Shlomo Mansour, who was murdered on October 7 in kibbutz Kissufim and whose body was held captive by Hamas for 509 days, will be laid to rest tomorrow. Mansour was 87 when murdered, his body returned to Israel on Wednesday last week.
Tsahi Idan, who was an Israeli hostage murdered in captivity in Gaza and whose body was returned to Israel on Thursday, will be laid to rest at Kibbutz Einat this afternoon following a funeral procession from Tel Aviv.
MDA (Magen David Adom) said that, following Thursday afternoon's car ramming terrorist attack near the northern town of Pardes Hanna, an MDA helicopter is transporting two seriously injured in the attack from Hillel Yaffe Hospital to Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer.
Israel authorities released 643 imprisoned Palestinian terrorists as part of the ceasefire agreement, the Israeli Prison Service confirmed on Thursday.
The Bank of Israel reported that the Composite State of the Economy Index increased by 0.6 per cent in January 2024. The Bank explained that this reflected a strengthening of economic activity following the ceasefire in the north of the country that began in October 2024.
Reports in Israeli Media quoting an unnamed Israeli source suggest that the planned release of 602 Palestinian inmates following today's hostage return is being delayed. According to these reports Israel informed the Palestinian Authority that the release is being pushed to 20:00 local time.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel's military to conduct operations in the occupied West Bank after three empty buses exploded in a suspected terror attack near Tel Aviv on Thursday
A convoy carrying the bodies of four Israeli hostages into Israeli territory as it makes its way to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv.