Yoav Etiel

Yoav Etiel is a journalist and reporter for Walla.

Electricity poles

AI and the threat to power grid stability: State freezes approvals for server farms

Tel Aviv city hall

Israel: Deficit in 38% of authorities, 16% in "critical" financial condition

Festival goers look towards the mainstage during the opening day of the 20th Tomorrowland electronic music festival in Boom, Northern Belgium, on July 17, 2026.

Hind Rajab Foundation files complaint against IDF veteran attending Belgium music festival


Multi-day heatwave with severe heat stress risk hits Israel, Meteorological Service warns

Israel Meteorological Service Director-General, Dr. Amir Givati, forecast that the heatwave will persist next week at varying intensities.

The sun shines behind a thermometer during a hot and dry day.

British retailer M&S launches investigation after anti-Israel stickers placed on potato packages

The case came to light after a customer who bought a 1.5-kilogram package of Maris Piper potatoes noticed that the package, marked as originating in Israel, had been labeled with a sticker.

Potatoes in a Marks and Spencers labeled with an anti-Israel sticker, July 15, 2026.

Israeli questioned in Italian airport after 216 kg of khat found in seven suitcases in his luggage

In Yemen and Israel, khat is not defined as a dangerous drug, but the situation is different in Italy and in most countries around the world.

Approximately 216 kg of khat seized from an Israeli at an Italian airport, July 13, 2026.

Rare box jellyfish spotted in Red Sea waters

Although the jellyfish's sting can be painful, it is not the deadly species known from Australia, and there is no reason to avoid swimming – Just be alert.

A rare box jellyfish, the Red Sea, July 2026

The discovery exciting nature enthusiasts in Israel

For the first time since the ecological restoration began at the Ma'agan Michael Birding Park, a nesting site of the African softshell turtle has been discovered.

A softshell turtle

HRF files complaint against MKs over alleged 'incitement to genocide' ahead of Netherlands trip

The complaint calls on Dutch authorities to investigate the two MKs over "public incitement to genocide."

MKs Ram Ben Barak (L) and Moshe Solomon (R).

HRF claims Ben-Gvir canceled UN police summit visit over legal complaints

Ben-Gvir’s office has not confirmed that legal pressure caused the reported cancellation.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on May 25, 2026.

Teenager killed in Haifa marks 150th person murdered by violence in Arab sector in 2026

In the same incident, Jonathan Khouri, an 18-year-old Arab Christian resident of the city’s Hadar neighborhood, was killed, while a third young man was hospitalized and remains in serious condition.

Police at the scene where two people were murdered in Haifa, northern Israel, February 18, 2026. Ilustrative.

Man known to police, security enters Brooklyn Chabad with knife, bat is removed by bystander

The man, who is apparently not Jewish, entered the building wearing a kippah and holding a knife and a bat, was promptly confronted by worshippers and bystanders, and was removed from the building.

New York Police Department officers in the Bronx borough of New York City, US, May 16, 2023.

Sanctions at ILA Haifa: Public reception has been suspended

A year after Haifa's Sail Tower was struck by an Iranian missile and staff relocated, the Finance Ministry cancelled their half-hour adaptation period.

The Sail Tower before the missile strike