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Trump pushes for extended Iran blockade, two IDF soldiers wounded

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US President Donald Trump walks toward reporters before answering questions prior to boarding Air Force One on April 10, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Charlottesville, Virginia.
Smoke rises following explosions in southern Lebanon, near the Israel-Lebanon border, as seen from northern Israel, April 27, 2026

Investigations launched into young Lebanese student who asked IDF spox. to bomb her school

The student, a 14-year-old, according to Lebanese media site L’Orient Today, alleged that Hezbollah was storing weapons under the school.

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(ILLUSTRATIVE) IDF soldier operating in the West Bank, April 12, 2026.

Two IDF soldiers wounded in West Bank overnight ops.

According to Israeli media, the two attackers stabbed the soldiers, although the exact method of attack was not confirmed by the IDF. 

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Amer Hujirat.

Amer Hujirat, Defense Ministry civilian contractor, killed in Hezbollah drone attack in Lebanon

This event comes as the IDF is facing new threats from Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, as the group employs fiber optic "wire" drones.

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WATCH: IDF strikes Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon during overnight raid

The launchers were located in the areas of Deir El Zahrani, Reman, and Al-Saamiya in southern Lebanon, north of the Forward Defense Line established by the IDF.

APRIL 25, 2026ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Smoke rises from southern Lebanon during an Israeli military operation, April 17, 2026.

Grapevine: Remembrance, appreciation

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 25, 2026ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Israelis commemorate Remembrance Day at Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square, April 20, 2026.

American flags raised in Metula to protest US influence amid anger over ceasefire extension

Hezbollah has violated the terms of the ceasefire on multiple occasions by firing rockets toward Israeli border communities, according to official Israeli reports.

APRIL 25, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis look at the border with Lebanon from a position in the northern village of Metula, near the border with Lebanon on March 5, 2026.

Her life on the home front: How war is reshaping life for Israel’s wives and mothers

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: Eliana reflects a familiar reality for many women in Israel: Emotional yet composed, missing a husband deeply while fully aware he has a job to do, and proud that he is doing it.

APRIL 24, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
AT THE threshold of their home, Eliana stands with her child as her husband heads out again – part of a generation of Israeli families for whom departures, not returns, have come to define the passage of time.

WATCH: Hezbollah uses ambulances to conceal terror activity, IDF footage reveals

The terror organization's use of medical equipment undermines protections granted to medical facilities under international law, the IDF noted.

APRIL 24, 2026ByARIELLA ROITMAN
Weapons discovered by IDF troops in an ambulance used by Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon, April 24, 2026

IDF orders evacuation of village in southern Lebanon after Trump announces extension of ceasefire

The IDF ordered the evacuation of Deir Ammar after Hezbollah shot down an Israeli drone with a surface-to-air missile.

APRIL 24, 2026ByCORINNE BAUM
Israeli soldiers seen inside southern Lebanon, as it seen from the Israeli side of the border, on April 23, 2026.

Middle Israel: Jesus-statue smasher is product of Jewish fundamentalism - opinion

Unfortunately, what the IDF soldiers in Lebanon did when they smashed the statue of Jesus represents a syndrome much larger than the two young idiots they evidently are.

APRIL 24, 2026ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
Here, the Israeli soldier damages the head of a statue of Jesus, in Debel, Lebanon, in this still image obtained from social media released on April 19.

Disgrace in Debel: A single incident undermines Israel’s reputation for tolerance - editorial

The soldier has been punished, and the statue has been replaced, but the Debel incident should remind us what Israel stands for, what our soldiers stand for, and the basic respect that comes with it.

APRIL 24, 2026ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A woman checks a social media post on her mobile phone featuring an image that appears to show an Israeli soldier hitting a statue of Jesus Christ in the southern Lebanese Christian village of Debl, in Beirut on April 20, 2026.

Israel prepared to renew Iran war, awaiting 'green light' from Trump, Katz says

Katz noted that the IDF was awaiting the green light from the US, adding that future attacks would be "different and deadly," targeting "the most painful places."

APRIL 23, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz attends an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebrations in Jerusalem on April 20, 2026.

Israel appoints new envoy to Christian world after Lebanese Jesus statue, Pizzaballa controversies

The new appointment, George Deek, had previously been Israel's ambassador to Azerbaijan. He was also, the Foreign Ministry noted, Israel's first Christian ambassador in history.

APRIL 23, 2026ByTZVI JASPER
FOREIGN MINISTER Gideon Sa'ar and new envoy to Christian world George Deek.