Home Front Command: The incident in Kfar Tapuach has concluded, terrorist infiltration ruled out

<p>The IDF Spokesperson's Unit commented on the siren that was sounded in Kfar Tapuach and said, "A short while ago, a home front command alert was sounded in the area of Tapuach regarding a potential terrorist infiltration following a breach of the community checkpoint."</p><p>The statement added, "Following an inspection, the individual was identified as a local resident. There is no suspicion of a security incident."</p>

Today's Jewish predicament parallels the Mandate period in its players - the enemy, the governing power and ourselves - but there are crucial differences that make it clear that things will get worse, not better for diaspora Jewry. Opinion.

About two months after the unexpected passing of Netanya’s longtime mayor, Miriam Feirberg-Ikar, Avi Slama has been elected to replace her.

Ashgara Mengistu, the brother of former hostage Avera Mengistu, has been missing for two days. Police are asking for the public’s help in locating him.

UN chief condemns Israel for demolishing an UNRWA compound in Jerusalem, prompting Foreign Ministry spokesman to highlight documented ties between UNRWA staff and Hamas terrorists.

<p>An 18‑year‑old young man was shot and seriously injured in the northern Israeli city of Tamra.</p><p>Magen David Adom teams who arrived at the scene evacuated him to Rambam Hospital in Haifa.</p>

<p>The Likud responded to the State Comptroller’s report regarding police wiretapping that was carried out without proper legislation.</p><p>“The scandalous and illegal conduct of elements in the police and the State Attorney’s Office is once again exposed today. The installation of more than 10,000 illegal wiretaps on Israeli citizens, the unlawful use of the material, and years of a system of concealment, lies, and cover‑ups. This is an unprecedented scandal in which bureaucratic officials invaded the privacy of the country’s citizens without legal authorization, violated their most basic rights, and turned tools intended to save lives into instruments of personal and political elimination," said the party.</p><p>"All of these serious offenses were carried out with the full backing of the Attorney General, who for the past two years has physically blocked every attempt by the governmental commission of inquiry to investigate and uncover the truth. This is yet more proof that this is not the rule of law, but a dangerous and anti‑democratic rule of jurists. In a democratic country with normal law‑enforcement authorities, all those involved would already be sitting in interrogation rooms wearing orange jumpsuits and answering the hard questions," it added.</p>