Israel has seized the opportunity to intensify the occupation, with mass arrests of Palestinians, hundreds killed, a host of new illegal settler outposts and roads. Shepherds expelled from their homes, violent settlers rampaging in uniform. All under the aegis of the war

Rabbi Peter Berg has been spiritual leader of Georgia's renowned Temple synagogue for 15 years, but the past six months of the Israel-Hamas war have presented his biggest challenge ever

Report: 13-year-old Palestinian killed by IDF fire in West Bank ■ State Department spokesman Miller said that the U.S. 'welcome the nomination of a new Palestinian Authority cabinet to serve the Palestinian people' ■ Washington Post reports that the U.S. authorizes transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel ■ Israel is promoting the creation of a multinational force to secure the delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza ■ The IDF announced the death of Sgt. Major Alon Kudriashov, 21, in Gaza. 16 other soldiers wounded

Last October, Haredi support for canceling the draft exemption jumped to a record 22 percent. It's no longer shameful to appear in Bnei Brak in uniform. Has there been a genuine change in ultra-Orthodox society?

Psychologist Ran Sapir is treating survivors of the October 7 Hamas massacre at the Nova rave

A foreign source says that the mediators will try to secure a compromise concerning Hamas' demands that brought the talks into an impasse: the return of all dislocated Palestinians to Northern Gaza and an Israeli declaration of a total cease-fire

Sources in the West Bank town of Qabatiya said Israeli forces conducted a raid overnight in which two other Palestinian youths were wounded, one seriously; IDF says it returned fire at terrorists who shot at them

UNIFIL said that the wounded staff had been evacuated for treatment, and that it was still investigating the origin of the blast. Israel immediately denied involvement in the incident