Researchers from Hadassah Medical Center caution that the link is not necessarily causal and may relate to trauma or extreme physical strain

The Israeli military said it removed the settlers, but they relocated the outpost further into the village. Harassment, theft and threats continued, culminating in one of the largest forced displacements in the West Bank since the Gaza war began

Zahia Jawda's sons say the street was quiet when a Border Police unit passed by her home; one of the officers fired a single shot, hitting her in the forehead, killing her

One of the only historians studying the Gaza Strip, Jean-Pierre Filiu, spent a month in the killing fields there, and documented everything

After a fatal diagnosis, Israeli computer scientist Ari Rappoport entered the most productive phase of his life. Before his death last week, he completed a body of work that tackles psychiatric and neurological disorders - and some scientists are calling it 'extraordinary'

The President says that the U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites have set Iran's nuclear program back 'permanently,' but the Islamic Republic may restart it elsewhere

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A family reunited after the war with Iran, and a triathlete who found relief from ADHD through sports

Police said approximately 20 people were inside the synagogue, sitting for Shabbat dinner, as the unidentified suspect set fire to the synagogue's door. Authorities are also looking into a possible link between the attack and an incident at an Israeli restaurant following a pro-Palestinian protest that same night

'I used to cut the pita in half and put one piece in my pocket, so I could eat it later, bite by bite. You feel like you're in a Holocaust story'

The Israeli army said it has gained control over 65 percent of Gaza's territory, adding that the forces have 'eliminated more than 100 terrorists' during the past week

Iran launched 1,000 drones to cripple Israel's defenses. All but one were downed, marking a 99.9 percent interception rate. But questions remain over the war's strategic gains and symbolic failures

Sources say the prime minister also pushed security restrictions that would have prevented him from taking the stand, as he talked about a potential missile attack by Hezbollah or Iran that would have toppled the Tel Aviv District Court

Israel's leaders seem to have no plan for the Strip but occupying it. They must ask themselves what they'll do when the enclave's 2 million people, who have nothing left to lose, rise up

Qatar's Al-Arabi channel reported that Hamas requested minor changes to the agreement. The proposal includes releasing ten living hostages and 18 bodies in exchange for a 60-day cease-fire, with eight living hostages freed on the first day

According to a draft obtained by Haaretz, Trump is committed to ensuring negotiations continue until a final deal and will guarantee Israel's commitment to the cease-fire. On day 10, Hamas will provide full information on the remaining hostages, including proof of life or death

The United Nations human rights office also said it had recorded at least 613 killings, both at aid points run by U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near humanitarian convoys

Jay Footlik was to be questioned by Israeli investigators in the U.S. over suspicions he paid PM Netanyahu's spokesman Eli Feldstein to improve Qatar's image in Israel. The questioning was canceled abruptly, according to i24, which said no explanation was provided

Ilan Siegel says that her family has been experiencing a sense of serenity since the release of her father Keith, but knows that he and her mother Aviva, who is also a former hostage, won't fully recover until all the hostages are released

Relatives and freed hostages thanked U.S. President Trump for 'prioritizing the hostage crisis since day one of his presidency,' and urged Prime Minister Netanyahu to reach a comprehensive deal during their planned meeting in Washington next week

Israel Police found the woman and her 30-year-old caregiver, a foreign national, inside a house in Mevasseret Zion

Internal discussions reflect the pressures the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon has faced since reaching a truce with Israel in late November 2024 amid seismic shifts in the national and regional power balance

Both 19 years old, Sergeant Yair Eliyahu was killed in an operational accident, while Sergeant Asaf Zamir was killed in combat in the southern Gaza Strip

Any hope of extricating ourselves from the Gaza quagmire rests with two people: the capricious president in Washington and the sane Israeli army chief ■ Eisenkot, who unveiled his plan to unify the opposition, has thoroughness, integrity, clean hands and a clear head – but not an ounce of charisma ■ And what role could Benny Gantz land – if he behaves himself?

Inching his way to a deal, U.S. President Trump must maneuver between the guarantees Hamas is demanding and Netanyahu's constraints ■ Hamas' Qatar-based external leadership now has the upper hand over the local leaders in the Strip ■ Even the IDF admits the Gaza food distribution plan is failing

The Israeli army first arrived at the Gaza-border moshav at 10:31 A.M. and left five hours later - while hundreds of terrorists were still in the area. The security squads were again left alone for three and a half hours; five of them were killed

70 years after the Kafr Qasem massacre defined the principle that Israeli soldiers must refuse 'manifestly illegal orders', IDF testimonies from Gaza raise urgent questions about how, and even whether, that standard is still upheld. 'A soldier should simply refuse to obey,' says one expert

Push to expel Israel was led by Iceland and Slovenia, while Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Cyprus and Greece all backed allowing Israel to remain

Blood on both sides is being spilled for nothing, and nobody will gain anything from it any longer

Data from Maccabi, Leumit and Meuhedet, which together insure about 5 million Israelis, show an increase of approximately 100 percent in the number of PTSD diagnoses among those aged 18 and over. Mental health NGO ERAN says it received more than 13,000 calls during the war with Iran

Despite rare visibility in Israel's political spotlight, Israel's often spineless opposition offers little more than vague platitudes, infighting, and hollow alternatives to a fanatical government defined by extremism and war

Israeli academics are outraged by the ostracism they have been facing since the start of the war and before it, but they should instead condemn the military for destroying Gaza's higher education and denounce Israeli universities that benefit reservists

The proposal reportedly includes the release of 10 living hostages and the bodies of 18 deceased hostages in five phases over the course of 60 days to Israel, with sources saying the U.S., Egypt and Qatar gave Hamas strong guarantees for implementing the agreement

Haaretz reported in December 2023 that former foreign minister Eli Cohen ordered a diplomatic passport for Prime Minister Netanyahu's son, despite his not meeting the criteria. Cohen is also expected to be summoned, pending approval from the State Prosecutor's Office

There are no substantial differences between the proposal to be presented next week and the original framework of the deal presented by Steve Witkoff ■ Hamas will receive assurances from Trump that Netanyahu won't be able to resume the fighting

'Our failures impact audiences,' the signatories – including over 100 anonymous BBC staff members – wrote in their letter

Prompted by Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, Alexander told Trump his treatment improved after his election win. He later said he urged the president to pursue a comprehensive deal to free all hostages held in Gaza

A full cease-fire could bring every hostage home, but Netanyahu's political survival depends on prolonging the war. The next move belongs to Trump

Recent studies show that some 15 percent of children born to Haredi families in Israel don't maintain an ultra-Orthodox way of life as adults. But instead of severing ties with them, the Haredi world is beginning to adopt a new approach to a phenomenon

Hominins living on the shore of proto-Lake Fuxian dug for roots using wooden tools, possibly revealing a different survival strategy from their carnivorous peers in chilly Europe

Chaim Rotter, head of Bnei Brak's Shomrim patrol, is accused of abusing minors and women for over a decade. His ties to senior rabbis and police allegedly protected him and deterred victims from coming forward

Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump both stand to gain from a side-by-side Oval Office appearance. As Trump eyes a Gaza cease-fire to cement his Middle East legacy, Netanyahu's political future, and the war's end, hang in the balance

I am not a politician. I am a humanitarian field leader. I live and work in Gaza. But I also recognize the political landscape – and that is why I developed this comprehensive cease-fire proposal

During a set in Abu Dhabi, comedian Dave Chappelle took aim at DJ Khaled for being 'awfully quiet' about Gaza's humanitarian crisis – a critique that Khaled, the son of Palestinian refugees, is also facing from fans and fellow Palestinians in his hometown: the aptly named West Bank neighborhood in New Orleans

Al-Baqa Café was one of the last places in Gaza offering reliable internet and a hint of normalcy. The café was 'full of women and children' when it was hit by an Israeli strike on Sunday, according to an eyewitness

Iran's president on Wednesday enacted legislation suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, a move the U.S. called 'unacceptable'

Police said four members of Palestine Action were charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage and enter a prohibited place for purposes prejudicial to U.K. interests, while the Crown Prosecution Service will argue the offenses have a 'terrorist connection'

The suspect, a West Bank resident, was awaiting trial for matricide when he allegedly assaulted and killed a fellow patient in a Jerusalem hospital

Amid a devastating war, Israeli mothers are banding together, speaking out and taking action

Hostages Matan Zangauker and Edan Alexander narrowly escaped an Israeli strike on the structure above the tunnel where they were being held, according to mother Einav Zangauker, who says the prime minister told her the military was unauthorized to operate in the area

Iranian missiles badly damaged a once-iconic Tel Aviv square that had long since deteriorated into a sad-looking car park. Could its destruction now spark a revival?

This is the first sign of life from Maxim Herkin and the first video showing Bar Kuperstein. The Hostage Families Forum released the footage calling for a comprehensive deal, rejecting what it called a 'cruel selection' of who gets freed

Israeli society isn't showing the slightest guilt over what its army is perpetrating in the Gaza Strip. And yet, signs of regret occasionally do surface from the subconscious

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the kibbutz, but entered it through a back entrance ■ Reuma Kedem, whose daughter, son-in-law, and three young grandchildren were murdered on X: 'Don't you dare, two years later, walk through the gates of this kibbutz'

PR expert Israel Waismel-Manor says the hostage movement moved Israelis and global audiences, but not Netanyahu

Air India joins a long list of foreign airlines that have postponed their return to Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport

In June 2025 like June 1967, existential anxiety was eased by a great military victory. But minutes from cabinet meetings after the Six-Day War show how it's possible to win the war and lose the peace

Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed that an envelope containing suspicious powder was delivered to the embassy. Last week, security officers arrested a man in the Danish city of Aarhus on suspicion of gathering information for Iran

In recent years, about 30 Israeli-trained non-Orthodox rabbis have left for congregations abroad, mainly in North America, where rabbinical students are in short supply. They're being lured not only by higher pay but also a sense of freedom: 'I don't need to fight here for the Judaism I believe in,' says one recent transplant

Contractors reported the security staff at GHF sites were often unqualified, unvetted, heavily armed, and acted with little oversight: 'There are innocent people being hurt. Badly. Needlessly,' one said ■ The GHF says claims 'categorically false'

Syria's chances of becoming a regional linchpin are boosted – and marred – by neighbors eyeing territory, financial deals and political gains. An Israeli deal could 'rehabilitate Turkey and Israel's relations,' a diplomat tells Haaretz

Despite its success in the Iran war, Israel lacks the economic, technology and soft power assets to wield true power

Sent into Gaza straight from high school, five young Israeli conscripts describe the brutal, exhausting reality of the war with Hamas – a world of despair, rage and crippling fear, with no end in sight

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pursuit of 'total victory' over Hamas as well as Iran have caused Israel's regional relations to flatline. And while he claims that Israel's victory 'opens an opportunity' for normalization, here's why he's wrong

The new Gaza cease-fire proposal from the U.S. calls for the release of 10 living hostages and the return of bodies of 18 deceased hostages in five phases over 60 days

Amid a war in Tehran and a trial in Tel Aviv, I can't recall the military leadership ever showing such spinelessness toward the government. We've had IDF chiefs of many types, but never one so eager to brown-nose

Any political novice understands that expelling Hadash party leader Ayman Odeh is a prelude to expelling all the Arab parties from the Knesset, followed by denying Arab citizens the right to vote. That is the plan

The clock, erected in 2017, was programmed to count down to 2040, the year in which Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had declared Israel would be destroyed

Yoav Mordechai is suspected of contact with a foreign agent and taking bribes. In May, Haaretz reported that World Cup campaign funds were funneled from Qatar to Netanyahu's associates via a British firm partly owned by Mordechai

Sources say police are delaying restraining orders meant to keep violent far-right settlers out of the West Bank, especially since Israel's defense chief stopped issuing detention-without-trial orders for Jews in November

It's unclear when the terminal, which primarily serves low-cost airlines, will reopen since most airlines aren't planning to restart flights to Israel until the end of the summer

In a single day this week, Israeli ministers pushed to gut public broadcasting, a mayor vowed to ban Haaretz from his city, and an Israeli strike in Gaza killed another journalist

If the appointment is approved, Israel Eichler will replace his party colleague Yitzhak Goldknopf, who resigned from the government last month in protest over the fact that the status of yeshiva students' exemption from military service had not been settled

The judges urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to reach a compromise – but without it, the court may accept the attorney general's position or hand down a ruling that adopts an intermediate position