Hourly Roundup 13:00 Israel · 19 Oct 2026
Stories in this hour
- IDF: This morning (Monday), a multi-front situational assessment on the IDF’s preparations for the election period was held, led by the Chief of the General Staff, LTG Eyal Zamir,…IDF: This morning (Monday), a multi-front situational assessment on the IDF’s preparations for the election period was held, led by the Chief of the General Staff, LTG Eyal Zamir, and attended by the Head of…
- UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, on the deadline day for bids on Israel's E1 settlement tender:"We have created new powers allowing us to sanction individuals and companies involved in the construction of illegal settlements such as E1." "We urge businesses and individuals
- #NEW: The IDF has raised its alert level to the highest state of readiness ahead of the elections. Following a multi-front security assessment, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zami…#NEW: The IDF has raised its alert level to the highest state of readiness ahead of the elections. Following a multi-front security assessment, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir ordered a military-wide suspension of…
- NAZA review: ‘This is what happens when artists and activists do the work of objective journalists’ ★★Documentaries need not always tell two sides of a story, but this one devalues and debases itself by equating the Holocaust to Gaza
- World Jewish Congress urges English Heritage to review decision to refuse blue plaque for former London HQWJC said it had ‘helped expose Nazi crimes, pressed for the rescue of European Jews, and advocated for Holocaust survivors’ in the Mayfair building
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an Air Force base: "We have the readiness, the determination, and the capability to strike our enemies the moment it is required. Our enemie…Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an Air Force base: "We have the readiness, the determination, and the capability to strike our enemies the moment it is required. Our enemies will suffer harsher blows than they…Israeli Pm
- Hamas planned to detonate bombs at Gaza refugee camps to cover terrorists' escape, IDF revealsPlans involved detonating improvised explosive devices around displaced persons camps as IDF troops approached in order to create panic, which operatives would take advantage of in order to flee
- Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:"We naively believed the United States, a great democracy and ally, would not repeat the mistake it made 20 years ago." "It trampled on international law. Except this time, instead of intervening in Iraq, it…
- Qatar's Defense Minister Sheikh Saoud Al Thani on Iran:"Germany and France had a conflict for almost 75 years, with three major wars. But then they decided to establish economic ties. And it came first with Airbus in 1970." "We want to build a…
- Qatar will establish a new domestic defense production hub with a key regional ally, the United States, the United Kingdom and France, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Stat…Qatar will establish a new domestic defense production hub with a key regional ally, the United States, the United Kingdom and France, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs Sheikh Saoud bin…
- World Food Programme cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza, citing funding shortagesThe WFP said it was reducing the number of recipients of its monthly assistance to 1.1 million people from 1.6 million
- Will it arrive before the elections? The tool we all needed is on its way to the iPhoneTired of election-related spam calls? Apple is expected to introduce several upgrades to the Phone app that will put things in order for you • Here's how you'll filter calls from unknown numbers, get an…
Torah perspective
The Chief of Staff's order this week, suspending leave and reinforcing the Central Command so that elections can proceed safely, carries an old truth about what readiness actually is. The Talmud teaches that Torah scholars must increase watchfulness before a festival, not during it. Preparation is not the anxious opposite of trust; it is trust made concrete. The soldiers who stay at their posts so that citizens can vote are performing a mitzvah of the highest order, protecting the dignity of every person created in the Divine image. What looks like a pause in normal life is really the deepest form of service: holding the space in which others can act freely.