New military directive implements Knesset-backed measure aimed at ending the expectation of future prisoner-release deals.

There’s a growing gap between diplomatic efforts and the reality on the northern front, where Israel and Hezbollah continue to fight daily despite the extended ceasefire.

Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, from Itamar in Samaria, was killed on Friday by a Hezbollah drone in Southern Lebanon — one month before his planned wedding.

The assessment in Jerusalem is that there’s a 50-50 likelihood of renewed fighting against Iran in the coming days.

After the killing of Hamas military chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad, pressure on the organization is growing. Those involved in Gaza reconstruction efforts are openly saying that Hamas’s disarmament is inevitable.

Staff Sgt. A., an immigrant from Los Angeles, shares his remarkable journey to the IDF’s Hashmonaim Brigade in Lebanon.

The law details how judges are to be selected, how trials are to be conducted and provides for an appeals process.

On the growing uncertainty in Jerusalem over possible American decisions in the conflict with Iran, and Israel’s preparations for a renewed military escalation in the coming days.

The Israeli envoy in Washington told JNS that he thinks that “the shared interest in freeing that country from Hezbollah is ultimately going to win the day.”