A Bedouin undercover agent known as ‘Nomad’ infiltrated criminal networks, carried out dozens of controlled deals and implicated scores of suspects, including 20 major crime targets, before raids across southern Israel and east Jerusalem

France is battling an unusually large fire near Fontainebleau as investigators examine several ignition points; in Spain, at least 13 people died in the country’s deadliest blaze in more than 40 years, while new data links June’s extreme heat to a sharp rise in excess deaths across Europe

The prime minister is trying to extend protection for Sara, Yair and Avner Netanyahu under rules for a 'former prime minister’s family'; a ministerial panel he chairs delayed discussion while awaiting opinions from security agencies, including the Shin Bet

Alaam Fares, 32, from Hurfeish, died after falling in the Alps near the Swiss-Italian border; His mother is known as 'the mother of the soldiers' for cooking meals for troops after Oct. 7

Staff Sgt. Ella Ram was 10 months old when her father, Elad, was killed in the Second Lebanon War. Today, as a Home Front Command rescue combat soldier, she follows his path: 'I’m sure he would have been proud of me'

Twenty years after Liran Saadia was killed in the Second Lebanon War, his parents say their pain has deepened as Kiryat Shmona remains largely empty after another evacuation: 'The war in the north still hasn’t ended'

US strikes on Iran intensified after an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz left one crew member missing; Iran retaliated with missile strikes across the region as tensions over the key waterway threatened a ceasefire