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'Fulfill your responsibility': IDF chief warns of manpower crisis in Passover letter to MKs

Zamir warned that an upcoming decision to shorten mandatory service to 30 months would result in “serious harm and a decline in the IDF’s order of battle,”

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir visits Central Command soldiers on March 17, 2026.
NETZAH YEHUDA Battalion seen before a swearing in ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, June 11, 2025.

Ultra-Orthodox IDF reserve battalion was not suspended after CNN incident, CEO says

IDF soldiers stand behind a masked man swinging a slingshot while hurling stones at Palestinians who had gathered for the annual olive harvest season, during an attack by Israeli settlers on the Palestinian village of Beita, south of Nablus in the West Bank, on October 10, 2025.

When individual acts become a national indictment - analysis

 A soldier from the primarily Orthodox and haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Netzah Yehuda Battalion during a swearing-in ceremony at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, June 11, 2025.

IDF suspending Netzah Yehuda reservists, not just company involved, following CNN team debacle


Are Israelis really as happy as the world reports?

National affairs: Anat Fanti, a researcher in happiness policy at Bar-Ilan University, said a powerful sense of shared destiny is a significant factor in satisfaction.

 ISRAEL IS RANKED as the fifth happiest country in the world in the UN’s annual World Happiness Report, despite the ongoing war.

Suspended spokesman Eylon Levy will continue fighting the media war

Israel is currently doing a much better job in putting out information than during any previous war, said Eylon Levy. Even so, he conceded, “It’s a war of David and Goliath. It’s not an easy war.”

 EYLON LEVY: ‘I think it’s important sometimes that when questions imply genuinely atrocious insinuation, you cannot treat it as a normal question.’

Netanyahu: Schumer is not opposing me, he's opposing the Israeli people

Netanyahu continues to slam Schumer's attacks on his government's policies. Claims that the policies are supported by the majority of Israelis, and he is not planning on going for elections.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walking outside his office at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on March 13, 2024.

Hostage families to CNN's Jake Tapper: Oscar ceasefire pins remind us of Ramallah lynching

Tapper reported that 130 hostages are still held in Gaza, 99 of whom are alive, according to Israeli reports. 

 People carry placards during a protest calling for the immediate release of hostages held in Gaza who were seized from southern Israel on October 7 by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas gunmen during a deadly attack, at a square in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 11, 2023.

Jordan's Queen Rania: Israel had one October 7, the Palestinians have had 156

Throughout the interview, Queen Rania places the blame on Israel, arguing that Israel is responsible for cutting the people of Gaza off from basic necessities such as food, fuel, and water. 

 Jordan's Queen Rania looks on during the royal wedding of Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa Al Saif, in Amman, Jordan, June 1, 2023.

CNN staff disgruntled over Gaza coverage, charge pro-Israel bias

In a leaked recording of a CNN meeting, staffers claimed double standards and preferable coverage of Israel, with leading anchor Christiane Amanpour speaking out.

 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a town hall about his infrastructure investment proposals with CNN's Anderson Cooper at the Baltimore Center Stage Pearlstone Theater in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. October 21, 2021.

Is Israel close to launching war on Hezbollah? CNN's report is overblown - analysis

The CNN story appears to be a carefully calculated leak from US officials to pressure Hezbollah into finally agreeing to a deal in which its Radwan fighters withdraw beyond anti-tank missile range.

 The CNN logo stands outside the venue of the second Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates debate, in the Fox Theater in Detroit, Michigan, US, July 30, 2019.

Over 50 US, UK journalists call on Israel to allow 'free access to Gaza'

The letter also called on Egypt to allow the passage of journalists into the Gaza Strip from the Rafah Crossing.

 A REUTERS photo taken by Abu Mostafa on Oct. 7: Palestinians carry the body of an Israeli soldier slaughtered by Hamas after being pulled from a tank.

Most Gaza hostages are held in Rafah, Israel's hostage coordinator says

"We do not want to cause collateral damage. Rafah has many people there that Hamas uses right now as human shields," Gal Hirsch stressed.

 GAL HIRSCH, the government’s liaison on the issue of the hostages, arrives for a meeting earlier this month with families of those held in Gaza, and with hostages since released.

Netanyahu adviser: Over a dozen UNRWA employees 'took part in the atrocities of October 7'

“The 100 square miles south of Israel's border might be the most radical area on Earth,” Falk said in the interview.

 Ophir Falk on CNN