Iran's Sports Minister cited the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khameini and the casualties from the current and previous Iran war, which 'killed and martyred thousands of our people', as preventing Iran from taking part

According to the Pentagon, the vast majority of casualties are minor, with most of them already back in active duty. The number of Iranian strikes on U.S. bases has fallen sharply since the start of the war, after the damage inflicted on the Iranian war infrastructure

Institutions still teaching are doing so on the orders of some ultra-Orthodox leaders, who claim that Torah studies should continue, even if only partially

At the end of the last round of fighting, Israel told the public that Hezbollah forces south of Litani had been badly hit, when in reality most of them simply fled north and have been returning to the region bordering Israel in recent weeks

Netanyahu, Defense Minister Katz and their peers want Israelis to 'take a deep breath' and not rush to end the Iran war, giving time for a total victory which never seems to come

After central Israel residents spent a sleepless night in shelters overnight into Wednesday, local governments in the north warn of a similar scenario amid threats of escalation of rocket fire from Lebanon and missile barrages from Iran

Can Israel's air defense system withstand attempts by Iran and Hezbollah to undermine it?

The pardons department at the ministry did not say whether it supported or opposed the request. President Donald Trump has been pressuring President Isaac Herzog to Pardon Netanyahu in his criminal trials

The source indicates that Russia is providing Iran with tactical advice on sending Shahed drones, which it has used extensively in the war with Ukraine and which so far have been effective at hitting targets in the Gulf and Cyprus

The move to release 400 million barrels of oil was characterized by the IEA as an emergency response to the U.S.-Iran war, but was played down by the U.S. Interior Secretary, who said that the oil crisis was a 'temporary transit problem that we're resolving militarily and diplomatically'

Ambassador Ana Salomon Perez was dismissed on March 11th, effectively reducing relations to the rank of chargé d'affaires. Israel's last ambassador in Spain was recalled in 2024

A year after first announcing the largest acquisition of a company founded in Israel, Google completed the deal that's expected to help it compete against Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure

As missiles strike the city after the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, residents without safe rooms are spending their nights in a subterranean parking garage beneath the Dizengoff Center mall

The U.K.'s Home Secretary backed the rare step of banning what police call a 'uniquely contentious' annual pro-Palestine protest due to tensions fueled by the Iran war. The march organizers say police 'capitulated to the pressure of the Zionist lobby'

The New York Times cited U.S. officials and others briefed on the ongoing probe as saying the strike, which killed 175 people – many of them children – likely resulted from outdated coordinates used by the U.S. military targeting an adjacent IRGC compound

The death of Father Pierre al-Raai in shelling by IDF in the Christian village of al-Qleiaa sparked backlash from Lebanese Christian leaders; accusations against Hezbollah and renewed calls for the Lebanese Army to secure the border area

Rabbi Gesa Ederberg, a convert to Judaism, will be installed this week as head of the Rabbinical Assembly, an organization that represents 1,600 rabbis around the world. She is the first person outside North America and Israel to fill this role

For years the Gulf has bought its way onto the global sports stage. Now war threatens that carefully built calendar

Three foreign nationals were injured in the attack. The war caused major disruptions to the world's busiest international airport

Iranian-born journalist and author Maziar Bahari survived detention in the notorious Tehran Evin Prison in 2009. Now he talks to Haaretz about the time he met Khamenei in person and why Iranians won't accept a new pro-Western authoritarian regime

Israeli strikes have killed 570 people in Lebanon, the health ministry said on Wednesday, including 86 children. Meanwhile, the IDF announced that it will reinforce Israel's northern border with combat forces transferred from the country's south

Five members of the soccer team accepted the asylum, offered amid concerns for their safety after having been labeled 'wartime traitors' on Iranian state television ■ Meanwhile, Iran throws cold water on Wednesday on team's participation in the men's World Cup

The severe damage to the Golestan Palace in Tehran during the Israeli strikes is raising once again the question of whether World Heritage sites can be protected during wartime

California's San Jose police are investigating a possible hate crime, after two Israeli-Americans were assaulted in broad daylight on Sunday, amid heightened security threats for Jewish communities worldwide

The National Cyber Directorate said it was trying to intercept a wave of Iranian cyber attacks on Israeli civilian companies in recent days

Three vessels have ⁠been hit by unknown ‌projectiles, maritime security agencies said on Wednesday. At least 14 ships have been attacked since the onset of the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Iran

Sirens triggered by Iranian missiles launched at central Israel deprived Israelis of more than three consecutive hours of sleep, as the U.S. and Israel struck Iran in what the Pentagon and Iranians on the ground called the most ‌intense airstrikes of the war

The pace of global warming almost doubled in just 10 years. The hoax is the pretense that climate change isn't happening

In 12 days of fighting, the IDF has disabled about half of the Islamic Republic's ballistic missile launchers and killed thousands of security personnel – but sees no signs of the regime's collapse. Additional targets have been divided into categories in the hope of completing the strikes on those marked as essential before the end of the war ■ This is how the joint preparations with the U.S. for the war unfolded

The Israeli prime minister has changed the tune of absolute victory and shifted to emphasizing the Iranian people's decisive role in toppling the regime. In contrast, the government's attempt to brand the war as Houthi-style harassment is nothing less than a deception

By shelving the bill, Netanyahu and Smotrich continue to violate the law and a High Court ruling. Netanyahu said the war with Iran requires tens of billions of shekels for defense, to be funded by a 3 percent across-the-board cut to other ministries

Israelis, in deep despair, are crying out for any solution, almost indifferent to whether it comes through more war or agreements

This time it's Iran. Yesterday it was Gaza, and the day before that, Lebanon. Tomorrow it will be Turkey – and after that, who knows?

The prime minister's empty promises of security after each consecutive war demonstrate his true aim: to replace a democratic Israel with military occupations on all sides, and militias in the West Bank

After receiving support from both Iran and Qatar, Hamas now waits to see how the war unfolds. The organization is worried about a regime change, which could lead to ending the military and financial support with potentially far-reaching consequences

At a Republican symposium on antisemitism, Sen. Ted Cruz said he's 'seen more antisemitism on the right in the past 18 months than I have at any point in my lifetime,' pointing to the rhetoric of Tucker Carlson as 'the most dangerous'

U.S. Pentagon chief said the U.S. 'has been eliminating inactive mine-laying vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, wiping them out with ruthless precision'; Trump threatened retaliation 'at a level never seen before' if Tehran targets the vital oil transit route

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara is expected to soon submit her position on PM Netanyahu's pardon request and is likely to determine that it does not meet the legal criteria. The Justice Ministry's Pardons Department will issue its decision after reviewing her response

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has long had ambitions for U.S. intervention in Iran, and with Trump and Netanyahu's ear, he's fashioned himself into a de facto Mideast envoy