Articles by September, 2025

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced Thursday morning that First Sergeant Chalchao Shimon Damlash, 21, from Beersheba, was killed yesterday (Wednesday) in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. Damlash, a soldier in the Nahal Brigade’s 932nd Battalion, was struck by sniper fire from a terrorist during operations near Gaza City. He is the 912th Israeli soldier to have fallen since the outbreak of the war on October 7

The Committee for Senior Civil Service Appointments on Thursday approved the nomination of Major General David Zini to serve as the next head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), despite sharp criticism from within Israel’s security establishment and concerns about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s role in the appointment process

Reports on Thursday evening that Microsoft had disconnected Israel’s elite intelligence Unit 8200 from its Azure cloud service sent shockwaves through the defense and tech communities. While the move appeared sudden, military sources suggested the IDF had already managed to withdraw sensitive data before the cutoff

At midnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, regulated fuel prices in Israel will be updated upward once again, reflecting continued pressure from global energy markets. The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure announced Monday that the maximum price of 95 octane unleaded gasoline at self-service pumps (including VAT) will climb by 7 agorot, reaching 7.23 shekels per liter