Amid inconceivable sorrow, rabbis strive to create a gate to heaven
Rabbi Bentzi Mann had never seen a dead body in his life before Oct. 8. Within 15 minutes of his arrival at the IDF’s Shura Base, he found himself holding one, covered in blood.
Comforting the families of terror victims in Israel has never been more urgent
It’s never easy to leave home, especially not when home is Israel, and home is a country at war. When I leave, I leave part of my heart behind.
A New School Year, A New Beginning: The Story of Achiyah Zanilman
Today was the first day of school in Jerusalem and was marked by a heartfelt moment as Mayor Moshe Lion, Mayor of Jerusalem, accompanied young Achiyah Zanilman to Neve Etzion School for his first day of first grade.
The Israeli imperative to destroy myths, not just missiles
Most sane analysts understand that Hamas and Hezbollah are Iran-backed terrorist organizations whose military capabilities have to be countered. But illusions about the P.A. remain dangerously intact.
After years of neglect, Israel ‘returns to territorial-defense concept’
A new Defense Ministry pilot for the South includes fortified physical barriers and rapid-response teams.
Oct. 7 hero saved dozens at Nova festival, now rehabilitates combat soldiers
Lt. (res.) Skariszewski raced south to the rave party near Kibbutz Re’im, confronted Hamas terrorists, and guided more than 100 attendees to safety.
Sinwar using hostages to ‘drive a wedge through Israeli society’
The Hamas chief does not want to allow hostages who are alive out of his reach “since it is the one guarantee for his survival,” expert tells JNS.
Erdan blasts UN in a fiery Tisha B’av farewell: “Jerusalem will never fall again”
“But let me be clear, Jerusalem will never fall again. Jerusalem, united, Jerusalem will never fall again, no matter how many times our enemies attempt to destroy us, no matter how many times the UN slanders us and distorts reality, we will stay in our homeland and we will prevail.”
Green-lighting Starlink in Gaza could be start of strategic move
Israel seeks to balance security and humanitarian needs, and promote alternatives to Hamas rule.
UN condemns IDF attack on Jihad command room located in school
The IDF announced that it had verified the identities of a total of 31 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives killed in an airstrike on Saturday that targeted a school in Gaza City. The site had been identified as an “active” Hamas and Islamic Jihad command room, based out of a mosque in a school complex, in Gaza City.