September 18, 2026 — IDF steps up West Bank security ahead of Yom Kippur. Tensions rise in the West Bank as IDF prepares for thousands of visitors after Yom Kippur and during Sukkot; hundreds questioned, dozens arrested; Nahal troops seen in Huwara with advanced Eitan APCs

September 18, 2026 — Israel unveils five-year plan to reshape its energy market. The Dayan Committee released its final report on gas market policy and energy security. The state plans to expand gas exploration and allocate electricity to server farms, while also advancing nuclear energy.

September 18, 2026 — Shin Bet chief Zini: We will hunt down every Hamas member involved in October 7, across the globe. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog also attended the semi-annual ceremony honoring top Shin Bet achievers.

September 18, 2026 — 25 tons of history: In southern Israel, a 2,000-year-old mikveh is extracted intact. In exceptional engineering operation in Kiryat Gat’s new Carmei Gat neighborhood, an intact 2,000-year-old 25-ton ritual bath is extracted whole out of the ground.

September 17, 2026 — Before they were “more than 1,200.” “We need those numbers to understand what happened. But we cannot allow the numbers to become the story.”

September 16, 2026 — Strong community ties linked to lower mortality risk, Israeli study finds. Study of more than 1.2 million Israelis finds kibbutz residents have significantly lower mortality risk than haredi and non-haredi Jews living in urban communities.

September 16, 2026 — Huckabee: America has never defended Israel, only its own interests. In an interview with ynet, the US ambassador to Israel says Trump was never pushed into war with Iran, Hamas has no intention of disarming and ties between Trump and Netanyahu remain strong and solid

September 15, 2026 — Poll: Nearly half of secular Israeli Jews fast on Yom Kippur. IDI poll finds 74% of Israeli Jews fast at least partially on Yom Kippur and 57% attend synagogue, including many who rarely attend during the year.

September 15, 2026 — 1948 bullet stopped in prayer book on word ‘kills,’ saving Israeli medic. Nearly 80 years after Moshe Kamara survived fighting in Gush Etzion, his family donates the olivewood-bound prayer book whose pages stopped the bullet near the words ‘brings death and gives life’

September 14, 2026 — Rosh Hashanah 2026: The 10 events that defined 5786. Trump’s Knesset visit, a landmark High Court ruling and one Israeli athlete who shone above them all. The Jewish calendar year 5786, now drawing to a close, was turbulent. And by next year’s Rosh Hashanah, the next one will likely be no different.

September 14, 2026 — President Herzog reflects on Israel’s challenges for new year; prioritizes unity, diplomacy, Jewish peoplehood. Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who has two years remaining in his seven-year term, has identified three priorities for the remainder of his presidency: strengthening Israel’s diplomacy, deepening Jewish peoplehood and healing divisions within Israeli society.

September 14, 2026 — Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor dies at at 107 on Rosh Hashanah. Born in Poland in 1919, Widawski was imprisoned with his family in the Lodz Ghetto following the Nazi invasion. He was later deported to Auschwitz, where he lost his parents and most of his siblings.