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Jerusalem Post

Israeli-backed Palestinian militia says it killed two Hamas operatives in southern Gaza

The militia shared a photo that it said depicted one of the slain men.

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Jerusalem Post

Israeli-backed Palestinian militia says it killed two Hamas operatives in southern Gaza

Jerusalem Post

As 2026 begins, AI boom pushes Israeli tech salaries toward NIS 40,000

Despite global uncertainty and ongoing market turbulence, the local tech market has managed to maintain stability while continuing to grow.

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Jerusalem Post

As 2026 begins, AI boom pushes Israeli tech salaries toward NIS 40,000

Jerusalem Post

Popular Israeli singer Yehoram Gaon marries partner Ella Lusa at age 86

The couple reportedly first met on Facebook, after Lusa sent Gaon a message as a fan of his work. The two began talking on Skype, eventually met in person, and started dating.

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Jerusalem Post

Popular Israeli singer Yehoram Gaon marries partner Ella Lusa at age 86

Jerusalem Post

Israeli protest leaders to join forces with Democrats in next election, Yair Golan announces

Golan confirmed that the new party members will be Moshe Radman, Moran Michel, Danny Elgarat, Hadas Ragolsky, Gaby Lasky, Ami Dror, Lee Hoffman, Kati Piasecki, Rotem Sivan, and Tomer Avital.

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Jerusalem Post

Israeli protest leaders to join forces with Democrats in next election, Yair Golan announces

Haaretz

Key anti-Netanyahu protest activists join Israeli center-left Democrats' primary

Among those who announced their intention to join Yair Golan's party are protest leaders Moshe Radman and Danny Elgart, the brother of Itzik Elgart, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and murdered in captivity

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Haaretz

Key anti-Netanyahu protest activists join Israeli center-left Democrats' primary

Haaretz

From Macron to OpenAI's Sam Altman: An Iranian hack opened an Israeli intelligence gold mine

An Iranian-backed hack-and-leak operation that compromised the phones of figures including former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Prime Minister Netanyahu's chief of staff allowed hackers to extract contact lists containing Israeli security officials and world leaders, raising fears of surveillance ...

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Haaretz

From Macron to OpenAI's Sam Altman: An Iranian hack opened an Israeli intelligence gold mine

Haaretz

Israeli President Herzog bagged his confidant a job on right-wing Greek election campaign

Haaretz has learned that the company of Moti Sander worked on online influence operations for the Greek ruling party New Democracy's 2023 election campaign through Herzog's connections. Sander has since fallen out with the president and threatened to expose alleged understandings between Herzog and Netanyahu ...

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Haaretz

Israeli President Herzog bagged his confidant a job on right-wing Greek election campaign

Haaretz

Gaza reports: Search for deceased Israeli hostage Ran Gvili renewed

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Haaretz

Gaza reports: Search for deceased Israeli hostage Ran Gvili renewed

Haaretz

Israeli State comptroller: Over half of Israel's hospital beds unprotected against missile attacks

Differentials in rates of protection are especially large in the country's periphery, even though hospitals there are closer to the border and provide the first line of care to security forces and civilians caught up in war

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Haaretz

Israeli State comptroller: Over half of Israel's hospital beds unprotected against missile attacks

Haaretz

Haaretz's Bar Peleg among four Israeli reporters honored for journalistic excellence

The 2025 Award for Journalistic Excellence, granted by the Israel Press Institute, totals 60,000 shekels (about $16,000) and will be divided among the four recipients, Bar Peleg, Roni Singer, Yossi Mizrahi and Doron Kadosh

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Haaretz

Haaretz's Bar Peleg among four Israeli reporters honored for journalistic excellence

Times of Israel

After Venezuela raid, protest-hit Iran wary of possible US plot against its rulers

Expert warns Washington should be careful if thinking to carry out similar attack, with IRGC capable of strong response, and Tehran still in possession of nuclear material The post After Venezuela raid, protest-hit Iran wary of possible US plot against its rulers appeared first on The Times of Israel. ...

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After Venezuela raid, protest-hit Iran wary of possible US plot against its rulers

Times of Israel

Iran executes another man accused of spying for Israel, as protests roil country

Iranian judiciary's media outlet says Ali Ardestani committed 'espionage in favor of the Mossad intelligence service'; he's at least the 12th person executed since June war The post Iran executes another man accused of spying for Israel, as protests roil country appeared first on The Times of Israel. ...

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Iran executes another man accused of spying for Israel, as protests roil country

Jerusalem Post

Iran's Crown Prince calls for coordinated protests at end of week as regime forces reportedly flee

Separately, several Iranian Kurdish opposition parties issued a joint statement urging a general strike also on Thursday to support the protests.

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Iran's Crown Prince calls for coordinated protests at end of week as regime forces reportedly flee

Jerusalem Post

Iran opens door to preemptive strikes on Israel, US as response to nationwide protests

Iran's National Defense Council issued a statement that warned that any encroachment on its security or national integrity would be met with an “appropriate, targeted, and decisive response.

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Iran opens door to preemptive strikes on Israel, US as response to nationwide protests

Jerusalem Post

Iran protests: Death toll hits 36, Islamic Republic executes man accused of spying for Israel

Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people it has accused of having links with Israel's intelligence service and facilitating its operations in the country.

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Iran protests: Death toll hits 36, Islamic Republic executes man accused of spying for Israel

Jerusalem Post

'Pahlavi power' is the future of post-Islamic Republic Iran - editorial

The people of Iran are no longer whispering the name Pahlavi. They are shouting it.

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'Pahlavi power' is the future of post-Islamic Republic Iran - editorial

Haaretz

Iran hints at preemptive strike on Israel if it sees 'indications of threats'

Iranian officials told the New York Times that the regime has fewer tools at their disposal to deal with the worsening economic situation, which is fueling the protests, or the threat of further conflict with Israel and the United States

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Iran hints at preemptive strike on Israel if it sees 'indications of threats'

Haaretz

Netanyahu says he endorses regime change in Iran, but it's the last thing he really wants

As Israelis enter an election year just months after Trump forced his hand to end the Gaza war, Netanyahu will want to distract voters by maintaining all the remaining fronts he can

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Netanyahu says he endorses regime change in Iran, but it's the last thing he really wants

Haaretz

Likud party expands boycott against Channel 12, fueled by pro-Netanyahu Channel 14

Likud officials have accused the channel of harming IDF reservists after it leaked footage of a Palestinian detainee being abused at Sde Teiman detention center. The boycott is amplified by Channel 14, whose broadcasts have called for 'total annihilation' in Gaza. The channel says 95 percent of Likud ...

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Likud party expands boycott against Channel 12, fueled by pro-Netanyahu Channel 14

Haaretz

Netanyahu camp is ready for an election as Israel's divided opposition makes the same old mistakes

Prominent activists from Israel's protest movement have joined Yair Golan's Democrats party, making it more difficult for Gadi Eisenkot and Yair Lapid to unite with him in the upcoming election. Meanwhile, the situation with the Arab parties is very much still up in the air

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Netanyahu camp is ready for an election as Israel's divided opposition makes the same old mistakes

Haaretz

Arab party leaders call to form joint list, oust Netanyahu 'with our own hands'

United Arab List leader Mansour Abbas said the Arab parties 'need to stand up courageously and admit our mistakes.' Hadash-Ta'al chairman Ayman Odeh said the fight against Netanyahu 'must be one of all citizens about the way we want to live in a democratic society'

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Arab party leaders call to form joint list, oust Netanyahu 'with our own hands'

Haaretz

Should Israel's opposition call Netanyahu a 'traitor'?

The words 'treason,' 'betrayal' and 'traitor' are being lobbed at the Israeli prime minister amid new developments in the Qatargate scandal. But referring to politicians as traitors in Israel has a deadly history

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Should Israel's opposition call Netanyahu a 'traitor'?

Times of Israel

Daily Briefing Jan. 7: Day 824 – Chaos and death at a Haredi anti-IDF protest

Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses the tragic end of a raucous, extreme demonstration in Jerusalem against military conscription of the ultra-Orthodox The post Daily Briefing Jan. 7: Day 824 – Chaos and death at a Haredi anti-IDF protest appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Daily Briefing Jan. 7: Day 824 – Chaos and death at a Haredi anti-IDF protest

Times of Israel

Yemen anti-Houthi council expels separatist leader as he faces treason charges

Southern Transitional Council chief Aidarous al-Zubaidi didn't board plane to Saudi Arabia with other official for talks, now said to have 'fled to an unknown location' The post Yemen anti-Houthi council expels separatist leader as he faces treason charges appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Yemen anti-Houthi council expels separatist leader as he faces treason charges

Haaretz

Four arrested as anti-government protesters block road near Israel's Supreme Court

The demonstrators are protesting against far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich, who last week said Supreme Court President Isaac Amit is a 'violent, ruthless, megalomaniac,' adding that he would be 'run over'

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Four arrested as anti-government protesters block road near Israel's Supreme Court

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Actor Proposes Casting Anti-Israel Star Melissa Barrera to Replace Gal Gadot in Next 'Wonder Woman' Film

Canadian actor Simu Liu said he thinks Mexican actress Melissa Barrera, his costar on "The Copenhagen Test," would be a...

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Actor Proposes Casting Anti-Israel Star Melissa Barrera to Replace Gal Gadot in Next 'Wonder Woman' Film

Haaretz

Police probe bus driver after fatal protest ramming, retracting murder accusation

An initial police probe found that the driver, an East Jerusalem resident, was attacked by protesters before running over and killing a Haredi teen. Likud MKs labeled the incident a murder, with one calling it 'a clear terror attack'

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Police probe bus driver after fatal protest ramming, retracting murder accusation

Times of Israel

Three men gunned down in Shfaram, taking toll in Arab community to 11 in a week

Police suspect victims slain as part of ongoing war between crime families; hours earlier, medical student shot dead in feud between Bedouin families in Negev The post Three men gunned down in Shfaram, taking toll in Arab community to 11 in a week appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Three men gunned down in Shfaram, taking toll in Arab community to 11 in a week

Haaretz

Triple homicide in Arab city in northern Israel: Three men shot dead

Police suspect the three men were shot dead amid a dispute between two local crime groups in northern Israel. Emergency services said the victims were around 50. Nine of the year's 10 homicide victims are Arab Israelis

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Triple homicide in Arab city in northern Israel: Three men shot dead

Haaretz

'Crude and illegitimate': Arab lawmaker calls for police spokesperson to be investigated over TV interview row

Lawmaker Ahmad Tibi responded to the police's call to consider opening an investigation into him for calling the police spokesperson a 'nobody' and a 'punk' in a Monday televised interview

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'Crude and illegitimate': Arab lawmaker calls for police spokesperson to be investigated over TV interview row