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Ronen Hananiya, killed near Kiryat Arba, to be buried this afternoon. Gunman was terminally ill with cancer. Last 2 days of campaigning before Tuesday election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prime Minister Lapid signs Israel-Lebanon maritime border deal ahead of ceremony. Defense Minister Gantz to meet Turkey's President Erdogan in Turkey. Syria claims Israel carried out another attack on its territory. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Poll puts Yesh Atid at 27. Meretz and Labor both drop to 4.Big defense cuts to pay teachers' salary hike.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A leaked recording of Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich calling Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu a "liar" set off a political stir as the campaign in Israel's elections for the 25th Knesset headed into its final week. The remarks were made in the context of debate over whether Netanyahu, in coalition negotiations following the last elections, was willing to form a government wit...

IDF destroys Lion's Den explosive factory, kills five Palestinians, including terror group's leader, in overnight Nablus raid. Report says Damascus area strike attribute to Israel targeted Iranian arms convoy intended for Hezbollah. President Isaac Herzog departs on official trip to Washington See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Political stir after Smotrich calls Netanyahu a liar. Cabinet to meet Thursday to approve US-mediated Israel-Lebanon border deal. Iran claims to have arrested 10 people working for Israel's Mossad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The appointment of Hezi Halevi as the next chief of general staff, despite being in the midst of an election period, is the right move as it gives a good overlap period with the outgoing IDF chief Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi. “He’s the right man at the right time,” Olivier Rafowicz, a reserve IDF colonel and military expert at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, told reporter Arieh O’Sull...

Cabinet approves Maj.-Gen. Herzi Halevi as next IDF chief of staff. Lion's Den terror group accuses Israel in member's assassination. High Court rejects petitions against caretaker government authorizing US-mediated Israel-Lebanon maritime border agreement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

IDF soldier from Samaria arrested in connection with assault by settlers on Israeli security forces. Terrorist who killed IDF soldier shot to death during second attack. Voting in elections for 25th Knesset gets underway in Israeli diplomatic missions abroad See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Saudi Arabia praises Australia's decision cancelling recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Israeli security forces operating in Judea and Samaria overnight arrest 12 wanted Palestinians. Court orders genetic testing in IVF mix-up case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Israel enters the final two weeks of the election campaign for the 25th Knesset, there are an estimated 20 percent of the voters who have yet to make up their minds. But Reuven Hazan, professor of political science at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said the results of this election will not be determined by the undecided but rather by the fringe parties. He told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that...

Disappointment in Israel over Australia's decision to reverse its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, more arrests in manhunt for solider's killer in Shuafat, 13-year-old Arab boy shot dead in feud See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two Israeli citizens from Bedouin towns in Negev arrested for contact with terror operative in Gaza. Israel revokes entry permits of more than 160 relatives of operatives in "Lion's Den" terror group. Israeli security forces on heightened alert over holiday.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tensions high in Jerusalem amid ongoing unrest. Lebanese official hails maritime border deal with Israel. Report: Israel providing Ukraine with intelligence on Iran-made attack drones See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

St.-Sgt. Ido Baruch killed in a drive by shooting in Samaria is laid to rest, Security Cabinet convenes to discuss U.S.-brokered maritime deal with Lebanon. 50,000 worshippers participate in annual Priestly blessings at the Western Wall See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

U.S. ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said the U.S.-mediated maritime border agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon was “historic.” In an interview with KAN’s diplomatic reporter Gili Cohen, Nides dismissed charges that it was timed before the Knesset elections, saying that there was an opportunity to make a deal and that the United States believes that it would benefit both Israel and Lebanon...

Israeli youth seriously wounded in Palestinian shooting attack in Samaria. Israel announces "historic" maritime border agreement with Lebanon. Security forces continue search for perpetrator of Saturday night attack at Shuafat crossing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 43rd Acko International Fringe Theatre Festival is taking place during the holiday of Sukkot. This year dozens of performances are set to take place in stunning historic locations across the ancient walled, mixed Arab-Jewish  port city. These include a number of performances by international groups, including from the Ukraine. Reporter Arieh O’Sullivan spoke to Moni Yosef, the artistic directo...

Soldier killed in Jerusalem shooting attack identified as 18-year-old Noa Lazar. Search continues for Palestinian attacker, whose identity is known. Supreme Court rules that renegade politicians Chikli, Silman and Balad Party can run in November 1 Knesset election See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The holiday of Sukkot is contains many layers, and contradictions. Rabbi Dalia Marx, a professor at the Jerusalem campus of Hebrew Union College-JIR, and author of From Time To Time: Journeys in the Jewish Calendar , spoke to KAN reporter Naomi Segal about the holiday and some of its traditions.   (Photo: Miriam Alster/Flash90) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Climate change is here and the KKL – Jewish National Fund has placed it as one of their missions to face. It recently awarded two Israeli start ups 75,000 shekels each for developing technologies to deal with extreme climate situations; one implements an early detection of fires, and the other an early detection of floods. And they will conduct a pilot in the forests and streams of KKL – JNF for t...

Israel rejects Lebanese changes to maritime border proposal. Netanyahu: Only my pressure stopped Lapid from surrendering to Lebanon. President Herzog, at state memorial ceremony for IDF fallen in Yom Kippur war, says lessons from 1973 war remain relevant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lapid and Gantz approve Lebanon maritime agreement. Netanyahu says he will not be bound by any agreement. Yom Kippur closure on Judea and Samaria.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israeli documentary film maker and producer Oren Rosenfeld has won, not one, but two Emmy Awards for news. The awards were handed out last week in New York City and Rosenfeld’s  “The battle for Jerusalem” on VICE news won for outstanding video journalism news and for also for news reporting. Rosenfeld told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that the coronavirus pandemic put many challenges on covering the...

PM Lapid: Emerging maritime border deal with Lebanon protects Israel's interests. Six alleged members of Islamic State cell arrested in Nazareth. Israeli lightly hurt in Samaria shooting attack.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.