At memorial ceremony for soldiers who fell in 1973 Yom Kippur War, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi says, "We know we must be prepared … for the challenges of the present and the future, in [terms of] the scope of the forces, the type of units, and the methods of warfare."

Among the many tombs destroyed by the Islamic State in the Iraqi city, perhaps the most famous was the Tomb of the Prophet Jonah, whose story is read aloud in its entirety on the Jewish High Holiday.

Now that the US is withdrawing, leaving northeast Syria open to a Turkish invasion, what can the country, the government, the Kurds, and the West expect?

Moves to check Turkey's growing influence in and around the Temple Mount must take into account the difficulty of proving that Turkish-funded "civil" nonprofits encourage and foster terrorist activity.

FM Yisrael Katz announces on social media that Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi informed the cabinet that he was behind the decision for Israel to claim airstrikes against Iranian drone activity.