Guy Ezra, JFeed Staff
![Naftali Bennett](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/06/13/bd68bf20-296c-11ef-b326-875a4c3cecda__h331_w650.webp)
Three years after being sworn in as Prime Minister of Israel, Naftali Bennett announces his return to political life: "We will yet establish a state worthy of our people."
![Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum, and Orion Hernandez, ob"m.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/24/8afc6960-19a9-11ef-90bc-6511137cc1af__h1220_w2047.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Hostages
The bodies of three of those taken hostage to Gaza were taken back to Israel last night: Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum, and Orion Hernandez.
![Bezalel Smotrich](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/13/049bfa00-110e-11ef-90bc-6511137cc1af__h331_w650.jpg)
Memorial Day
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich commemorated Memorial Day at the Ofakim cemetery and told onlookers that he takes responsibility for the events of October 7th.
![Binyamin Netanyahu](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/06/90bb61d0-0b85-11ef-ae3e-5ba489b5eb8e__h331_w650.jpg)
Hostage Crisis
Netanyahu referred to reports that his statements thwarted a hostage release: "The claim that I am the one who sabotaged the deal is a complete lie and a deliberate deception of the public."
![Neturei Karta protesting in Jerusalem](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/04/10/daf9c010-f727-11ee-9685-6fa808a40761__h331_w650.jpg)
Rioting in Jerusalem
A protester arrested during a violent disturbance presented the police with an identity card that left them stunned.
![Drone. Illustration.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/27/744a3860-ec3f-11ee-a0b8-59c8fdf35245__h2014_w3019.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Iraq
A hostile aircraft launched from Iran managed to penetrate Israel's air defenses and cause light damage to a structure. No casualties were reported.
![Itamar Ben Gvir arrives to visit the Temple Mount, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Tisha B'Av, August 7, 2022.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/27/3d400e50-ec24-11ee-a0b8-59c8fdf35245__h3013_w4517.jpg)
Temple Mount
The Temple Mount will be closed to Jews for the longest period in recent years. Head of Jewish rights organization: "right-wing surrender to terrorism."
![Eliyahu family.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/02/064b8720-d8d9-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War
Sgt.-Maj. Yedidiah Eliyahu from Karnei Shomron fell a month into the war. Today, his wife announced the birth of their son.
![Bibas family relatives respond to footage of the family taken hostage: "monstrous evil"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/19/385961b0-cf4c-11ee-bf85-77a8e5aca77e__h3360_w5040.jpg)
Hostages, Bibas Family
Relatives of the Bibas family responded to the footage released by the IDF showing their being kidnapped by Hamas: "to kidnap children is a crime against humanity and a war crime."
![IDF releases new footage from Rafah hostage rescue | Watch](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/19/3d135dc0-cf40-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h281_w801.png)
Israel-Gaza War, Hostages
The IDF released new footage from the daring rescue of Luis Har and Fernando Merman from captivity in Rafah. Watch:
![Road closure in the North](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/19/68cc4c00-cef6-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h331_w650.jpg)
Fighting in the North
Following a situation assessment conducted this morning, the IDF announced the closure of several roads and traffic routes "until further notice."
![Activists and Families of Hostages Continue to Block Aid to Gaza](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/26/39998160-bc49-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.jpeg)
Israel-Gaza War, Hostages
Activists of the Order Nine movement arrived at Kerem Shalom crossing to block aid going into Gaza. Watch:
![IDF and Shin Bet Spokesperson Announce Elimination of Terrorists](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/19/4b54de20-b6ab-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War
Cooperation between ground, air, and naval forces led to the elimination of armed terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
![Dozens of October 7 Terrorists Eliminated in Gaza | Watch](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/12/836da430-b143-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.jpeg)
Israel-Gaza War
The IDF eliminated dozens of terrorists in Khan Yunis and Maghazi, including a Nukhba force commander.
![IDF soldiers in Gaza](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/05/7aaefdf0-abab-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel - Gaza War
Last night in Bureij and Khan Yunis. Neutralizing a terrorist cell and destroying several launch positions targeting the homeland. The soldiers' tactic against the terrorists: They waited for them to enter one building, and they were eliminated. Watch:
![Dramatic Footage: Givati Fighters in a Face-to-Face Battle in Gaza](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/02/c1566760-a9a4-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.png)
Face-to-Face Battles
Face-to-face battles, terrorists from October 7 surrender to IDF forces, exposure of explosives, locating shafts and a raid on a Hamas outpost; watch the activity of Givati fighters in Khan Yunis.
![Chief Rabbis of Israel in a Call to the Public](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/01/3c07aa20-a8e0-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h331_w650.jpg)
Special Prayer at the Western Wall
The chief rabbis of Israel, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef and Rabbi David Lau, call to participate in a prayer meeting at the Western Wall that will be held on the eve of Rosh Chodesh Shvat.
![The Ultra-Orthodox Leftist Admits: "After 7/10 I Sobered Up"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/31/cc0893b0-a7fe-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h331_w650.jpg)
"I Sobered Up"
The ultra-Orthodox jurist, media personality Dov Halbertal, admits in a short conversation that after October 7th he sobered up: "I was one of the leaders of the concept to give Hamas everything so that Gaza would become Singapore."
![Watch: The IDF has Gained Operational Control of the Shejaiya Neighborhood](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/21/82b85bc0-a01d-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.jpeg)
IDF has Gained Operational Control
Division 36 completed the phase of disbanding Hamas' core capabilities in Shejaiya - an operational hold on the neighborhood was achieved; Commander of Division 36: "You fought like lions in brotherhood and bravery with the spirit of the people at your back and you at the head of your fighters."
![Rabbi Meir Mazuz: It is a Mitzvah that Yeshiva Boys Visit the Wounded](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/19/f4b43eb0-9eb0-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h331_w650.png)
Mitzvah
Rabbi Meir Mazuz on the words of Rabbi Dov Lando, according to which yeshiva students should not comfort the mourners or visit the wounded: "In my opinion, it is a mitzvah to go to comfort, why not?"