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High Court rejects bid to recognize Israeli hostage mistakenly killed by IDF as fallen soldier

At the center of the case was a narrow but decisive legal question: whether Shamriz had entered military service by the time he was abducted.

The late Alon Shamriz
Civil Defense personnel respond following an Israeli strike on a residential apartment in Gaza City, July 21, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Israeli strike kills a top Hamas security official in Gaza, medics and police say

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 8, 2026.

A-G asks High Court to strike down 'discriminatory' haredi draft enforcement freeze

Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defence system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on August 23, 2024.

The truth about living on Israel’s front line has been buried - opinion


Violence by extremist Israelis against Palestinians declined 25%, security data shows - exclusive

Serious attacks by Israeli extremists against Palestinians in the West Bank have fallen 25% since March following increased enforcement, arrests, and administrative restrictions.

An Israeli settler rides a donkey near an Israeli vehicle, during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, October 29, 2025.

Crisis resolved: Most US refueling aircraft to leave Ben Gurion Airport to avoid flight disruptions

Israel will relocate most US refueling aircraft to IDF bases by July 21, easing airport congestion while maintaining security cooperation with Washington.

US aircraft at Ben Gurion Airport.

'Post' embeds with IDF in Bint Jbail as IDF races to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure within weeks

IDF races to destroy terror infrastructure as Trump 'orders' Netanyahu, US pushes for withdrawal • No signs of immediate withdrawal • 'Post' stands in stadium where Nasrallah made May 2000 speech

Bint Jbail stadium, southern Lebanon, July 15, 2026.

Israel-Lebanon talks conclude in Rome, pilot zones agreed, IDF may begin withdrawal in days

Two pilot zones were agreed upon to test the successful expression of Lebanese sovereignty through the implementation of agreed-upon conditions by the Lebanese armed forces, an official told the Post

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Lebanon Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad and Israel Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter pose for a photo before their meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, April 14, 2026.

IDF kills Hamas terrorist who took IDF soldiers' remains hostage during Oct. 7 massacre

Hussam al-Shafie infiltrated Kibbutz Nirim and abducted Col. Asaf Hamami, St.-Sgt. Tomer Ahimas, and Sgt. Kiril Drodski's remains, taking them into the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard at a site as Hamas says it continues to search for the bodies of deceased hostages, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip December 3, 2025.

Why does Trump wants Israel to withdraw from Syria, and what does it mean for the IDF? - analysis

For Israel, there is no real strategic or tactical need to keep up the friction with Syrian villages along the buffer zone - and a re-think may be necessary in the future.

 (L-R) Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the backdrop of Syrian and Israeli flags (illustrative)

IDF sentences soldier to five years after spying for Iran, sending images of interceptions

The soldier was accused of passing information on to Iranian agents in exchange for financial compensation, including videos of Iranian rockets being intercepted during the war.

 The embroidered flags of Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran (illustrative)

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has a duty to warn the government about draft evasion - editorial

Active-duty generals, as a rule, should stay out of politics, but every rule has its exception.

Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Eyal Zamir, arrives to attend a wreath laying ceremony at Warsaw Ghetto Square at Yad Vashem on April 14, 2026 in Jerusalem, Israel.

Jeffries opposes Massie bid to cut military aid to Israel, but says ‘change in direction is needed’

PM Netanyahu says he wants to begin winding down US military aid to Israel over the last two years of the Trump administration, transitioning the US-Israel relationship “from aid to partnership."

From left: New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries; Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie.

Trump says Iran 'will be defeated soon,' as US begins new wave of airstrikes on Iranian targets

Trump, Netanyahu expected to meet in US on Monday • US CENTCOM redirects vessels attempting to breach Hormuz blockade • IDF may begin withdrawal within days after Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome end

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister of Iraq Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2026.