Yoav Etiel

Yoav Etiel is a journalist and reporter for Walla.

A rare box jellyfish, the Red Sea, July 2026

Rare box jellyfish spotted in Red Sea waters

A softshell turtle

The discovery exciting nature enthusiasts in Israel

MKs Ram Ben Barak (L) and Moshe Solomon (R).

HRF files complaint against MKs over alleged 'incitement to genocide' ahead of Netherlands trip


HRF claims Ben-Gvir canceled UN police summit visit over legal complaints

Ben-Gvir’s office has not confirmed that legal pressure caused the reported cancellation.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on May 25, 2026.

Teenager killed in Haifa marks 150th person murdered by violence in Arab sector in 2026

In the same incident, Jonathan Khouri, an 18-year-old Arab Christian resident of the city’s Hadar neighborhood, was killed, while a third young man was hospitalized and remains in serious condition.

Police at the scene where two people were murdered in Haifa, northern Israel, February 18, 2026. Ilustrative.

Man known to police, security enters Brooklyn Chabad with knife, bat is removed by bystander

The man, who is apparently not Jewish, entered the building wearing a kippah and holding a knife and a bat, was promptly confronted by worshippers and bystanders, and was removed from the building.

New York Police Department officers in the Bronx borough of New York City, US, May 16, 2023.

Sanctions at ILA Haifa: Public reception has been suspended

A year after Haifa's Sail Tower was struck by an Iranian missile and staff relocated, the Finance Ministry cancelled their half-hour adaptation period.

The Sail Tower before the missile strike

Police arrest suspect in Netanya rabbi's murder as at least three killings recorded in one day

Police suspect the alleged stabber came to the yeshiva to pray with the rabbi. At the time, several former criminals who had returned to religious observance were also sitting around the rabbi.

RABBI AMOS GUETTA, murdered on July 1, 2026.

HRF petitions Lithuanian court to investigate Israeli dental student for alleged Gaza war crimes

In its March complaint to Lithuanian authorities, the HRF claimed that S.G. served in the “Vampire Empire” company of the 52nd Battalion in the 401st Armored Brigade.

 The new Israeli "Barak" tank

Car explosion leaves one dead near Haifa, police investigating incident as a murder

There are fears that the murder will reignite a long-standing conflict between the Hariri crime organization and other criminal groups.

Car exploded in Kiryat Haim, MDA said.

Israelis arrested at Philippines Chabad house for overstaying visas, working without permits

Authorities said the foreign nationals were being held temporarily at the police station pending their transfer to a detention facility in the capital.

ISRAELIS ARRESTED in the Philippines for suspected immigration violations.

Gerrer Hasid accused of massive fraud extradited to the US

After years of delays and legal proceedings in Israel, Michael Fein landed in New York and will stand trial in Missouri on suspicion of forging data and inflating budgets to obtain giant loans.

Illustration, the person photographed has no connection to the article

Venezuela's Jewish communities launch emergency fundraiser following devastating earthquake

“About 80 Jewish families have lost their homes, and another 200 are afraid to return home. The community is currently assisting all of them,” a member of Caracas’s Jewish community told Walla.

A view of the remains of a building that collapsed after earthquakes hit the country, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 25, 2026.