Manchester Jews feel let down by Britain after Yom Kippur terror attack at synagogue

Hundreds of mourners gathered in wind and rain Friday for a vigil that combined grief and defiance in the remembrance of two men who were killed when a knife-wielding assailant attacked their... Read more »

Israel Hayom’s photos that defined the year

Flying Tank Photo: Moshe Shai An Apache helicopter training exercise from Squadron 113 in the Negev, September 2025. Despite seeing much of this over two years, seeing this tank overhead at point-blank... Read more »

Hamas says it accepts some elements of Trump’s Gaza peace plan

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas said Friday that it has accepted some elements of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip, including giving up power... Read more »

Elections on schedule, legitimacy in doubt: Iraq heads toward November vote

Shafaq News With campaigning for Iraq’s parliamentary elections now underway, concerns continue to mount over the viability and integrity of the vote scheduled for November 11. While the Iraqi government and the... Read more »

Yes, division led to the massacre

The coldest place in an Israel scorched by the Summer of August 2023 was probably the pedestrian way in Jerusalem’s City of David. Back then, the country was full of protests, roadblocks,... Read more »

Henry Hamra, a Syrian Jew living in US, running in elections for new Syrian parliament

Henry Hamra, who fled Syria to the US in 1992, is running for a seat on Sunday in Syria’s first legislature since the December ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. If elected,... Read more »

Acts and unclear legislation: Legal pursuits in Iraq over blasphemy and “immoral content”

Shafaq News Over the past two years, Iraqi courts and security agencies have pursued dozens of cases against individuals accused of blasphemy or producing “immoral content.” In July 2024, a Mosul court... Read more »

Manchester synagogue attack victims named as Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66

Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were named Friday morning as the two men killed in a terror attack outside Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue in Manchester. Greater Manchester Police said in... Read more »

Manchester attacker named; Starmer: Suspect ‘attacked Jews because they are Jews’

British police named the suspect in a deadly attack at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attack and vowed to “defeat” antisemitism in his... Read more »

Israeli citizen imprisoned in Jordan freed, returns home after three months

An Israeli citizen who was imprisoned in Jordan for three months has returned home after being released, announced the Prime Minister’s Office Wednesday. Mahmoud Salameh met with government hostage pointman Gal Hirsch... Read more »