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With focus on Iran, has the haredi coalition threat dropped? - analysis

Approximately 24 hours after the Knesset dispersal bill fell, Israel struck Iran. Both Edelstein and Shas MK Aryeh Deri knew about the timing of the attack in advance.

 Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on March 24, 2025.

Israel publishes names of civilians killed in Bazan blast

 Fire rises from the Bazan power plant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, June 15, 2025.

After Iran’s Attack, Global Jewish Solidarity Arrives with Urgent Aid

 Colel Chabad workers springing into action

Trump at the crossroads: Helping defend Israel or actively defanging Iran? - analysis

US President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 10, 2025.

'These sirens could have been an email': Iran strikes bring out the best on Israeli social media

Israelis took to social media to vent, express fear, and try to laugh instead of crying as they were thrust into a frightening new reality.

 Israelis take cover at a parking lot in Tel Aviv, as a siren is heard across Israeli warning of incoming ballistic missiles fired from Iran, June 17, 2025.

Amid war, fight begins to keep religious ritual bath houses open

“We have sent a letter to the chief rabbis requesting that this be permitted across the country from the moment a state of emergency is declared,” said ITIM director Rabbi Seth Farber.

A new mikveh ritual bath in the Jewish settlement of Bat Ayin in Gush Etzion, West Bank, November 6, 2019.

How IDF intelligence got to point where it could take down Iran - explainer

The Israeli military's intelligence preparation allowed the air force to gain supremacy over the skies of Tehran in the first 24 hours of Operation Rising Lion.

 Fire of Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot is seen following the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025

Israel's plan to strike Fordow nuclear facility ready if order is given - IDF

Fordow is the most important Iranian nuclear facility, which the IDF has not yet touched, but it poses unique challenges, being that it lies underneath a mountain.

A handout satellite image shows a general view of the Natanz nuclear facility after a fire, in Natanz, Iran July 8, 2020

Merz: 'Israel is doing the dirty work for all of us by striking Iran; lacks necessary weapons'

German Chancellor Merz has praised Israel for doing the 'dirty work' for everyone, but said that Israel also lacked the necessary weapons.

 German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz attends a press conference following the German general election in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2025.

Smotrich announces benefits for displaced Israelis, disputing reports of minimal compensation

“The home front is part of the war, and we will accompany the evacuees down to the smallest detail,” Smotrich stressed. 

Damage to residential buildings in Tel Aviv, June 16, 2025.

Next Iranian military chief should be 'extremely cautious', FM Sa'ar says

"I'd recommend that whoever is offered that position think it through. If he accepts, extreme caution is recommended," Sa'ar said.

Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa'ar against backdrop of scene of Washington murder, May 22, 2025. (illustration)

Sirens sound across central Israel, West Bank in Iranian missile fire

The Monday afternoon missile launch from Iran marked the second barrage of the day fired into Israeli territory.

Smoke rises from a fire following a missile attack from Iran, in Herzliya, Israel, June 17, 2025

Gaza war: IDF reinvades Jabalya for first time since Iran attacks

 Troops operating in Jabalya in northern Gaza, June 17, 2025.

United Hatzalah provides dog therapy to survivors, first responders at missile impact sites

This is to "help survivors and families evacuated from their damaged homes," United Hatzalah added.

 Two IDF soldiers with a United Hatzalah therapy dog, Hope, as part of a new psychotraumatic support program, June 2025.