Since October 7 the Mount Herzl military cemetery has been teeming with funerals, memorial ceremonies, educational visits and tours of donors. One bereaved mother, who visits almost daily, is trying to find meaning in the grief

Miriam Shachor, the first woman in the pre-state Palmach militia to lose her life in the War of Independence, became a flesh-and-blood symbol. But her commanders soon turned that symbol into a far-reaching policy, limiting women's role in the military

The IDF's renewed military operations in Gaza have not changed Hamas' position, yet the military is preparing to increase the pressure and is wary of the reservists. While the Egyptian proposal for negotiations does not look promising, Jerusalem once again understands that Trump will have the final word – on Gaza and Iran