Netanyahu aims to bundle the exemption with extending service and reservist benefits to secure coalition backing, while citing IDF manpower warnings to blunt criticism. Failure could push Haredi parties toward opposition deals ahead of elections

Foreign Press Association slams 'attack on journalists performing their work' after veteran photographer injured by water cannon

Retired commanders understand the campaign cannot topple the ayatollahs or deliver victory, yet their silence is helping sustain a war that serves as a survival tool for Netanyahu's rule

Israeli soldiers with psychological injuries, including severe PTSD, told Haaretz they were threatened with penalties, including arrest, because they had not yet received formal disability rulings – a process that can take years

Marble slab with three identical cups carved into its top found in cathedral in northern Israel may have held oils for 3-stage baptism and anointment, archaeologists suggest