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Category: Capital Market
The International Monetary Fund updates the Israeli GDP growth forecast downwards - to 1.6%. This is the first official forecast of the fund after the outbreak of the war, when the forecast on the eve of the war was for growth of 3.1% in 2024
May 18, 2025
Category: Hitech
Tragedy struck the Israeli diplomatic community early Thursday morning when two staff members from the Israeli Embassy in Washington, Yaron Lisinski and Sarah Milgrim, were murdered in a shooting attack near the Jewish Museum in the U.S. capital. The two, a couple who were soon to be engaged in Jerusalem, were gunned down as they exited an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee (AJC)
May 22, 2025
Category: Government
Tens of thousands of displaced Gazans stormed a humanitarian aid facility in the Muassi area on Tuesday morning, overwhelming the center and taking all available food supplies. The facility, established by Israel in collaboration with a private American organization, was part of a controversial new aid distribution plan aimed at consolidating humanitarian operations in southern Gaza
May 27, 2025
Category: Financial
Retail giant Shufersal reported a notable decline in sales for the first quarter of 2025, despite seasonal tailwinds from the Passover holiday and widespread price hikes in the retail sector. However, the company managed to post a sharp rise in profitability, reflecting deep cost-cutting and operational efficiency improvements
May 28, 2025
Category: Financial
Fashion group Castro released its first-quarter financial results for 2025, revealing a sharp decline in net profit to just NIS 138,000, down from NIS 3.9 million in the same quarter last year — despite a notable 8.3% increase in revenue, which reached NIS 471 million
May 29, 2025
Category: Hitech
eBay is planning to cease all operations in Israel by the first quarter of 2026, Calcalist has learned. The company notified its employees of the decision this morning, marking the final chapter for eBay's research and development center in Netanya, which currently employs over 200 people
May 29, 2025
Category: Government
David Libi, a 19-year-old from the Hava Mitzpe Michal outpost in the West Bank, was killed on Thursday after stepping on an explosive device in the northern Gaza Strip. Libi, an engineering equipment operator working for the Ministry of Defense through a private contractor, is the third non-enlisted civilian contractor to die in Gaza since the start of the war
May 29, 2025
Category: Hitech
Despite international criticism and the ongoing war in Gaza, Israel achieved a historic milestone in 2024, recording $14.8 billion in defense exports — the highest in the country’s history. This marks the fourth consecutive year of record-breaking arms exports, according to data released by the Defense Export Division (SIBAT) of the Israeli Ministry of Defense
Jun 4, 2025
Category: Government
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes this evening on Hezbollah-linked targets in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, and a known stronghold of the terrorist organization. The military said the strikes targeted underground drone production infrastructure situated within civilian residential areas
Jun 5, 2025
Category: Government
In a rare and strongly worded joint statement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday warned of an "increased threat environment" targeting Israelis and Jews within the United States. The warning comes in the wake of two recent terrorist attacks on U.S. soil—one in Boulder, Colorado, and another in Washington, D.C.—that have heightened fears of escalating antisemitic violence fueled by global tensions over the war in Gaza
Jun 6, 2025
