Articles by June, 2025

In a significant escalation overnight, Iran launched a heavy barrage of missiles toward Israel in retaliation for a reported American strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility. At least 18 people have been injured in the attacks, including one moderately injured in Be'er Yaakov and several suffering from anxiety

The planned 12% hike in public transportation fares, scheduled for July 1, has been postponed by six months, keeping the cost of a standard city trip at NIS 8 instead of rising to NIS 9. Despite the delay, public transit users have already experienced a 45% increase in fares over the past year—without any notable improvement in service

Amid escalating tensions and active military conflict between Israel and Iran, the world’s largest investment bank, JPMorgan Chase, has significantly downgraded its growth forecast for Israel’s economy in 2024. In a newly published report, the bank revised its projection downward by 1.2 percentage points, to just 2%, citing the economic impact of the war

New Zealand-based accounting software giant Xero has announced the acquisition of Israeli fintech startup Melio in a landmark deal valued at $2.5 billion, marking one of the largest acquisitions of an Israeli company in 2025. The move is aimed at accelerating Xero's expansion into the competitive U.S. small business payments market

The Home Front Command officially announced Tuesday evening the cancellation of all civilian restrictions imposed since the beginning of Operation "Am Kalavi" nearly two weeks ago. This follows the ceasefire agreement with Iran that came into effect earlier today

Seven soldiers from the IDF’s Combat Engineering Corps were killed and one seriously wounded in two separate but closely timed incidents Tuesday night in the heart of Khan Yunis. The attacks, occurring less than an hour apart, are among the deadliest suffered by the IDF in recent weeks as Operation "Gideon's Chariots" continues against Hamas forces entrenched in Gaza

As Israeli airstrikes rocked Tehran in a dramatic escalation of the long-standing conflict with Iran, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) moved swiftly into high alert, launching a full-scale counter-terrorism and cyber defense effort in anticipation of Iranian revenge attacks

The Chief prosecuter decided to prosecute Knesset Member David Bittan from the Likud. The suspicion lists nine cases and attributes him to receiving a cumulative amount of more than NIS 900,000, money laundering and breach of trust. Bribes of NIS 513,000 from a contracting company, benefits in the amount of NIS 285,000 from a real estate venture and a request to receive NIS 10,000 in exchange for coordinating a meeting with the CEO of the water corporation in Rishon Lezion. These are the main suspicions that will be brought in the indictment that depends on a hearing to be held. It is...