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For 505 days, Omer Wenkert endured captivity in the tunnels of Gaza, held hostage by Hamas terrorists who cut him off from the world. He had no access to news or updates, yet he always knew when ceasefire negotiations had collapsed or when an Israeli strike had targeted Hamas leaders—because his captors made sure he felt it. “Every deal that fell through would bring up a lot of frustration, rage, and anger,” Wenkert said in his first interview since his February 22 release, speaking to Channel 12 News. “Not to mention when one of their fathers was killed, or their families, or when their senior officials were assassinated. You feel it. You know exactly what happened.” The consequences were immediate and brutal.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has launched a new initiative at the Foreign Ministry, unveiling a dedicated “media war room” designed to track and counteract online anti-Israel activity, his office announced.
This specialized unit, composed of diplomats and students with expertise in international communication, monitors roughly 250 news sources and analyzes around 10,000 daily news items related to Israel. The Foreign Ministry described its function as one that “identifies false or biased reports…and acts swiftly by deploying Israeli and pro-Israel spokespersons to debunk accusations and present Israel’s narrative.”

Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu appeared in Tel Aviv District Court on Wednesday morning for the 17th day of his testimony in Case 4000. During the proceedings, he once again lashed out at the Attorney General’s Office, accusing them of presenting a distorted version of reality.
At one point in the hearing, Netanyahu reacted with frustration to a judge’s remark regarding the repetitive nature of the accusations against him. “For ten years I’ve been dragged through a bribery case. People are standing on the sides of the roads and shouting ‘Bribery, fraud and breach of trust,'” he declared. He emphasized that the case against him was crumbling, stating, “A total of 315 sections are falling apart one after the other.”

The Trump administration is halting a $1 billion program that helps preserve affordable housing, threatening projects that keep tens of thousands of units livable for low-income Americans, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. The action is part of a slew of cuts and funding freezes at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, largely at the direction of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, that have rattled the affordable-housing industry. Preserving these units gets less attention than ribbon-cuttings, but it’s a centerpiece of efforts to address the nation’s housing crisis.

Major General Yaniv Asor has officially taken over as the head of the IDF’s Southern Command, succeeding Major General Yaron Finkelman, who has held the role for the past twenty months.
The transition ceremony took place today (Wednesday) in an active operational zone within the Gaza Strip, overseen by the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir. The event was attended by high-ranking military officials.

Chazal teach us that everything destined to happen throughout the year was already decreed on the Yamim Noraim. All year long, whatever unfolds is simply a fulfillment of what was already signed and sealed this past Yom Kippur. But there is one day with the unparalleled ability to overturn even the harshest g’zeiros—Purim. A day of V’nahafoch Hu, when sorrow turns to joy, darkness to light, and despair to salvation. Right now, several dozen families have absolutely nothing. CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW At this moment, they are not even able to think about Tzorchei HaChag—because for the longest time, they haven’t even known where their day-to-day food is coming from, let alone how they’ll be able to feed their families today. A proper Purim seudah is simply out of reach.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has taken aim at colleges that have housed anti-Israel and antisemitic protests—and some of the students that participated in them.
Cotton reintroduced legislation, the Woke Endowment Security Tax (WEST) Act, to impose a one-time, 6% tax on the endowments of 11 leading U.S. universities, including Columbia University, Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania.
A separate bill, the No Student Loans for Campus Criminals Act, would prevent students convicted of crimes in connection with protests from receiving federal student loans or loan forgiveness.