Thursday, April 16, 2026

Israel

IDF Artillery Corps Fires New Ro’em Howitzer Operationally for First Time Against Hezbollah in Lebanon

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) - The Israel Defense Forces’ Artillery Corps this week conducted the first operational shelling with its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer, supporting ground fo...

Israel and Lebanon agree to a 10-day ceasefire starting at 5 p.m. ET Thursday, Trump says

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel and Lebanon agree to a 10-day ceasefire starting at 5 p.m. ET Thursday, Trump says.

IDF Razes 70 Hezbollah Sites in Bint Jbeil Area After Commando Raid

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli forces destroyed approximately 70 Hezbollah terror infrastructures in the Bint Jbeil area of southern Lebanon following a raid by commando units, the ...

Women Of The Wall Try To Smuggle Sefer Torah Via Elderly Woman’s Walker

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An attempt was made on Thursday morning to violate regulations at the Western Wall plaza. Thousands of worshippers arrived at the Kotel, starting from sunrise...

5-Yr-Old Boy Passes Away After Beit Shemesh Road Accident

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: Medical teams from United Hatzalah performed resuscitation on a 5-year-old boy who was critically injured in a road accident on Hazon Ish Street in Beit ...

Iran Threatens To Sink US Ships, Take ‘Thousands Of Hostages’ If US Closes Hormuz Strait

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — The military advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mohsen Rezaee, warned that Iran may attack American ships in the Strait of Hormuz. He said Tehran would “sink” U...

TIME Names Netanyahu Among 100 Most Influential People In 2026: ‘Political Comeback’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For the fifth time, TIME magazine named Prime Minister Netanyahu among the most influential people of 2026, but did not gloss over his failings and the negati...

Bilzerian, Known for Antisemitic Rants, Files to Run for Congress in Florida

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FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA (VINnews) -Disgraced degenerate Dan Bilzerian is now running for Congress in Florida against America First patriot Randy Fine, simply because Fine is Jewish...

Op-Ed: A Second Holocaust Is Possible in Our Time

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WASHINGTON (JNS/Shuki Friedman) - The question of whether a second Holocaust is plausible in the foreseeable future may sound like an intellectual provocation. But a cold-eyed look...

IDF Chief of Staff Approves New Battle Plans for Lebanon and Iran

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BEIT LIF, LEBANON (VINnews) - IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Wednesday he has approved updated battle plans for operations in both Lebanon and Iran as he visited troop...

Global Jewish Population Estimated At 15.8 Million, Still Below Pre-Holocaust Level

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the global Jewish population stands at 15.8 million, according to data released on Sunday by Israel’s Central Bureau ...

Iran Used Chinese-Built Satellite To Target US Military Bases In Region

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — More than a year before Israel launched Operation Roaring Lion, Iran secretly bought a Chinese surveillance satellite that was later used to help target U.S. m...

IDF 52nd Battalion Gets Acting Commander After Latest Leader Wounded in Lebanon

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JERUSALEM — Lt. Col. Daniel Ella, a former commander of the Israel Defense Forces’ 52nd Battalion, will temporarily return to lead the unit after its current commander was wounded ...

Supreme Court Hears Petitions To Dismiss Ben-Gvir, Right-Wing MKs Heckle Judges ‘Dictatorship’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) Supreme Court Justice Yitzhak Amit opened the hearing on Wednesday morning on petitions demanding the dismissal of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. T...

OP-ED: Israel Must Demand Compensation From Lebanon And Outlawing Of Hezbollah

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Dr. Eddy Cohen is an Arabist and senior researcher specializing in analyzing media and political discourse in Arab countries. Cohen, born in Lebanon, is an ex...

IDF Troops Find Hezbollah Anti-Tank Launcher Aimed at Northern Israel, Strike Command Centers in Southern Lebanon

JERUSALEM (VINnews) - Israel Defense Forces soldiers operating in southern Lebanon located an anti-tank missile launcher directed toward northern Israel along with additional weapo...

Netanyahu Welcomes Czech Foreign Minister to Jerusalem, Praises ‘Moral Partnership’

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday welcomed Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka to the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, hailing the longstandin...

IDF Northern Command Chief Visits Bint Jbeil as Forces Deepen Operations in Southern Lebanon

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BINT JBEIL, LEBANON (VINnews) - The commander of the Israel Defense Forces’ Northern Command conducted a situational assessment in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil on Tuesd...

US CENTCOM Commander Meets IDF Chief of Staff, Holocaust Survivor on Yom Hashoah

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) - Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, held meetings Tuesday with top Israeli military officials, including a poignant encounter with Holocaust ...

IDF Troops Eliminate Terrorist Cell in Southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil; 10 Soldiers Wounded

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BINT JBEIL, LEBANON (VINnews) - Israeli soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade killed three terrorists in a firefight overnight in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, the Isr...