IAF pilot almost emergency landed in Tehran over fuel malfunction • Hamas likely to step up efforts to kidnap IDF troops • Most Israelis favor single-phase deal to return hostages, end Gaza war

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation votes to back a bill sponsored by far-right Otzma Yehudit MK Zvika Fogel which would allow the government to terminate the tenure of the most senior security officials and public officers within its first 100 days in office.

Operationally, the Israeli campaign was indeed impressive. For 12 days, the Israeli air force ruled Iranian skies without losing a single plane. Any euphoria, however, is premature and discordant. Iran has not vanished as an enemy. And the routine state of affairs to which Israel has returned is not peacetime, but continuing war in Gaza.

Houthi rebels in Yemen attempted to strike Israel’s Ben Gurion airport after sinking two vessels in the Red Sea this week, as the group ramps up its military pressure in support of Palestinians under Israeli fire in its bid to bring the war in Gaza to an end.

Israel has been conducting near-daily strikes against what it says are Hezbollah targets as the Iranian-backed group comes under pressure to disarm amid fears of a renewed war.

A deal being hammered out with Hamas would see 10 men released out of 20 believed to be alive, and the decision about who should be freed is creating deep despair.

A cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah brokered by the U.S. and France took effect in Lebanon early Wednesday, raising hopes of ending more than a year of cross-border strikes and a full-scale ...

The already strained Gaza cease-fire deal is set to expire on Saturday with still no word yet on whether Israel or Hamas will continue negotiating for a second phase to free the remaining hostages.

Eve Karlin made Aliyah to Israel with the assistance of Nefesh B’Nefesh. Twelve hours later, at 3:30 a.m., she woke up to the sounds of loud sirens.