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Government2026-10-12Updated

Justice Department confirms search of Ilhan Omar's home; Trump denies role

The Justice Department confirmed a court-authorised search of the Democratic congresswoman's home in an immigration probe, Israel Hayom reports; Trump says he had no part in it.

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Courts & Crime2026-10-12Updated

Mandelblit's second day on stand: defence accuses prosecutors of misleading him

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Government2026-10-12

Netanyahu aide Urich asked ChatGPT how to improve Qatar's image, Channel 12 says

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IDF reviews interceptor launch at suspicious aerial target in southern Lebanon

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Kisch halts northern school trips for two days after Hezbollah submunition blast
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Britain's Burnham says Iran's Revolutionary Guards likely behind RAF Fairford plot
The UK prime minister told parliament a suspected plot against an air base used by US bombers was probably coordinated in Iran, as 25 other countries joined a statement.
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IDF blames Hezbollah munition for school hike blast that killed a teen
A 15-year-old from ORT Ma'alot was reported dead after what the IDF says was a leftover Hezbollah cluster munition exploded on the Ramim Ridge.
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Security2026-10-12
IDF releases footage of tunnel routes it says it dismantled in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military says troops in its southern Lebanon Security Zone found hideouts, rifles and anti-tank missiles underground, and says it remains committed to the ceasefire.
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Courts & Crime2026-10-12
Kfar Saba mayor Rafi Sa'ar and his wife arrested in tender bribery probe
Police say the mayor and his wife took payments, some from people with criminal ties, to steer municipal tenders in the central Israeli city; Sa'ar has suspended himself.
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Courts & Crime2026-10-11
Man, about 40, seriously injured in suspected criminal stabbing in Sderot
Medics took a man with penetrating wounds from a Sderot street to Barzilai hospital, and police are investigating a suspected stabbing with a criminal background.
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Emergency2026-10-11Updated
Two-year-old girl dies after being hit by vehicle in Galilee
A toddler struck by a vehicle in Bu'eine Nujeidat has died at Poriya hospital; Ynet and N12 report that her father is suspected of hitting her by accident.
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Security2026-10-11
IDF and Shin Bet say strike in Khan Younis killed Kissufim raid commander
Israel's military and security agency say they killed a Hamas Nukhba platoon commander who helped lead the October 7 raid on the Kissufim outpost and took part in abductions.
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Courts & Crime2026-10-11
Two Israeli activists detained near Yasuf after clash, barred from closed zone
Soldiers detained two Israelis who refused to leave a closed military zone near the Samaria village of Yasuf; a court later barred them from returning to the area.
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Security2026-10-11
Israeli military fires interceptor at suspicious aerial target in south Lebanon
The IDF says it fired at an unidentified airborne object over an area where its troops operate in southern Lebanon, and is still reviewing the outcome.
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IDF releases footage it says shows armed Hamas men at Kamal Adwan Hospital
Israel's military says the Jabalia hospital, now a daytime clinic, is still used by Hamas as cover. The claims come from the IDF alone and have not been independently confirmed.
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France voices regret as Palestinian elections pushed to September 2027
France's Foreign Ministry expressed regret at the Palestinian Authority's delay of the vote, while an expert told The Jerusalem Post that Hamas supports it.
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IDF says it hit 3 Hamas weapons stores and a rocket site across Gaza
The Israeli military and the Israel Security Agency say they struck several Gaza areas in 24 hours, hitting an observation post, a launch site and arms depots.
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Emergency2026-10-11
Driver, 71, lightly hurt after car hits a store at an Ashdod shopping center
A man was taken to hospital in Ashdod after his car struck a shop at a shopping center; paramedics also treated two people for anxiety at the scene.
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Woman who used a wheelchair dies in house fire in Golan town of Mas'ade
The woman, about 60, was trapped with her wheelchair in a burning house in Mas'ade and could not escape, Ynet reported; MDA declared her dead after resuscitation.
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Emergency2026-10-11
Man, about 30, seriously burned in e-bike battery blast near Azriel
A foreign worker from Thailand was taken to Sheba Medical Center with burns across his body after what medics believe was an e-bike battery explosion.
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IDF still searching for unidentified object from Lebanon as footage circulates
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Woman killed in Beersheba named as Nania Malede; husband arrested
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Kinneret Falls 5.0 cm to -213.645 m, Now 0.65 m Below the Lower Red Line
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Courts & Crime2026-10-10
Woman seriously hurt by gunfire aimed at a building in Tur'an, Lower Galilee
A woman in her fifties was taken to hospital in serious condition with penetrating wounds after shots were fired toward a building in Tur'an; police are searching for the shooters.
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Courts & Crime2026-10-10
Man seriously hurt in Yavne after relative's licensed gun discharged
Police in Yavne are investigating after a young man was seriously injured at his family home, reportedly by a gun his younger brother carried for security work.
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Zelensky ties deadly Zaporizhzhia strike to Trump's Russian diesel deal
Zelensky says Russia answered the sanctions relief with glide bombs on Zaporizhzhia, as the US Treasury moves to license Russian diesel exports.
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UAE says flydubai co-pilot planned crash at Ben Gurion; IDF hijack order revealed
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Israeli Air Force sends first official delegation to Marrakech Airshow
An Israeli Air Force team led by a colonel attended Morocco's defence and aviation show, the first official Israeli presence there since the Abraham Accords.

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