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A tank, decades-old clues and one final breakthrough: how Israel brought Yehuda Katz home

Investigators used decades-old intelligence, covert operations and the hunt for a specific Israeli tank to trace the missing IDF soldier, building on breakthroughs that led to the recovery of Zachary Baumel and Zvi Feldman

Ron Crissy | 08.27.26

How politicians keep dragging Israel from one diplomatic disaster to another

From calls to ‘erase’ Huwara and starve Gaza to Temple Mount visits, settlement expansion and incendiary videos, coalition figures have repeatedly drawn condemnation, sanctions and legal scrutiny as Israel’s standing abroad hits historic lows

Ron Crissy | 08.25.26

Hamas survived Israel’s military assault and is now fighting for a political comeback

Nearly three years after October 7, Hamas has lost much of its leadership and military strength but still recruits, pays salaries, collects taxes and remains part of talks over Gaza’s future

Ron Crissy, Einav Halabi | 08.25.26

From 'comprehensive peace' to 'provocation of war': Israel-Turkey tensions rise in Syria

Less than a month after al-Sharaa spoke of a path to peace, Israel resumed strikes in Syria as tensions with Turkey deepened; Netanyahu warned Ankara, Turkey accused him of stoking war and the US cautioned against a direct clash

Ron Crissy, Lior Ben Ari | 08.23.26

IDF orders criminal probes into Hind Rajab and Rafah paramedic killings, clears WCK strike

Military prosecutors ordered criminal probes into the deaths of Hind Rajab and 15 Palestinians in Rafah, while closing files over the World Central Kitchen strike and two incidents involving Doctors Without Borders

Elisha Ben Kimon, Ron Crissy | 08.19.26

He fought alongside Yehuda Katz in Battle of Sultan Yacoub: 'I prayed for this moment for 44 years'

Rabbi Baruch Wieder fought alongside his friend in the historic battle and said the phone call he received telling him that Katz had been returned to Israel 'shook my life'; 'For 44 years I have not stopped praying for this day, that he would return, alive or dead'

Shilo Freid, Ron Crissy | 08.19.26

Last missing IDF soldier from 1982 Lebanon War battle returned to Israel after 44 years

IDF and Mossad say Yehuda Katz’s remains were located through a decades-long intelligence effort and formally identified in Israel, completing the return of all soldiers missing from the Battle of Sultan Yacoub

Ron Crissy | 08.18.26

IDF strikes Hamas commanders in Gaza port; Palestinian media reports 6 killed, 10 wounded

Military says commanders in the Shati area near Gaza City’s port were planning attacks on IDF troops; Palestinian reports say a café was hit, killing six, including a child, and wounding 10

Ron Crissy, Lior Ben Ari | 08.18.26

Israel strikes Syrian military airfield after Turkish delegation visit, drawing rare US rebuke

Four aircraft reportedly hit runways and storage facilities at Abu al-Duhur airfield in Idlib; senior Israeli official says Washington received sensitive intelligence beforehand, while US envoy Tom Barrack calls attack an ‘unnecessary escalation’

Lior Ben Ari, Ron Crissy, Yair Kraus | 08.18.26

IDF finds remains of last soldier missing from 1982 Lebanon battle

Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz was one of six troops left behind in the disastrous First Lebanon War clash; his identification closes a 44-year mystery after the remains of Zachary Baumel and Zvi Feldman were recovered in recent years

Ron Crissy | 08.18.26

Six Thai workers wounded, two seriously, by old munition near Lebanon border

Blast in a nectarine orchard near Metula injures migrant workers as police warn of unexploded ordnance; emergency crews evacuate victims by helicopter and ambulance as town says no ongoing security threat

Yair Kraus, Lior Ben Ari, Ron Crissy | 08.18.26

'Could no longer bear the pain and loss': reservist dies by suicide after Gaza war service

Master Sgt. (res.) Uriel Molto Getahon died while off active duty; the IDF says his death may be linked to his service, as friends and Karmiel’s mayor warn of the hidden psychological toll borne by returning soldiers

Ron Crissy | 08.16.26

Israel tested over 100 countermeasures, but Hezbollah FPV drones still threaten troops in Lebanon

Situation report: Hezbollah has claimed more than 70 explosive-drone attacks since March, with fiber-optic FPVs now its main weapon against IDF forces; one soldier improved to moderate condition, while two remain seriously wounded after the latest strike

Ron Crissy | 08.16.26

136 graves, five map fragments: how IDF found fallen soldier’s burial place after 78 years

Shlomo Haimson was killed by guards while trying to escape a British detention camp in Cyprus in 1948, just four days after his daughter was born; four years of archival detective work finally gave his family the answer they had waited decades for

Ron Crissy | 08.14.26

‘I was a slave’: Inside decades of workplace abuse allegations against Sara Netanyahu

Former staff at the prime minister’s residences have alleged humiliation, shouting, extreme demands, abusive working conditions and physical incidents over more than 25 years; Netanyahu has consistently denied the allegations

Ron Crissy | 08.10.26

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