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Italian pizza academy rejects Israeli applicant, accusing him of 'occupation and genocide'

The Pizza Italian Academy in Rome rejected a 23-year-old Israeli chef, citing his nationality and IDF service, prompting embassy intervention, legal complaints in Italy and a response claiming ethical, not religious, grounds

Itamar Eichner | 01.29.26

We tested the IDF’s new AI rabbi on Jewish law, and the results were mixed

Shaking hands with women, sleeping next to a paramedic of the opposite sex in an armored vehicle, food heated on Shabbat and female singing; these are the explosive questions the army's kosher chatbot avoided, and the ones it tackled head-on

Itzchak Tessler | 01.29.26

From 3,100 missing to final closure: IDF Hostage Command winds down after historic mission

Born in the chaos of Oct. 7 amid shock and thousands missing, Hostage Command ends two years of intense, emotional operations with the burial of Ran Gvili, marking quiet missions, deep intel ties and the looming question: what happens next?

Elisha Ben Kimon | 01.29.26

Qatar and US take charge in Gaza as IDF urges halt to Hamas aid, return to war

Restaurants and banks reopen and markets bustle as money flows; army urges immediate halt to 4,200 supply trucks entering weekly, fears growing US‑Qatari sway and warns status quo chiefly benefits Hamas, while acknowledging new civilian administration is PA‑linked

Yoav Zitun | 01.29.26

Thousands gather in Meitar for memorial ceremony honoring Ran Gvili

The coffin of the last hostage returned from Gaza arrived in Meitar for the eulogies ahead of burial; his mother, Talik, addressed Hamas, saying, ‘You tried to terrorize the nation and look what remains of you’; his brother said life can move on, and his father recited Kaddish at Shura

Shilo Freid, Alexandra Lukash, Lihi Gordon | 01.28.26

Reservist charged with raping young female soldier at guard post

According to the indictment, a reservist met the 19-year-old soldier while driving her to duty, later assaulted and raped her at a remote post; his lawyers claim it was consensual; the IDF says it will act with zero tolerance

Yoav Zitun | 01.28.26

Suspected Jordan border infiltration triggers alert in southern Israel; security threat ruled out

Sirens sound in Paran after suspected terrorist infiltration from Jordan; IDF says spotted around ten suspects approaching Israeli border who later turned out to be Jordanian soldiers

Yoav Zitun, Gal Ganot | 01.27.26

אמיר זיני, אביו של ניראל זיני ז"ל שנרצח בכפר עזה

IDF officer beheaded on Oct. 7; family says no one is searching for his missing head

Nirel Zini, a Givati officer wounded in action in 2015, planned to propose on Oct. 10, but three days earlier, he and his partner Niv were murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kfar Aza; his family has been searching for answers ever since

Ron Crissy | 01.27.26

Israel alarmed as US pullout opens door to Turkish-led jihadist surge in Syria

Commentary: US troop drawdown creates a vacuum in Syria that Turkey is poised to fill, threatening Israel’s air freedom in the north and en route to Iran; security chiefs urge swift diplomatic action and warn of growing risks to Jordan’s stability

Ron Ben-Yishai | 01.27.26

IDF’s intelligence chief emerges as key figure in Western military planning amid Iran tensions

Opinion: As Washington weighs possible action against Iran, US Central Command chief held extended talks in Israel, including a rare one-on-one meeting with Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder

Yossi Yehoshua | 01.27.26

Blocked on paper, porous in practice: how Hamas smuggled thousands of items into Gaza

Security officials acknowledge batteries, tobacco and other goods reached Hamas through drones, aid trucks and illicit routes, despite Israel’s full blockade of the Gaza Strip

Yoav Zitun | 01.27.26

Itzik Gvili with the coffin of his son Ran

'Ran always brought people together': convoy escorting the coffin across Israel | Watch live

The last Israeli hostage, Ran Gvili, was returned after 843 days in Gaza, identified in a Palestinian mass grave; fellow police fighters escorted his coffin, as his father embraced the forensic dentists who helped identify him at Nahal Oz

Roni Green Shaulov | 01.26.26

'The first to go out, the last to return. Our hero': Ran Gvili’s mother speaks after his return

After the body of the last Israeli captive was identified and returned, Ran Gvili’s mother thanked the IDF teams and spoke emotionally with Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, saying the family finally feels relief after more than two years

Yoav Zitun | 01.26.26

Ran Gvili's body found, no hostages left in Gaza

IDF announces that Gvili, who fell defending Kibbutz Alumim on Oct. 7 and was kidnapped to Gaza, was identified; held captive for 843 days, he was found in a Palestinian mass grave after 250 bodies were examined; for first time since 2014, Gaza holds no Israeli hostages

ynet | 01.26.26

New details: IDF search for Ran Gvili underway in Gaza City

After Hamas said its information led to searches at a 'specific location,' Israel confirmed a wide operation began over the weekend to locate the last slain hostage at a Gaza City cemetery, as the cabinet debates reopening the Rafah crossing

Yoav Zitun, Itamar Eichner | 01.25.26

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