Hourly Roundup 19:00 Israel · 23 Aug 2026
Stories in this hour
- Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz held a situation assessment tonight on drones, balloons, and kites launched from Gaza toward Israel.Israel is warning Hamas: if the launches don't stop immediately, the IDF will intensify strikes on those responsible and evacuate populations
- Mossad head Gofman, Syrian FM met in an effort to lower tensions between Jerusalem, DamascusThe meeting came after comments from al-Shaibani to Reuters on Saturday, in which he urged Israel to seize a "historic opportunity" for diplomacy
- 'Die, you bunch of Zionists': wave of cyberharassment'Die, you bunch of Zionists': a close associate of Léna Situations targeted by a wave of cyberharassment. For several days, the influencer agency Gisèle Paris has been subjected to a wave of cyberharassment after MEP…
- Acting Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Support, Sardar Ibn al-Reza:We obtained extensive intelligence and technological findings on the enemy and learned its tactical patterns and methods of operation. This experience led us to reconsider our priorities and map the future
- "Tremendous pressure will be exerted on Israel" | The warning of Ministers Smotrich and Strook to the cabinetMinisters Smotrich and Strook demand that the Prime Minister make an official decision that will close the gates to an international force in the Gaza Strip as long as Hamas holds onto its weapons.
- The new Mélenchon has arrived. Does he have a chance?Jean-Luc Mélenchon would like to silence Rima Hassan, her flags and her slogans, which frighten the French. But that is not the wish of the figurehead of LFI, who intends to place the Palestinian question…
- Turmoil in the elite unit of the Israel Prison Service: Warned of suspected irregularities - and was removed from his positionFirst publication: A senior officer in the Metzada unit, who has served there for 17 years, asked the State Comptroller to recognize him as a whistleblower after he warned of alleged failures in a procurement…
- Terror attack against IDF soldier - terrorist revealed intentionsBy evening, security forces arrested a 16-year-old Palestinian Arab, suspected of the morning stabbing terror attack on an IDF soldier near Al-Auja in the Jordan Valley. After hours of searching, checking the area, and interrogating…
- Four wanted suspects arrested in Binyamin – including Hamas and ISIS operativesDuvdevan fighters operated over the weekend in several locations in the Binyamin Brigade and arrested four wanted suspects on suspicion of promoting terrorist activity • Among the detainees are two identified with ISIS and one…
- High Court of Justice orders Levin: Refrain from advancing appointment of next head of Police Internal Investigations Department until Attorney General's decisionThe court ordered the Minister of Justice to refrain at this stage from advancing appointments under the new Police Internal Investigations Law, including the appointment of the department's director, until the Attorney General's ruling. The…
- "I Decided Not to Secure Eisenkot": Zini's Clarification Following Solberg's Announcement - and the Political ConnectionFollowing the exceptional announcement by Election Committee Chairman Judge Noam Solberg that he has no discretion in the decision whether to secure Yisrael Beytenu Chairman – senior political sources claim that the Shin Bet chief…
- The phenomenon troubling Iran has returned to the streets – and the regime has no solutionsIran is facing a phenomenon that has been troubling it again recently • Iranian women allow themselves to walk around the streets more freely and the authorities in the country do nothing • Is the…
Torah perspective
A sixteen-year-old leaves home after a family quarrel, and his first thought is to find a Jew and stab him. The sages teach that Amalek is not a distant enemy but a spiritual temperature: the cold indifference that makes a person see another as a target rather than a soul. This boy did not know his victim. He did not need to. The hatred preceded the encounter. The Torah's antidote is not only military vigilance but the cultivation of warmth, of seeing the divine image in every person, starting with those closest to us. A family quarrel that ends in a stabbing of a stranger is a chain of broken connections. Repair begins at home.