55+ min ago   (387+ words) Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors will meet next week in Washington, D.C. “to discuss ongoing developments and the continued implementation of the Trilateral Framework,” a U.S. State Department official said on Saturday. The official described the framework agreement as “the only viable…...

15+ hour, 16+ min ago   (455+ words) The Israel Defense Forces completed its mission to dismantle Hezbollah’s underground beneath the Ali al-Taher Ridge in southeastern Lebanon before the eve of Rosh Hashanah, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Friday. Visiting the troops of…...

18+ hour, 14+ min ago   (561+ words) Aug. 18, 2026 | The return of Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz’s remains The Israel Defense Forces, in an operation led by the Military Intelligence Directorate and the Mossad, returned to Israel the remains of Sgt. First Class Yehuda Yekutiel Katz, an Armored…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (307+ words) Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, noting that the “evil of that vicious” assault still resonates today as the fight against terrorism continues and emphasizing that the Jewish…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (520+ words) The Israel Defense Forces destroyed a sprawling Hezbollah underground network under the Ali al-Taher Ridge in southeastern Lebanon, completing the consolidation of the security zone along Israel’s northern border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (141+ words) JNS provides comprehensive Israel and Jewish news coverage, features, and analysis to print and digital publications across the globe. Germany’s federal prosecutor charged seven men with plotting coordinated Hamas-inspired terrorist attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets in Berlin and Vienna…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (241+ words) Nearly three years after losing both legs in a booby-trapped tunnel explosion in northern Gaza, Elisha Medan is entering politics, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu placing the 45-year-old father of six 15th on the Likud Knesset slate on Tuesday. Since…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (739+ words) More than eight decades after American Jewish soldiers fought and died in World War II, an organization dedicated to restoring their Jewish identities has bestowed its first and highest honor on a retired German general. Operation Benjamin presented the inaugural…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (212+ words) The Oct. 27 Israeli election will be a referendum on the record of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But according to JNS senior contributing editor Ruthie Blum, voters will also be registering their verdict on whether they believe the promises of his…...