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The remains of Dror Or, 48, abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023, were returned to Israel on Tuesday after more than two years in the Gaza Strip. Or was murdered during the Hamas-led attack and later taken into Gaza by Islamic Jihad militants. He was located in the Nusayrat area in central Gaza, according to the organization

The Ministry of Finance on Tuesday published a draft order to double the tax exemption threshold on personal imports—from $75 to $150—a change expected to take effect within at least 21 days. According to the Tax Authority, the reform is projected to reduce state revenues by approximately NIS 1 billion per year

Negotiations in Cairo aimed at advancing the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire have reached a dead end, multiple sources involved in the talks told Haaretz. According to officials, both Israel and Hamas are unwilling to take the critical steps required for progress: a significant Israeli withdrawal on one side and Hamas’s surrender of weapons on the other

Large demonstrations took place across Israel on Saturday evening, calling for the return of the remaining abductees’ bodies from Gaza and demanding government accountability for the failures of October 7. Rallies were held in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Be’er Sheva, Jerusalem and numerous junctions nationwide

The Sheratsky family — Eyal, Nir, and Gil Sheratsky, owners of Ituran — will ring the opening bell at the NASDAQ Stock Exchange in honor of the 20th anniversary of Ituran’s IPO. Ituran was first listed on NASDAQ in November 2005

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich signed a late-night amendment on Tuesday allowing local authorities to raise property taxes (arnona) as they see fit in 2026, effectively abolishing the restrictions previously imposed by former Interior Minister Moshe Arbel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unexpectedly postponed a planned statement on the updated Haredi conscription bill on Tuesday evening, deepening the political storm surrounding what has become one of the most explosive issues confronting his coalition. The Prime Minister’s Office initially scheduled the address for 8:10 p.m., but minutes beforehand announced that “due to scheduling constraints,” it had been postponed. The delay came less than 24 hours after Netanyahu submitted his unprecedented request for presidential clemency to President Yitzhak Herzog

The IDF carried out an airstrike in Khan Yunis on Wednesday evening. Palestinian media reported that six people were killed, including two children, after a drone allegedly fired four missiles at a tent sheltering displaced families near the Kuwaiti Hospital

A panel of Supreme Court justices, headed by Court President Yitzhak Amit, ruled on Wednesday that the appointment of retired judge Yosef Ben Hamo—selected by Justice Minister Yariv Levin to oversee the investigation into the leak in the “Yemen Field” affair—was invalid due to significant flaws in the selection process. The affair is also widely associated with Defence Ministry legal adviser Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi