Politics

The Peace Council’s top representative, Nickolay Mladenov, announced Thursday that recruitment has begun for a new Palestinian police force to operate inside Gaza, in what he described as a key step toward the Strip’s demilitarization

The bodies of two individuals trapped under rubble following a direct Iranian missile strike on a residential building in Haifa were recovered Monday night, according to Israel’s Fire and Rescue Services. Efforts are ongoing to locate two additional אנשים believed to be trapped at the scene

In a dramatic development less than six months before Israel’s next Knesset elections, the Director General of the Central Elections Committee, Orly Ades, has announced her resignation after 16 years in the role

Anti-government demonstrations were held Saturday evening at multiple locations across Israel, with protesters voicing criticism of the government, demanding a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 attacks, and warning against what organizers described as threats to democratic institutions

The Movement for Quality Government held a large demonstration Saturday evening at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, calling for the protection of Israel’s judicial system, equal military service obligations, and the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the failures surrounding the October 7 attacks

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that Capt. David Hazut, 21, a platoon commander in the 12th Battalion of the Golani Brigade, was killed during combat operations in southern Lebanon overnight

Israel's Knesset on Monday gave final approval to a new Basic Law declaring Torah study a fundamental value of the Jewish people and the State of Israel, in legislation that has sparked sharp political controversy amid the ongoing debate over military service for the ultra-Orthodox community