in his 60s killed by shrapnel from an Iranian cluster missile in Tel Aviv. Two others lightly injured from impact in central Israel. Two lightly injured from impact in southern Israel.

Iranian cluster missile kills man in Tel Aviv

IDF Chief:

IDF Chief in southern Lebanon: We will persist and remove the threat

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir tours southern Lebanon with top commanders, declares Israel is at a historic crossroads to change the security reality from Tehran to Beirut.

IDF Chief in southern Lebanon: We will persist and remove the threat

'Existential threat'

'Existential threat': IDF strikes Iran’s Arak heavy water and Yazd uranium plants

IAF strikes Iran’s heavy water plant in Arak and uranium extraction plant in Yazd. Arak, previously hit during Operation Rising Lion, targeted again after reconstruction attempts. Yazd processes raw materials essential for uranium enrichment.

'Existential threat': IDF strikes Iran’s Arak heavy water and Yazd uranium plants

Watch:

Watch: Shayetet 13 exposes weapon found in a school in southern Lebanon

In an operation to expand the security zone in southern Lebanon, Shayetet 13 forces raided a school in al-Khiyam and discovered hundreds of weapons, including anti-tank rockets, mines, and explosives.

Watch: Shayetet 13 exposes weapon found in a school in southern Lebanon

IDF:

Footage from activities of 401st Brigade in southern Lebanon

A Hezbollah terrorist emerged from an underground shaft and was eliminated in a close-quarters encounter

Footage from activities of 401st Brigade in southern Lebanon

Israeli man dies 48 hours before repatriation flight home

Molo Barhaya, 51, stranded in Ethiopia during Operation Roaring Lion, died after his medication ran out just days before a scheduled rescue flight to Israel.

Israeli man dies 48 hours before repatriation flight home

IDF spokesman:

IDF spokesman: If Lebanese government will not disarm Hezbollah - the IDF will

Defrin says Hezbollah violating ceasefire, rebuilding forces in southern Lebanon, as IDF strikes targets, and warns it will act if not disarmed

IDF spokesman: If Lebanese government will not disarm Hezbollah - the IDF will

Southern Lebanon

Hezbollah terror tunnel found on church grounds in southern Lebanon

IDF soldiers located an active Hezbollah tunnel shaft and an underground infrastructure constructed in the vicinity of a church in the area of Al-Khiyam.

Hezbollah terror tunnel found on church grounds in southern Lebanon

Fitch affirms Israel at 'A' with negative outlook

Fitch cites resilient economy and strong external finances, while warning geopolitical risks may impact growth, fiscal balance, and debt levels.

Fitch affirms Israel at 'A' with negative outlook

Undercover boss

Ben-Gvir goes undercover as prison guard in surprise visit

Disguised as a guard, Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir inspected a central prison, praised reforms, and announced plans to revise strip search procedures.

Ben-Gvir goes undercover as prison guard in surprise visit