Nablus area resident who worked in Petah Tikva was convicted last year of murdering Rabbi Shay Ohayon, an attack he told investigators was 'for the sake of Palestine'
Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel s military correspondent.
Family and friends attend the funeral of IDF soldier Amit Ben-Ygal at the cemetery in the central city of Beer Yaakov, May 12, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
Three Israelis a soldier and two civilians were killed in violent, nationalistic attacks over the course of the past year, by far the lowest number in the country’s history.
This bittersweet distinction comes as Israel on Wednesday commemorated Memorial Day, remembering the 23,928 people recognized as having fallen on behalf of the state since 1873.
Over the past year, 112 names have been added to that list 43 of them active servicemembers and 69 who were recognized as having died of wounds sustained in wars or terror attacks. Those 112 people includes those killed in accidents or died of illness over the past year, as well as people who died years ago but have only now been officially recognized as having died of injuries related to their military service
Yom HaZikaron: Le nombre le plus faible de morts dû aux guerres et au terrorisme timesofisrael.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesofisrael.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Prosecutors file an amended indictment in the corruption cases against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after the Jerusalem District Court accepted a demand by the premier’s lawyers that the original indictment lacked important details.
The court had ordered the state to clearly distinguish Netanyahu from his wife and kids in the charge sheet, and detail a list of instances in which the premier allegedly made requests from tycoon Shaul Elovitch for favorable changes of coverage in the Elovitch-owned Walla news site, in an alleged bribery deal between the two that included regulatory benefits.
The detailed list includes 315 incidents related to 230 specific requests to change Walla’s coverage in favor of Netanyahu and his family.
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Egypt says it has opened an investigation into the deaths of four COVID-19 patients in an intensive care unit allegedly due to lack of oxygen, which sparked a public outcry.
“The prosecutor’s office in Al-Husseiniya (in the northern Sharqiya province) summoned the director of Al-Husseiniya hospital to question him over the deaths of four people due to lack of oxygen,” a judicial source tells AFP, without specifying the dates of the deaths.
Since yesterday, numerous social media users have shared a video of patients in a hospital ward, with a voice heard saying “everyone is dead in intensive care.”