Based on 2024 trends, 2024 is expected to conclude with only approximately one million tourists entering Israel, less than a quarter of the number of tourists that entered Israel in 2019.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel-Hamas War hit tourism industry hard, net loss in billions - Tourism Ministry
Israeli wines for Rosh Hashanah: Hoping for better times in the Jewish new year
A glass of wine here and there can help the imbiber to relax and improve the mood. For sure, we hope for better times and a calmer New Year. In the meantime, le’chaim! Shana tova.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israeli wines for Rosh Hashanah: Hoping for better times in the Jewish new year
Opposition party leaders call for ground invasion of Lebanon
The leader of the opposition, MK Yair Lapid, called on the government to announce the diplomatic and strategic goals for the northern conflict.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Opposition party leaders call for ground invasion of Lebanon
Gideon Sa'ar to join Netanyahu's government, breaking far-right's veto
United Right leader Gideon Sa'ar to serve in cabinet, raising coalition to 68 seats • Netanyahu gets breathing room for government's survival
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Gideon Sa'ar to join Netanyahu's government, breaking far-right's veto
Hezbollah's Nasrallah: Lebanon's most powerful man killed by Israel
Slain Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, whose death was confirmed Saturday by his Iran-backed movement, wielded great power in Lebanon but led a life in hiding to avoid assassination by his group's arch-enemy, Israel.Lebanon's most powerful man and the only one in the tiny Mediterranean country with the power to wage war, Nasrallah was killed aged 64 in a wave of Israeli strikes on Friday on Hezbollah's main bastion in south Beirut.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hezbollah's Nasrallah: Lebanon's most powerful man killed by Israel
Missile from Yemen triggers sirens in Tel Aviv, across central Israel
The missile was intercepted by the IDF Aerial Defense Array outside of Israeli territory, the IDF said.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Missile from Yemen triggers sirens in Tel Aviv, across central Israel
Who is Hashem Safieddine, Hezbollah's possible new leader?
Safieddine is a cousin of Nasrallah and, like him, a cleric who wears a black turban denoting descent from Islam's Prophet Mohammed.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Who is Hashem Safieddine, Hezbollah's possible new leader?
IDF kills senior Hezbollah terrorist Hassan Khalil Yassin in another strike on Beirut
The military targeted a mid-level senior Hezbollah official in the area, Army Radio reported.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF kills senior Hezbollah terrorist Hassan Khalil Yassin in another strike on Beirut
Senior IAF officers reveal: How the air force took down Nasrallah in Beirut
"The operation was long-planned and reflects extraordinary collaboration with military intelligence and the Air Force,” Brig.-Gen. Levine stated.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Senior IAF officers reveal: How the air force took down Nasrallah in Beirut
Hashem Safieddine: possible successor to Hezbollah chief Nasrallah
Hashem Safieddine, a potential successor to his slain cousin Hassan Nasrallah, is one of Hezbollah's most prominent figures and has deep religious and family ties to the Shiite Muslim movement's patron Iran. Safieddine bears a striking resemblance to his charismatic maternal cousin Nasrallah but is several years his junior, aged in his late 50s or early 60s.A source close to Hezbollah, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media, said the grey-bearded, bespectacled Safieddine was the "most likely" candidate for party's top job.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hashem Safieddine: possible successor to Hezbollah chief Nasrallah