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Hizbullah drones strike IDF Northern Command, Nine officers and soldiers fall in Gaza Strip battles - six when an truck full of TNT explodes, US Secretary of State Blinken meets with Israeli leaders See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hizbullah Radwan Force deputy commander assassinated  in Israeli targeted killing. Rocket fire on northern border. Blinken arrives tonight. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The right-wing NGO Regavim has released a report claiming  that the security concepts that enabled Hamas to carry out the October 7th massacre along the Gaza  security fence are alive and well – along the security barrier of Judea and Samaria. Regavim says that with the support of the European Union, the Palestinian Authority has built tens of thousands of illegal structures along the “separation...

According to the annual report of the Hebrew University’s Israel Observatory on Femicide (the killing of a woman or girl on account of her gender) there were 22 cases of femicide in Israel in 2023.  All of the perpetrators were men. According to the IOF report, sometimes the murder of women reported in the media does not constitute femicide, when she is killed by accident or in a criminal act, and...

The humanitarian aid reaching the Gaza Strip, some of which has been confiscated by Hamas terrorists, needs to be time limited. This according to Gerald Steinberg Professor emeritus of political science at Bar Ilan University, and president of NGO Monitor. He told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that the concept of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, not just during this war, but over the past 75...

In Ofakim today, the KKL-JNF inaugurated the “the Path of Heroines” that symbolizes the heroism of women on October 7th and during the war. The heroines will include IDF female officers, women who survived the inferno, police officers and a cowherder from the Gaza Periphery who stayed to milk the cows under fire. One of those recognized was Noa Abitboul a 23-year-old paramedic for Magen David Adom...

The Knesset finance committee recently extended to December the compensation framework for businesses that have suffered because of the war. However, many of those applying for support say the application process is convoluted and mired in  bureaucracy. Michal Gal-Oz Dattner, manager of the incoming tourism company Yaffa Tours Operation, and a member of the Owners Union in Israel, told KAN's Naomi...

Israeli civilian, border police guard killed in separate security incidents. Tensions heighten on northern border after Hezbollah rocket fire toward Israeli military base. IDF says findings at Gaza Strip weapons workshop point to Iranian guidance to make Hamas rockets more precise   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Britain-based international jazz vocalist Emma Smith debuts in Israel at the upcoming Hot Jazz series opening concert with the Denny Ilett All Stars Jazz Band.  Smith has performed in leading jazz clubs in New York City and collaborated  and recorded with top artists. Speaking from London ahead of the upcoming concerts around Israel, January 6th through the 13th, Smith talked to  KAN's Naomi Segal...

More fighting in Gaza, northern border. Security cabinet to discuss Day After on Thursday night. US envoy  Hochstein arrives in effort to prevent Lebanon escalation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

   The High Court of Justice ruled by a majority vote Wednesday  that the amendment to Basic Law: Government, which severely curtailed the circumstances under which the prime minister might be declared incapacitated, would only be applied after the next Knesset was sworn into office.  According to the majority opinion, the amendment was “patently personal” and was tailored to suit Prime Minister N...

With antisemitism at alarming pace on U.S. university campuses, the resignation last night of Claudine Gay as president of Harvard University over allegations of plagiarism is more than just an academic dishonesty scadal. It was also over her testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s condu...

What will be the impact from, and potential reaction to, the assassination of senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri in a blast the terror group has blamed on Israel in Hezbollah's south Beirut stronghold? Prof. Amatzia Baram, of the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Haifa, and an expert on the history of Iraq, Iran and Shi'i radical movements, spoke to KAN's Nao...

IDF on alert after Hamas deputy leader killed in Beirut blast terror group blames on Israel. IDF soldier killed in battle in northern Gaza Strip. UN Security Council to discuss Houthi attacks on shipping vessels in Red Sea See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MK Ofer Cassif of the Hadash Communist party totally rejected the idea proposed by the IDF of clan rule for the Palestinians, saying it was akin to colonial tactics from a bygone era. He told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that Israel had already tried this twice and it failed and what the Palestinians wanted was statehood. Cassif also welcomed the High Court ruling. But said it wasn’t sufficient for I...

In a landmark decision, Israel's High Court of Justice ruled 8-7 to strike down the reasonability clause, an amendment to the Basic Law: The Judiciary, that was passed by the coalition last year as part of its controversial judiciary overhaul and which eliminated the court's ability to apply the reasonableness standard to government and ministerial decisions. This marked the first time the High Co...

The IDF has formulated plans for Palestinian clans would manage the distribution of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. According to the plans, Gaza will be divided into districts and sub-provinces, which will be controlled by each clan. In addition to distributing humanitarian aid coming in from Egypt and Israel, the clans will manage civilian life in Gaza for an interim period. The proposed sche...

IDF strikes targets in Syria, Troops kill four Palestinian gunmen in counter-terror raid in West Bank, IDF proposes Gazan clans run Gaza Strip to help distribute humanitarian aid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

First reserve troops released from Gaza. Rockets fired at Tel Aviv as New Year ushered in. Hamas delegation in Cairo for truce talks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

South Africa has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Israel is engaging in "genocidal acts" in Gaza. Israel has strongly rejected the allegation, calling it "baseless". "Israel rejects with disgust the blood libel spread by South Africa", the foreign ministry said. The ICJ, which is based in the Hague in the Netherlands, is the UN's principal judicial organ. It s...

As the Israel-Hamas conflict continues, academic institutions are grappling with how to best support and protect their diverse student bodies. A survey conducted by the aChord Center ahead of the scheduled opening of the academic year at universities assessed attitudes Jewish and Arab students hold toward each other – and their concerns and fears at this time. KAN's Naomi Segal heard more about fi...

Two IDF soldiers killed in Gaza fighting. Egyptian delegation reportedly visited Israel to raise ceasefire proposal. University academic year opens after war-related delays See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A delegation of Israeli civil organizations recently returned from the United States, where representatives sought to help US Jewish communities understand the complexities related to the ongoing war, and foster ties with Israel. Nati Birman Manoim, CEO of the Israeli Movement, spoke to KAN's Naomi Segal about the trip.  (Photo: Protest opposite UN headquarters, December 4, 2023. Yakov Binyamin/Fl...

Four injured in suspected car-ramming attack in Har Hebron area. Sirens in northern Israel, IDF expands operations in Khan Younis area in southern Gaza Strip. Former Prime Minister Bennett deflects criticism over his revealing details of Iran strikes  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

3 more KIA in Gaza. IDF apologizes for Maghazi camp bombing that killed dozens of civilians.  Shin Bet reportedly  received precise tip off from Gaza informant ahead of October 7th attack. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.