Hourly Roundup 06:00 UTC 13 May 2026
Stories in this hour
- Israeli defense-tech company secures $10.7 million contract with US to supply AI-powered systemSmart Shooter's SMASH systems are expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2026, according to a company statement.
- 🔥NEW: The IDF releases footage from inside a 401st Brigade tank showing the elimination of a Hezbollah terrorist who was operating surveillance equipment against Israeli forces…🔥NEW: The IDF releases footage from inside a 401st Brigade tank showing the elimination of a Hezbollah terrorist who was operating surveillance equipment against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.
- IDF: Initial report - Sirens sound in the area of Zar'it. The details are under review.
- Thousands visit Joseph’s Tomb as Israeli leaders push for permanent Jewish presenceThousands of Jewish worshipers entered Joseph's Tomb in the city of Nablus (Shechem) overnight and into Wednesday morning as Israeli officials and Judea and Samaria community leaders renewed calls for a permanent Jewish presence at…
- 20% of Australian Jewish women experienced verbal or physical abuse since Oct. 7, poll findsOne in every five Australian Jewish women has been targeted with physical or verbal abuse since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel, while a whopping 80 percent say they or their family…
- Norway cites free speech in defense of Hamas-praising professorNorway’s higher education minister indicated that she did not intend to punish a university professor who praised Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacres in Israel because he had “the same freedom of expression as everyone else,” she…
- Huckabee: Israel may have to disarm Hamas on its ownU.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Tuesday that Israel may have to disarm Hamas, amid growing indications the Islamic terror group is reasserting control over parts of Gaza in defiance of a ceasefire agreement…
- Nazi-looted painting found in home of Dutch SS collaborator's descendants - reportPortrait of a Young Girl, by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, was in the collection of Jewish art collector Jacques Goudstikker before it was taken when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands.
- UAE conducted secret strikes against IranThe United Arab Emirates has reportedly conducted direct military strikes against Iran, targeting an Iranian refinery in April, though it has kept quiet about its active role in hostilities. The UAE struck a refinery on…
- Russian ship that sank after strange explosions reportedly carying nuclear reactors to North KoreaState-of-the-art US military aircraft known as “nuke sniffers” have been recorded surveying the wreckage scene twice over the last year, once on August 28, 2025, and again on February 6, 2026.
Torah perspective
Joseph's bones could not rest until they reached the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The thousands who gathered at his tomb this week are not merely visiting a historical site; they are affirming that the covenant is not abstract. Shechem is where Jacob returned after his exile, where Joseph was sent to find his brothers, and where the tribes stood to bless and be blessed. A burial plot purchased with real coin in the earth of Canaan. A son who bound his descendants by oath to carry his bones home. That oath is being kept in broad daylight now. When a people honors its ancestors' commands across three thousand years, the ground itself begins to respond.