Lifting of highest-level alert comes after arrests and counter-terror operations against Iranian-backed operatives; Bennett thanks Erdogan, Turkish security forces

Decision to decrease severity of alert still must clear bureaucracy before becoming official, after several Iranian terror cells busted last week

Tehran accuses Lapid of trying to 'destroy relations' between Iran and Turkey, day after Israeli foreign minister met his Turkish counterpart in Ankara

Upon foreign minister's arrival, Turkey says it arrested Iranians who attempted to kidnap Israelis; Lapid and Cavusoglu may discuss resuming ambassadorial representation

Turkey's chief rabbis say Israeli officials' calls to heed danger have had little effect on expats or city's 15,000-strong local Jewish community

Israeli, Turkish security forces working to nab Iranian agents still thought to be in country; Ankara said to convey 'blunt' warning to Tehran not to use territory for attacks

Channel 12 interviews a person who says a family member was whisked back to Israel by Israeli authorities after Iranian agents targeted him

Following reports of a thwarted plot by Iranian agents to target Israelis in Turkey, Tehran's foreign ministry issues threat against Jewish state

Some say the cultural rejuvenation is an act by the president to cover his inherent antisemitism, while others say it represents a genuine interest in the community's past

ToI editor David Horovitz and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discuss detainees in Istanbul, US firefighters in Israel, and religious affairs