At a glance
ZAKA volunteers conduct disaster training with IDF
Some 40 volunteer ZAKA Search and Rescue commanders from the United States, France, Guatemala, and Zimbabwe completed a DF Home Front Command search and rescue training course this week. The intensive simulation rescue training, particularly suitable for natural disasters, building collapses and other mass casualty incidents, included rescue and ...
Gaza Belt residents protest in Tel Aviv
Hundreds of residents of the Gaza Belt region protested at Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, August 18, against the ongoing rocket and arson attacks against communities in the south.
Sderot resident: We are invincible
Rabbi Dov Fendel, head of the Sderot Yeshiva, discusses life under fire on the Gaza border.
Right-wing group marches in Arab town
Several dozen activists from the far-Right Jewish Strength organization marched in the Israeli-Arab town of Umm al-Fahm Thursday. Some 400 policeman separated the marchers from local residents holding a counter demonstration.
Sderot under fire
Damage to car in Sderot by a rocket launched from Gaza. Sderot, Aug 9, 2018. Photo by Kobi Richter/TPS.
Boxing bronze
Israel’s Amit Madah (left) celebrates after winning a bronze medal Tuesday at the IFMA Youth Muaythai World Championships in Bangkok. Madah, a resident of the Druze village of Kisra-Sumei in the Galilee, progressed to the bout after his Iraqi opponent Mohammed Jalal refused to turn out for the quarterfinals.
Knesset debates Nation State Law
Th Knesset convened during its summer recess Wednesday to hold a special debate on the Nation-State Law.
A protestor holding up a copy of Israel’s Declaration of Independence
About 30 protestors held up copies of Israel's Declaration of Independence during a debate at the Knesset Wednesday on the Nation-State Law. The copies of the declaration were confiscated by Knesset security personnel and the demonstrators were forcibly removed.
Hellenistic-era golden earring discovered in City of David
Wednesday, the Israeli Antiquities Authority unveiled a Hellenistic-era golden earring, featuring ornamentation of a horned animal. It was discovered in the Givati Parking Lot in the City of David National Park encircling the Old City walls. The discovery was made during archeological digs carried out by the Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv ...
Possible explosive device found on Samaria road
A black package thought to be a roadside explosive device was discovered on a road near Nablus. Bomb squad units were alerted to the scene.
