Under the media's radar, the Gaza-based terrorist group is recruiting the Negev Bedouin to its campaign against Israel.

"Our time in Israel provides the opportunity to learn about and see in person a young, complicated and exciting country that is a beacon of democracy in the Middle East,"said Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt, who is leading the mayoral delegation.

Foodtech startup BioBetter has found of way of producing growth factors from the tobacco plant, which could solve a major stumbling block for the cultivated meat industry.

Col. (res.) David Hacham, a former Arab affairs adviser to Israeli defense ministers, says that such acts of terror are not organized and that security forces need to adopt new patterns of conduct.

PM Bennett vows a crushing response to terrorism; Defense Minister Gantz says security forces "will defeat terrorism, as they have before." PA President Mahmoud Abbas issues a rare condemnation of terrorist attack, says killing "Palestinian and Israeli civilians only leads the situation to deteriorate."