Articles by May, 2025

The battle against one of Israel’s largest wildfires resumed Thursday morning as 126 firefighting teams continue to combat massive blazes in the Judean Hills and Plains. The fire, which erupted Wednesday morning and rapidly spread due to high winds and dry conditions, has scorched approximately 20,000 dunams, according to the Jewish National Fund (JNF)

Ten days after the first ballistic missile was launched from Yemen toward northern Israel, the Houthis launched another missile at the country. Shortly after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued a warning about a potential launch from Yemen, rocket and missile alarms were activated across large parts of northern Israel

Captain Noam Ravid, 23, from Shaare Tikva, and Sergeant Yahli Sharor, 20, from Omer, were killed on Saturday during an IDF operation in Rafah. The two soldiers, members of the elite Yahalam unit of the Combat Engineering Corps, were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated while they were clearing a booby-trapped shaft

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Tuesday evening that Israel knows for certain that 21 hostages held by Hamas are alive, while the fate of three others remains in serious doubt. His statement followed mounting pressure on the government after U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli media outlets suggested the actual number of living captives may be lower than previously stated

The Tel Aviv Labor Court issued a decisive ruling on Tuesday, ordering teachers and kindergarten teachers across the country to "immediately return to regular, full and proper work" and to cease any further disruptions — including the coordinated use of sick leave as a form of protest

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announced plans to lay off approximately 2,900 employees — about 8% of its global workforce — by 2027 as part of a sweeping cost-cutting strategy to boost profitability. The move is part of the company’s goal to achieve a 30% operating profit margin by 2027

Yonatan Urich, a senior advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was arrested late Wednesday night for a second time in the unfolding Qatar influence affair, as suspicions mount over improper ties between Israeli officials and foreign interests

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Friday that it successfully intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen using its Arrow defense system. The missile was aimed at Israel’s central region, triggering air raid sirens across several communities in the Shephelah and central Israel

Two Israeli soldiers were killed on Thursday in separate incidents in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, as ground operations resumed following the collapse of the ceasefire with Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that Sergeant Yishai Elyakim Orbach, 20, from Zichron Yaakov, and Sergeant Yam Fried, 21, from Selait, lost their lives in explosions that occurred during combat operations

Amid ongoing concerns over the expansion of Israel’s military conflicts, global credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings announced Friday that it is maintaining Israel’s sovereign credit rating at 'A', while keeping its negative outlook in place