The 2024 Mediterranean Sea national monitoring report indicates that the sea is getting warmer, and becoming more acidic. In sampling nets, more than half of the catch was invasive species. In Haifa Bay, 75 percent of the edible fish found had high mercury concentrations.

In his new book 'Five Knocks on the Door' Army Radio's veteran Arab affairs journalist Jacky Hugi explores the warnings leading up to October 7 and why the Israeli establishment and media did not take them seriously. He talks to Haaretz about the mistakes made and the lessons he hopes can be learned