Israel

November 14, 2025 9:13 AM

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Israel receives body of hostage Meny Godard from Gaza

Israel received the body of another hostage, Meny Godard, after Hamas transferred his remains through the Red Cross inside the Gaza Strip last night. Forensic experts at the Abu Kabir institute later confirmed his identity, and the Israel Defence Forces notified his family. Godard was murdered by Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists during the October 7, 2023, attack on Kibbutz Be’eri, in which his wife was also killed. This latest return follows Hamas’s previous transfer of 24 hos...

Israel Declares Egypt Border a Closed Military Zone Amid Drone Threats

November 6, 2025 9:17 PM

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Israel Declares Egypt Border a Closed Military Zone Amid Drone Threats

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared the border area with Egypt a closed military zone to combat weapons smuggling via drones. In a statement, Katz said, he instructed the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) to amend the rules of engagement in the area adjacent to the Israel-Egypt border to address the drone threat, which he described as endangering the country’s security. He added that drone-based weapons smuggling is part of the war in Gaza and is intended to arm Israel’s enemies, and tha...

Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem Reaches Milestone with Identification of Five Million Holocaust Victims

November 4, 2025 11:23 AM

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Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem Reaches Milestone with Identification of Five Million Holocaust Victims

Israel's main Holocaust memorial centre, Yad Vashem, has identified the names of five million Jewish people killed by the Nazis during World War II. This is a crucial achievement in their mission to name all six million victims. Yad Vashem's chairman, Dani Dayan, called this a major milestone but stressed that their work is not finished, as they must still search for the remaining one million names. A key part of their effort relies on "Pages of Testimony," which are simple memo...

September 16, 2025 9:56 PM

Israel launches ground assault on Gaza City amid fierce bombardment

Israel unleashed a long-threatened ground assault on Gaza City today, declaring Gaza is burning as Palestinians there described the most intense bombardment they had faced in two years of war. In a social media post, Defence Minister Israel Katz Gaza said that the IDF has struck with an iron fist at the terrorist infrastructure and IDF soldiers are fighting bravely to create the conditions for the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas. An Israel Defence Forces official said ground troo...

June 13, 2024 8:30 AM

Israel confirms killing of senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon

Israeli military has confirmed that it killed a senior Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon in an airstrike, two days ago. In a statement, the military said that Sami Taleb Abdullah, the commander of the Nasr Unit in Hezbollah was eliminated as part of the strike. He was one of Hezbollah's most senior commanders in southern Lebanon. Lebanese local media confirmed the death of Abdullah, adding that three other people were killed and 10 others injured during the attack. ...

October 10, 2023 3:13 PM

Tamil Nadu govt sets up help desk to assist people from state living or visiting Israel

The Tamil Nadu Government has set up a help desk to assist people from the state living or visiting Israel. In a statement today, the Government said that it would render all possible assistance to those who need to come back to India. They can contact on following numbers: 8760248625; 9940256444; 9600023645 for getting help from Tamil Nadu overseas welfare department. The Government also informed that people who need help can also contact the department through mail in nrtchennai@tn.gov.in...