JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Incoming IDF Chief of General Staff, Lt-Gen Herzi Halevi, and outgoing Chief of Staff, Lt-Gen Aviv Kohavi came to pray at the Western Wall. The rabbi of the Western Wall and holy sites, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz; IDF chief rabbi, Brig-Gen Rabbi Eyal Krim; and the director of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian militant group Hamas released a video Monday of an Israeli it said was being held captive in the Gaza Strip, rare footage it described as a warning to Israel’s new army chief. Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, shared the video, which purportedly showed Israeli prisoner Avera Mengistu calling on […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A number of videos documenting the tragic crash in Nepal have been released on social media, including one video taken by a passenger on the ill-fated plane flight to Kathmandu. Another passenger, identified as one Elena Banduro, a 33-year-old Russian blogger, according to news reports, also shared a selfie with the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi took over Tuesday as the 23rd commander in chief of the Israel Defense Forces, replacing Aviv Kohavi, who completed a four-year tenure as the IDF chief of staff. During a ceremony which took place at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, the 54-year-old Halevi, who had been deputy […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — On Sunday evening, about a thousand protesters demonstrated against a cell phone in the Geula neighborhood in Jerusalem. Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Chassidim went to the store to demonstrate, led by the Rebbe, who himself came to demonstrate in front of the store. Within a short time, the demonstration turned into a mass […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli forces after attacking them with a knife near Ofra in Samaria on Sunday morning. The Israeli troops were being stoned by local Palestinians when the assailant exited his vehicle and charged at the force, attempting to take one of the soldiers’ weapons. The soldiers opened […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite a significant crowd – estimated at 80,000 by some news outlets – gathering in Tel Aviv Saturday night in driving rain to protest against judicial reforms being prepared, the new Israeli government remains unmoved. “This evening, there were tens of thousands of people at the demonstration; at the elections two and […]

NEW YORK(AP) — A 72-seat Nepali passenger aircraft crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the central resort town of Pokhara on Sunday, killing at least 32 people, an official said. Rescuers were scouring the crash site near the Seti River, which is nearly a mile (1.6 kilometers) away from Pokhara […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF announced that an Israeli soldier was killed and three others wounded, one seriously, after a grenade accidentally exploded late Saturday night at a military training base in the Jordan Valley. The incident occurred at around midnight between Saturday and Sunday in the living quarters of the Kfir Brigade training base […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the fierce public opposition to the new Israeli government’s plans for judicial reform, President Herzog has been spearheading efforts to mediate between the court and the government officials. In recent days Herzog reportedly worked “20 hours a day” to bring the sides together, according to a source close […]