War

FoodTech returns to the Galilee after years of war

Tel‑Hai drives a renewed tech surge in the Galilee as FoodTech companies return and new innovation hubs take shape along Israel’s northern border

Young Israelis after completing their military service help a lychee farmer at sunrise during the peak of the harvest season at his lychee orchard in Moshav Almagor near the Sea of Galilee, June 25, 2026.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on as he testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on US President Donald Trump's supplemental funding request for the Department of Defense, in Washington.

Hegseth asks Congress for $1.5 trillion defense budget as Iran war costs conitnue to climb

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko visit the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, which was hit during Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 15, 2026.

Zelensky names new commander-in-chief of Ukraine's military in major shakeup of military leadership

Pills

Europe, Israel, and the medical record of a nation - opinion


Trump threatens Iran will 'no longer exist' as both sides trade blows in Strait of Hormuz

"There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started," said US President Donald Trump.

n F-35 lights its afterburner as it does a flyover during a rally to kick off the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on June 24, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Russia, Ukraine confirm exchange of 160 prisoners of war

Official Russian and Ukrainian sources have confirmed an exchange of 160 prisoners of war each on Friday. 

 UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-WAR-POW Released Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) react upon arrival by bus following a prisoner exchange at an undisclosed location, in the Chernihiv region on May 15, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Trump hints at plan to help modernize Turkey's airforce, reviewing giving Erdogan F-35 fighter jets

The issue generating the greatest concern in Israel is the possibility that Turkey could eventually regain access to the F-35 stealth fighter program.

US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands as they pose for a photo at a world leaders' summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025

War insurance does not mean payout at loss: Why independent insurance engineering matters

"Buying war insurance is only the first step; ensuring it delivers when a loss occurs is the real challenge."

UK, France, Germany issue joint statement of concern about Chinese activities off coast of Taiwan

China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and its military operates around the island on an almost daily basis.

Taiwan Coast Guard patrol vessels are stationed in Keelung, as China conducts "Justice Mission 2025" military drills around Taiwan, in Keelung, Taiwan, December 30, 2025.

Sampling flaws may have inflated Lancet's Gaza mortality survey death toll, researchers argue

Released by Professor Emeritus Sergio DellaPergola of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and independent researcher Mark Zlochin, the correspondence analyzed the survey’s publicly released data.

Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.

The heavy price of wars: The workers repeatedly pushed out of the labor market

More than 70% of the women who lost their jobs during the 2026 Iran War were also harmed in another emergency crisis in the last six years.

The Jerusalem Employment Service branch, December 2020

Donald Trump’s dream could cost the West its future - opinion

Three years and two days ago, Israel went to war for its very survival. This was not merely a war against Hamas. It was a war orchestrated by a sophisticated octopus whose head sits in Tehran.

US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One, after attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, June 8, 2026.

The children of the northern border pay the price of war - opinion

The time has come for the government to stop managing evacuations and start investing in community resilience and respite models with the same seriousness and budgets it invests in Iron Dome. 

Fire caused from rockets launched from Lebanon, outside the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 1, 2024

The next Iran war is already brewing - opinion

How are we preparing for the next war once Iran restores its missile capability, regains financial solvency, and resumes support for terrorism in the region?

A screengrab taken from a handout video released by the Israeli Military says to show a strike on an aerial defence system in Iran at an unknown location, video released on June 8, 2026.