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Rebuilding amid detritus of 13-month war, Shtula residents embark on a prolonged comeback, while Kibbutz Sasa mourns loss of elderly evacuees who...
Israel is the 2nd country to mandate such warnings on e-cigarettes, as survey finds 31% of Israeli smokers have started or resumed lighting up due to...
Over 160 years after their people were expelled from the Caucasus, residents of Kfar Kama maintain their language and culture while embracing life as...
Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris detained on espionage charges in 2022; move comes as France set to meet with Iran in Turkey over Iranian nuclear...
A rehabilitation project in northern Israel aims to provide safe and dry breeding places for the endangered marine mammals, of which only 600-700...
For the 150,000-strong member Druze community, attacks against their brethren across the border cause concern and a commitment to strengthen their...
With few guidelines to assist them in reacclimating child hostages, the elderly, and abductees held for hundreds of days, doctors have forged their...
Super Hornet falls off during botched landing on USS Harry S. Truman, forcing two pilots to eject, marking latest in series of costly naval...
‘Israel is facing a mental health emergency,’ warns Yair Bar-Haim, head of Tel Aviv University’s National Center for Trauma and Resilience, calling...
With opportunities for Israelis in academia overseas drying up, top cancer researcher Yinon Ben Neriah says the government could be working to make...
Diagnosed patients from Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, Emek Hefer and Modiin Illit, six of them are unvaccinated
Magen David Adom and Israel Midwives Organization’s joint ‘First Contractions’ project now has 200 volunteers to help expectant mothers who...
Holocaust survivors who star in award-winning documentary about controversial pageant attend Haifa screening with Polish-born filmmaker; movie set for...
Volunteering for nonprofit LeMa’anam, Christian Yosif Boulos and Muslim Fadi Badarna provide home visits for elderly who lived through horrors...
Ben-Gurion University scientists say their innovative algorithm, WGAND, can identify rogue protein behavior the same way investigators uncover...
Hebrew University researchers say their innovative test can find tRNA fragments unique to the neurodegenerative disease before patients even have...
Kaplan Medical Center researchers establish a baseline number of swallows for healthy people depending on their age, enabling more effective use of...
Tel Aviv University team’s scNET algorithm combines data on cells with protein ‘social network’ to cut ‘high noise’ and shed light on immune...
Judge finds US Army veteran David Piegaro showed poor judgment but it did not amount to ‘criminal recklessness’
Growers uprooted by months of rocket attacks and others who dug in despite the danger are salvaging their lands, but some fear a tense truce with...
In times of peace or war, church bells sound in Fassuta every day, giving some residents a sense of hope while others worry about the next generation...
Masoud Pezeshkian leaves door open for ‘indirect negotiations,’ a method that has so far failed over the past few years to revive curbs on...
Using mRNA model made famous by COVID vaccine, researchers from Israel, US and Canada find protein to ‘awaken’ adult stem cells in mice; could...
Solaris launches in Isfiya as part of a government program to increase space research in the Arab Israeli community
Women from the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization whose spouses are among the 35 dead hostages in Gaza call for ‘the immediate release of all...
Yehuda Ashkelon of Ben-Gurion University recited 25,333 decimal places in Spanish, setting world record in language, new Israeli record and placing...
Tel Aviv University scientists say that they can inject CRISPR genetic ‘molecular scissors’ to shrink tumors by 90%; researcher...
After a Haifa stabbing attack mislabeled as terrorism sent fear through the close-knit Druze community last week, Sunday’s government package sparks...
The evidence behind a New York Times op-ed suggesting troops targeted children is less clear-cut than it seems, and there is reason to question the...
Technion researcher Dr. Assaf Zinger says his team’s work shows that the proteins cover and protect nanoparticles as they pass through intestinal...
With schools now open, the communities of Arab al-Aramshe and neighboring Kibbutz Adamit in the Western Galilee rethink their ‘naivete’ about...
Walking with crutches through the ice and snow, Maayan Gabai ascends Africa’s tallest mountain with a group of 30 Israelis, helps raise NIS 1...
With main street a construction site, the school in ruins and most residents still reticent to return, Mayor David Azoulay wants the government to...
Five days after he was released from Gaza, family says ‘the journey to recovery for Iair and our family will be long, and will not end until...
As antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose growing health risk, Hebrew University scientists search for ‘good’ viruses and name them after...
While many trauma experts say humans have a remarkable capacity for resilience, studies show that the psychological damage of captivity endures a...
Debunking a myth, Bar-Ilan researcher says adults with Down syndrome and nonspecific intellectual disabilities improve their cognitive functioning...
University of Haifa’s medical school aims to strengthen healthcare in the north; Weizmann Institute’s school is tuition-free, combining scientific...
Teacher, deemed wrongfully detained, had been held since 2021; White House says development ‘sign’ of heading in right direction to end war in Ukraine
Engelman faults Health Ministry for ‘collapsed’ health care system; Health Minister Uriel Buso set to double the scope of mental health services
The 15-month war took its toll ‘not only physically but also emotionally’ on residents evacuated from Mattat, and those who stayed put in the...
After enduring decades of isolation amid border disputes, residents of Ghajar are focused on their Syrian kin, who face retribution for belonging to...
Armed with hard-won experience from first release, central Israel medical center preps rooms and staff amid speculation that 10 foreign nationals...
Ministry official says new protocols differ ‘significantly’ from November 2023 hostage release, as captives return from over 15 months in...
Israel Prize winner Prof. Michal Schwartz says her team’s work fighting Alzheimer’s can lead to treatments that boost immune system to slow down...
A Weizmann Institute of Science team has found that ants have better group smarts than people when maneuvering a large load through a maze. Prof....
Hebrew University researchers say they have discovered that fish embryos are able to decide when they want to be born. Dr. Matan Golan from the...
Friends Shamoun Najm, 54, and Ziv Belfer, 52, didn’t have time to reach a nearby shelter before impact of lethal Hezbollah rockets, say Nahariya...
Tel Aviv University team finds Ly6a protein ‘puts the brake’ on the immune system, in discovery that points to a cure for cancers, including those...
At an agricultural village 15km from the Lebanon border, after a Soviet Grad directly hits a Western Galilee house, residents race to put out fires...