Hourly Roundup 14:00 Israel · 17 May 2026
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- Parsha: Parashat Hashavua: Shavuot IIWhat if the best gift isn't handed to you, but earned through waiting? In Jewish tradition, we count 49 days from Passover to Shavuot, building anticipation for receiving the Torah. This teaches that preparation makes…
- 🎯 IDF ELIMINATES TERRORISTS IN GAZA, INTERCEPTS AERIAL TARGET OVER SOUTHERN LEBANON AS UAE REPORTS DRONE STRIKE NEAR NUCLEAR PLANT❌ IDF Eliminates Terrorists in Gaza: Earlier today, IDF troops operating in the southern Gaza Strip identified an armed terrorist near the Yellow Line who posed an imminent threat to soldiers. In a separate incident…
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Start of a special Government Meeting in honor of Jerusalem Day, at the Knesset Museum in Froumine House:Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Start of a special Government Meeting in honor of Jerusalem Day, at the Knesset Museum in Froumine House: We eliminated Hamas's number one, the master murderer Al-Haddad > >
- Massive explosion in Beit Shemesh area was coordinated test with defense company, officials sayReports have circulated the theory that the explosion may have destroyed a stockpile of surface-to-air missiles belonging to Arrow-3.
- Herog to receive the credentials of the first-ever Somaliland Ambassador to IsraelTomorrow, President Isaac Herzog will receive the diplomatic credentials of the new ambassadors to Israel of the Republic of Korea, the Holy See, Australia, Somaliland, and Vietnam. The ceremony will take place at the President’s…
- Israeli FM expresses solidarity with Italy after car rammingIsraeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar expressed solidarity with his Italian counterpart following an apparent terrorist attack on Saturday in Modena near Milan, in which eight people were injured. “I was shocked to learn of the…
- WhatsApp founder Jan Koum makes largest-ever donation to Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek hospitalWith an unprecedented $200 million donation from the Koum Family Foundation, SZMC will build a huge 800-bed hospitalization tower over the next six years and fill the entire space within a decade.
- Israel unable to destroy Hezbollah's drones with military force, needs political edge - reportCurrently, the IDF is taking various measures against it, including deploying anti-explosive drone barbed wire, which it has also supplied to the Lebanese army, to minimize attacks.
- IAF slays terrorist gunman in southern GazaThe Israeli Air Force killed an armed terrorist during operations in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. The terrorist was killed by an airstrike after being identified near the ceasefire-imposed Yellow Line, "posing an imminent…
- IDF: Overnight (Sunday), an IDF soldier was severely injured, and an additional IDF officer was moderately injured, as a result of an explosive device detonation in southern Lebano…IDF: Overnight (Sunday), an IDF soldier was severely injured, and an additional IDF officer was moderately injured, as a result of an explosive device detonation in southern Lebanon. In addition, in the same incident, an…
- Israeli president to receive credentials of first Somaliland ambassadorIsraeli President Isaac Herzog will receive the diplomatic credentials of the first-ever ambassador of Somaliland, Mohamed Hagi, along with those of other new envoys on Monday, his office announced. The ceremony comes on the heels…
- Hamas looking to exploit Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in order to smuggle funds to Gaza - reportIn Egypt, the sources explained, the smuggled finances will be laundered or “redirected” using various methods before being transferred to Gaza.