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Tonight at 2:00 (between Thursday, March 28, and Friday) the hands of the clock in Israel will be moved one hour forward, and the time will be 3:00. The summer time period will last until October 27, 2024, just two days after the end of the Tishrei holidays. Due to the switch to summer time, we will lose an hour of sleep tonight, and the sun will rise at a later time - but we will gain an additional hour of daylight.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with the head of the Mossad Dedi Barnea and the head of the Shin Bet Ronen Bar and approved delegations on their behalf to fly to Cairo in the coming days to continue negotiations for the release of the abductees with scope for further negotiations, the Prime Minister's Office said on Friday. organizations

The IDF spokesman said on Friday that Major seargent Alon Kudriashov, 21, from Modi'in, a fighter in the Agoz unit, a commando formation, was killed in battle in the southern Gaza Strip. He also added that six more fighters were seriously injured in the incident, and ten more with varying degrees of injury. The IDF spokesman emphasized: "The wounded were evacuated to receive medical treatment at a hospital, their families were informed."

In recent days, the Biden administration approved the transfer of fighter jets and "dumb bombs" to Israel at a total cost of billions of dollars, the Washington Post reported on Friday evening. According to the report, based on sources in the Pentagon and the US State Department, these are 25 F-35A aircraft and engines with a total value of $2.5 billion, as well as more than 2,300 MK84 and MK82 bombs weighing 900 and 225 kg respectively. According to the American newspaper, these are bombs that caused extensive damage to the Gazan population during the war

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation in a press conference held at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, amidst ongoing protests outside the Knesset and impending surgery later tonight. Netanyahu emphasized the critical timing of the calls for early elections amid the ongoing conflict, warning that such a move could paralyze Israel for months and benefit Hamas

Tragedy struck yesterday as Sergeant Nadav Cohen, a 20-year-old armored fighter from Haifa, was killed by an anti-tank missile in the southern Gaza Strip. Cohen, serving in the 77th Battalion of the 7th Brigade, became the 600th soldier to lose their life in the ongoing conflict and the 256th casualty in the ground operation in Gaza

The Revolutionary Guards have confirmed that seven of their members, including high-ranking officers, were killed in an attack in Damascus, which Israeli officials have acknowledged responsibility for. Among the casualties are the deputy commander of the Quds Force, Muhammad Reza Zahidi, and his deputy, along with five other officers

Tonight (Wednesday), four police officers were injured in a stampede and stabbing attack near Kochav Yair, close to the Tira intersection. Medical teams from Magen David Adom (MDA) provided treatment to the wounded, with one officer in serious condition and another in moderate condition. The assailant, identified as a 26-year-old resident of Tira, was shot dead by security personnel

The killing of seven aid workers in the Gaza Strip by the IDF was attributed to a lack of discipline among commanders in the field, rather than coordination problems between the army and humanitarian organizations, according to sources within the IDf

Four Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers tragically lost their lives in a skirmish with terrorists in the northern region of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. The soldiers, including Captain Ido Baruch, Sergeant Amitai Ibn Shoshan, Sergeant Rif Harush, and a senior sergeant from Kidar, were engaged in security operations when they encountered enemy forces