Death

Head of IDF Ground Forces Planning Department, Col. Netanel Lasri, dies at age 40

Lasri, an armored corps officer, had previously served as commander of the 9th Battalion in the 401st Brigade and in the Golan and Hermon Brigade.

COL. NETANEL Lasri.
Israeli singer and songwriter Esther Shamir.

Pioneering Israeli rock singer-songwriter Astar Shamir dies at 71

Pakistani Army officers and people offer prayers as they attend the funeral of the victims, who died after an Mi-17 helicopter of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Muzaffarabad on Wednesday during take-off, in Muzaffarabad, Pakistani Kashmir, June 11, 2026.

Military helicopter crash in Pakistani Kashmir killed all 22 personnel on board, military confirms

A PROTESTER holds a sign during a demonstration against the military coup outside the US Embassy in Yangon on February 21, 2021.

US official found dead in Myanmar, State Department confirms


'The first woman E Streeter': Springsteen band drummer remembers Suki Lahav, Jewish violinist

“Suki and Louie were quite literally the first people associated with Bruce and the band that I came to know, respect, admire, and yes, love,” he wrote to The Jerusalem Post from Portland, Oregon.

TZRUYA ‘SUKI’ Lahav‎ in 2008.

Carol Fesler appeal puts sentence in Rafael Edna hit-and-run case back before court

Rafael’s death in May 2023 became a rallying point for wider public frustration over road violence, accountability, and what many in the Ethiopian community saw as failures in cases' treatment.

View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025.

Yaakov Erez, former Maariv editor and Sokolov Prize winner, dies at 87

Erez, a Sokolov Prize winner, was behind many exclusive stories and investigations.

Yaakov Erez and Yitzhak Rabin

LaGuardia controller under investigation in Air Canada Express runway collision

The accident while landing, which killed both pilots and seriously injured another nine people, has revived concerns over limited air traffic control staffing at major US airports.

An Air Canada Express CRJ-900 sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport on March 23, 2026.

Chuck Norris dies at 86 after ‘medical complication’

"While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace," Norris's family wrote.

Martial artist/actor Chuck Norris make his Wizard World Comic Con debut during Wizard World Comic Con Philadelphia 2017 - Day 3 at Pennsylvania Convention Center on June 3, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

IDF kills Iran's Ali Larijani, Basij commander in largest targeted strikes since Khamenei

Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani and deputy also killed in IDF strikes, officials say 'majority of the Basij leadership was eliminated overnight' • Netanyahu: Larijani was 'boss' of regime

Iranian security chief Ali Larijani takes part in a pro-government rally in Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026

Netanyahu posts video debunking Iranian conspiracy theory claiming he was killed in strike

He followed this by urging the Israeli public to stay near sheltered areas even as they go outside, and that the public’s strength “gives him, the government, the IDF, and the Mossad strength.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an air force base in southern Israel on March 5, 2026.

The cost of touching history - opinion

I do not know why this is our hour. I do not know why that father stood above three small graves on Purim night. I do not know why history comes when it does.

A grandmother (C) of Yaakov (16), Avigail (15) and Sarah (13) Biton, three siblings killed in yesterday's Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh grieves during the funeral at the Mount Olives Cemetery on March 2, 2026 in Jerusalem, Israel.

Police arrest oxygen tank supplier partner in connection with oil refinery deaths in Ashdod

The suspect arrested on Monday is a partner in the company that supplies the oxygen tanks to the Ashdod refinery. 

 Oxygen piping and regulator on the wall of an ambulance.

US military says it struck a vessel in Caribbean, killing three men

President Donald Trump's administration has touted its success at taking out suspected drug trafficking vessels in the area.

 The world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford arrives at Mediterranean Sea on October 11, 2023