Children of asylum seekers and migrants who grew up in the slums around Tel Aviv's Central Bus Station and have virtually no chance of integrating into Israeli society, are being tempted to join violent gangs in their neighborhoods. A tale of fear and loathing in the southern reaches of the city

Even before Kan, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, is shut down, the threat itself is already having an impact. The news department is careful about its reports from Gaza and the Arabic-language channel, say some, has adopted a right-wing agenda

One can easily liken Israel to ancient Sparta, where war and national fortitude were glorified. But a more accurate comparison is with Athens, which in seeking to eliminate the Persian threat found itself facing catastrophe

According to Bloomberg, Iranian proxies are recruiting youths via social media, with some motivated by frustration over the war, while others, driven by financial gain, 'have no idea what they're signing up for'

The IDF said more than one IDF missile defense system failed to thwart the attack in Jaffa ■ Netanyahu to Wall Street Journal: 'I'm not going to agree to end the war before we remove Hamas' ■ Medics in Gaza: Israeli airstrike on home in north Gaza kills ten ■ Syrian shot in the leg while protesting IDF's presence in the DMZ along Syrian-Israeli border; IDF: Soldiers 'identified a threat' ■ Palestinian Health Ministry: 37-year-old man killed by IDF fire near West Bank city of Jenin ■ Here's what you need to know 442 days into the war

ISRAEL: Palestinian reports say that Israeli settlers set a mosque on fire, sprayed anti-Arab messages in West Bank village ■ GAZA: Israeli-attributed strikes kill at least seven ■ SYRIA: Protester shot in leg by IDF near Ma'ariya, UNDOF mandate extended by six month

Two days after a Houthi missile destroyed a school in central Israel, a missile from Yemen wounded 16, including a child, after failed interception attempts

Kibbutz Kissufim's chairman sent letters to ambassadors of key Arab countries, seeking to increase the pressure for the release of 86-year-old Shlomo Mansour, the oldest Israeli hostage held in the Strip. 'We will honor those we lost and remember them, but we will also rebuild our kibbutz,' he says