Drone attack targets Iranian military factory in Isfahan

January 29, 2023 Tehran claims bomb-laden drones attacked a defense facility in central Iran Sunday. By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press Bomb-carrying drones targeted an Iranian defense factory in the central city of Isfahan overnight, authorities said early Sunday, causing some damage at the plant amid heightened regional and international tensions engulfing the Islamic Republic. […]

PA blames ‘Israeli crimes’ for violence, calls terrorists ‘martyrs’

January 28, 2023 PA blames “colonial settlement practices, land annexation, home demolitions, raids, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, storming of al-Aqsa.” The Palestinian Authority said on Saturday it holds Israel “fully responsible for the dangerous escalation” in violence, while failing to mention the two terror attacks in Jerusalem that killed seven people and wounded five more but […]

Additional victims of Jerusalem terror shooting ID’d as 14-year-old boy, father of 3

Rafael Ben Eliyahu, 56, and 14-year-old Asher Natan named as two of the seven people killed in Friday night attack; Zelensky says another of the victims is a Ukrainian woman By TOI staff and Emanuel Fabian Today, 9:43 pm Edit   Additional victims killed in the terror shooting in Jerusalem’s Neve Ya’akov neighborhood on Friday […]

The limits of Israel’s control are being tested – analysis

If Israel chooses only military force, it will, at best, solve the issue for a few years, until a new group of adolescents grows up, with no memory of the earlier conflicts. By YONAH JEREMY BOB Published: JANUARY 28, 2023 21:33     Palestinians burn tires and hurl stones at Israeli forces during a protest on the border […]

Two seriously hurt in 2nd Jerusalem terror shooting; 13-year-old attacker shot

Victims identified as father and son; pair shot close to Old City on Ma’alot Ir David Street near Silwan neighborhood; shooter used handgun By Emanuel Fabian Today, 11:03 amUpdated at 11:52 am   Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel’s military correspondent.   An Israeli father and son were shot and wounded in a […]

Debated King David Reference on Mesha Stele Solved

Lora Gilb January 27, 2023 Evidence Summary: A new digital photography method confirms written records of biblical King David on Mesha Stele. Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he had to deliver to the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams. But when Ahab died, the king […]

At least 7 dead, several wounded in Shabbat shooting attack on Jerusalem synagogue

Ron Kampeas January 27, 2023 This is a developing story. (JTA) — A shooting attack on a synagogue in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Neve Yaakov killed at least seven people on Friday, a day after an Israeli raid on a West Bank city ignited vows of retaliation by Palestinian militant groups. The attack took place […]

End of security cooperation with PA could be bad news for Israel

The announcement that came in the wake of a deadly IDF raid in Jenin will force Israel to step up counter-terrorism efforts in the region even further.  By  Yoav Limor  Published on  01-27-2023 08:50 Last modified: 01-27-2023 08:50 Palestinians rioting in the Gaza Strip | File photo: AFP   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ announcement to freeze […]

Russian–Ukraine war escalates threat to Israel’s security

US decision to strip arms stockpiles stored in the Jewish state to resupply Kyiv forces in its deadlocked fight with Moscow is a gamechanger. Why is no one protesting?  By  Jonathan S. Tobin  Published on  01-26-2023 11:19 Last modified: 01-26-2023 15:29   For the last 11 months, Israel has sought to signal its opposition to Russia’s illegal […]

IDF strikes terror sites in Gaza in response to rockets

No Israeli casualties are reported as of the three rockets launched, one was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system, another fell in an open field, and the third fell short of crossing over Israeli territory. By  Lilach Shoval and i24NEWS  Published on  01-27-2023 06:54 Last modified: 01-27-2023 10:02 Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip on Jan. […]

IAF targets Hamas sites in Gaza in response to rocket fire

Rocket alerts were activated in the Zikim settlement area, Kibbutz Carmia and in the city of Ashkelon. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: JANUARY 26, 2023 23:59 Updated: JANUARY 27, 2023 09:52 A ball of fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, early on on January 27, 2023 (photo credit: ATTIA MUHAMMED/FLASH90) The IAF targeted […]

2 rockets fired from Gaza intercepted over south after deadly West Bank raid

No injuries or damage caused in attack on Ashkelon, nearby towns; rocket fire comes after threats of a response over deaths of 9 Palestinians in Jenin Emanuel Fabian27 January 2023, 12:15 am Two rockets launched from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel shortly before midnight on Thursday were intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense […]