Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed his plan to establish a “national committee” to investigate the events of October 7, saying it would be “balanced, broad and clean.” Although he compared the move to the US investigation of the September 11 attacks, a review of the facts reveals three significant gaps between the American commission and the model Netanyahu is promoting.

Turkey is continuing to push for a role in the international force planned for the Gaza Strip, despite Israeli opposition. Ankara is trying to exploit the situation that has emerged after more than two months have passed since the end of the war without the force being established, and is now pressing aggressively to join it.

Full storm procedure activated nationwide. A 53-year-old man found dead in Netanya with signs of hypothermia. Building collapses in the Gaza Strip. Flooding in Tel Aviv. All updates.

Dozens of Sadigura Hasidim gathered at the historic synagogue in Ukraine to collect and bury hundreds of sacred books that were destroyed in an antisemitic arson attack that devastated one of Eastern Europe’s most magnificent synagogues. The Sadigura Rebbe led an emergency delegation and stood before the remains of the historic structure where generations of the dynasty’s leaders once prayed.

Rubio orders return to serif font Times New Roman for official papers, citing need for formalism.