Hourly Roundup 12:00 Israel · 13 Nov 2026
Stories in this hour
- IDF: Humanitarian efforts and winter preparations in the Gaza Strip continue: Entry of winter supplies, strengthening medical services and sanitation infrastructureThe IDF and COGAT continue to proactively coordinate the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip, in coordination with the Board of Peace and in cooperation with the UN, international organizations, and donor countries. Since the…
- Israel’s Elbit Systems secures £200m rocket launcher deal with secret Nato memberThe agreement reflects the growing European demand for Israeli long-range firepower, despite condemnation over the Gaza war
- 🚨🇮🇱 IDF forces arrested more than 55 wanted individuals, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives, during counterterrorism operations across Judea and Samaria ov…🚨🇮🇱 IDF forces arrested more than 55 wanted individuals, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives, during counterterrorism operations across Judea and Samaria over the past week. According to the IDF, dozens of battalions and…
- Parashat Toldot: The Jewish people are inseparable from the land of IsraelFrom the very beginning, Jewish identity and our attachment to Israel are presented as inseparable parts of the same covenant
- France calls Israel's barring of French left-wing candidate Melenchon 'demagogic' decisionIsrael's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it would bar Melenchon and Mathilde Panot, the party’s parliamentary group chair, over "the extreme anti-Israel stance of La France Insoumise party."
- ❄️ WINTER PREPARATIONS IN GAZA: The IDF and COGAT continue coordinating humanitarian efforts alongside the Board of Peace, the UN, international organizations & donor countr…❄️ WINTER PREPARATIONS IN GAZA: The IDF and COGAT continue coordinating humanitarian efforts alongside the Board of Peace, the UN, international organizations & donor countries. Since winter preparations began: • 93,000+ tents and 8,600+ trucks…
- Balancing intention and action in the Jewish service landscapeFor most of my career as a Jewish educator, I’ve been fascinated by a deceptively simple question: How do Jewish values become Jewish lives? We spend enormous energy teaching ideas, studying texts and articulating principles,…
- The IRGC just announced the downing of a US Army MQ-1 UAV earlier this morning above Kuhestak, in the Sirik County of southern Iran.This claim has yet to be independently verified, although images of the wreckage have been released.
- My Word: Political promises and threats - opinionEisenkot also called for a “national emergency government,” under his leadership, saying: “This will require creative and unconventional political steps.”
- Fifth Fleet commander to visit IsraelStrengthening maritime partnership between Israel and United States, Commander of the US Fifth Fleet visits Israel
- Middle Israel: Who lost America? - opinionWhen Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went to Congress and attacked from its podium America’s elected president, he antagonized half its political establishment
- Report: Finland out of NATO. No NATO bases in the Baltics. All of Donbas handed to Russia.Those are among Moscow's demands at informal peace talks in Abu Dhabi, per a leaked proposal obtained by Bild. In return, Russia would pull its nuclear weapons from Belarus.
Torah perspective
The Jewish tradition has never been satisfied with ideas alone. That is the quiet rebuke in this week's reflection on service: we spend enormous energy teaching values, studying texts, articulating principles, and then assume the work is done. But the Torah's question is sharper. Will the belief take root in a habit? Will the value become an instinct? The sages teach that the essential thing is not study but action, and the Chassidic masters add that action is what draws the light down into the world. A value that stays in the mind is a seed on stone. It becomes real only when it moves the hand, the calendar, the wallet, the ordinary Tuesday. Intention is the soul. Deed is the body that carries it.