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Israel lifts wartime restrictions nationwide, authorizes Independence Day ceremonies

The IDF, Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar, and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the nationwide lifting of restrictions on Friday, with northern communities seeing them lifted on Saturday.

 People walk on Jaffa street in Jerusalem, during Israel's 76th Independence Day celebrations, May 13, 2024.
A HOLOCAUST survivor lights a torch during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Women of the Wall call on Katz to include women in national Remembrance Day ceremony

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits IDF troops in southern Lebanon, published April 12, 2026.

WATCH: Netanyahu, Defense Minister Katz visit IDF troops in southern Lebanon

Activists including Greta Thunberg, stand on a boat that is part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian expedition to Gaza, as seen from the port in Barcelona, Spain August 31, 2025

Turkey seeking nearly 5,000 years in prison for Netanyahu over October Gaza flotilla


Katz awards Soroka Medical Center with Defense Minister’s Shield for support of soldiers during war

The Shield is a prestigious annual award honoring institutions that demonstrate exceptional support for IDF reservists and recognize initiatives that assist them and their families.

Defense Minister Israel Katz presented the 2026 “Defense Minister’s Shield” to Soroka Medical Center.

Women's integration into IDF 'disaster': Rabbis send letter to Netanyahu demanding intervention

The letter came in response to the military’s new program, which would include women in the Armored Corps. It was written by leading rabbis in the religious Zionist sector.

 There is a high demand for combat roles among women in the November-December 2023 draft

UN Security Council calls urgent meeting to discuss recent Israeli West Bank policies

The session, initiated by the British Foreign Secretary, comes less than a week after the Israeli government reopened land registration in Area C for the first time since 1967.

Mohamed Abushahab, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council during the meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, US, February 18, 2026.

Gov’t approves 2nd weekly move to reorder West Bank

Most of the world has slammed the West Bank changes, but the PM has faced little public pushback from Trump himself.

An Israeli flag flutters, with Ma'aleh Adumim is visible in the background, in the West Bank, August 14, 2025.

Israel just delivered its 350th F-35 wing. Katz says those jets could strike Iran again soon

Katz hints that F-35s used against Iran in 2025 could be used again soon.

VP and Director of the Aviation Division at IAI Yaakov Berkowitz, CEO of IAI Boaz Levy, US Ambassador to Israel, Defense Minister Israel Katz,  Vice President of Operations at Lockheed Martin Nick Drzyk, and others.

Security Cabinet approves measures expanding Israeli control in West Bank

Newly approved measures will remove land-sale restrictions, expand enforcement in Areas A and B, and renew state-led land acquisition in the West Bank.

View of the Judean desert, in the West Bank, February 6, 2026.

As Iran distracts Trump, Netanyahu leaves Smotrich, Katz to announce West Bank changes - analysis

The process of gradual annexation of the West Bank has been underway in small or medium steps since 2023 and has accelerated since Netanyahu fired Gallant in November 2024.

Israeli military vehicles move along a road next to a concrete barrier close to the village of Beit Awwa near Hebron in the West Bank

Defense Ministry, Elbit sign $130 million deal to outfit helicopters with Israeli tech

These advanced Elbit technologies will include command and control, avionics, electronic warfare systems, and the advanced anti-missile DIRCM system.

THE NEW "Pereh" helicopter, expected to replace the IDF's "Yas'ur" helicopters.

Army Radio closure: High Court orders government to explain why decision should not be canceled

The High Court ordered the government to explain why its decision to close Army Radio should stand, focusing on the process used rather than the authority itself.

An Israeli soldier holds an Army Radio microphone in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025

IDF officials warn ICJ genocide case poses greater risk than ICC

Military officials say the ICJ genocide case worries them more than the ICC, as Israel prepares a major response ahead of a March deadline.

 Judges are seen at the International Court of Justice before the issue of a verdict in the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav who was sentenced to death by Pakistan in 2017, in The Hague, Netherlands July 17, 2019