Many business and local authorities refused to heed the call by Histadrut head Arnon Bar-David to cease operations in protest of Israel not reaching a deal with Hamas.

The news of another six murdered hostages, among them American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, makes the U.S. administration’s pressure on Israel for an end to the war all the more appalling. Op-ed.

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Report: Shots fired towards the Cave of the Patriarchs

'Enemy did not join the strike, government must expand strikes in Lebanon,' Amit Sofer, head of Merom Galil Regional Council, demands.

The petition was submitted after the Attorney General accepted Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's request for her to work for the court to issue an injunction against the strikers.

The IDF confirmed: "We received a report a short time ago regarding a suspicious vehicle near the town of Ateret in the Binyamin Region. A scout and a military force who were on a routine patrol in the area identified the vehicle and closed off the scene."

Early rainfall expected to let up, giving way to more typical weather later in the week.