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United Hatzalah conducts a large mass casualty incident drill in Kiryat Gat, Israel.

United Hatzalah drill simulates large-scale missile strike on children's school bus in Kiryat Gat

 THE FUNERAL takes place for Maj. (res.) Nael Fwarsy in the Druze village of Maghar, in September. He was killed in a Hezbollah drone attack in northern Israel.

Druze society demands civil equality to match their heroes military sacrifice

By AMIR KHNIFESS
 IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon. November 9, 2024.

IDF raids Hezbollah site responsible for deaths of 12 Druze children

 DRUZE RESIDENTS light candles in memory of the 12 children killed in a Hezbollah missile attack in the Golan Heights, on July 28.

Hezbollah rocket fire increasingly targets Arab and Druze communities

 Mourners bury the body of Al-Mayadeen TV's cameraman Ghassan Najjar, who was killed the previous day by Israeli bombardment, at a Hezbollah cemetery in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 26, 2024.

Hezbollah beginning to crack: Wave of desertions threatens terror group

 UNIFIL PEACEKEEPERS look out at the Lebanese-Israeli border, from the roof of a watchtower ‏in the town of Marwahin, in southern Lebanon, on Saturday. Never was an organization less interim than UNIFIL, the writer quips.

‘Hezbollah’s best friend’: WSJ editorial slams UNIFIL for focusing energy on Israel, not terrorism

 ROZETTE AFTEKER, 80, welcomes a JDC worker.

Facing north: Rebuilding lives and hope in northern Israel

By PENINA HOROWITZ
 IDF soldiers conduct training exercises near the northern border and at command headquarters, September 30, 2024.

‘Do what’s necessary’: International officials react to Israel’s limited ground operation in Lebanon

 SEVERAL PARENTS of the 12 Druze children killed in Majdal Shams by a Hezbollah rocket pose with ADL officials. From the right are the writer Marina Rosenberg, Alma’s mother Naila Fakhr al-Din, and ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.

What Israel's bereaved parents want for the future

By MARINA ROSENBERG
Israeli security forces at the scene where a missile fired from Lebanon hit an open area near the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, September 4, 2024

Hezbollah creating 'new norm' in Israel's North with escalating rocket barrages

 Druze have been serving in the IDF since the state was born.

How has Israel's Druze community been faring after the Majdal Shams attack?

 Sagi Balasha, Ogen CEO

Ogen's new initiative provides lifeline to war-affected israelis

The Fitch Ratings building is seen in New York

Fitch downgrades Israel's credit rating to A amid geopolitical tensions and ongoing conflict

 IDF strikes Hezbollah terrorist structure August 6, 2024

Israel Air Force strikes Hezbollah military structure in Lebanon

 MK Benny Gantz attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2024.

Gantz urges targeting Lebanon's infrastructure, increasing military pressure

 Majdal Shams village.

After the disaster: The state plans a more optimistic future for Majdal Shams

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, August 4, 2024

Hezbollah launches rocket barrage at northern Israel's Upper Galilee

 DRUZE RESIDENTS light candles in memory of the 12 children killed in a Hezbollah missile attack in the Golan Heights, on July 28.

How the world media distorted the Majdal Shams soccer field slaughter of kids