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Haredi demonstrator dragged by vehicle as mass anti-draft protests erupt across central Israel

Thousands of protesters bring traffic to a halt across Jerusalem, on Highway 4 • Demonstrators disrupt Shas election campaign conference in Modi'in Illit, block Jerusalem car carrying haredi soldier

Ultra-Orthodox protester holding a sign reading "Either Haredi or the army" during an anti-draft protest on Highway 4, October 8, 2026.
 Illustrative image of an Electra-Afikim bus.

WATCH: Highway 60 reopens to traffic after bus catches fire, no injuries reported

An American Airlines airplane taxis on the tarmac at New York's Laguardia Airport.

Massive US flight groundings triggered by fiber cut, circuit failure as UN General Assembly meets

United Hatzalah volunteers respond to a car accident on Highway 762 near Rechasim on Sunday.

One killed, one seriously injured in latest among series of fatal road accidents in Israel


Within two hours: Three bus crashes in southern Israel leave 37 injured, including IDF soldiers

Twenty-one people were injured near Mitzpe Ramon, 11 near the Nevatim junction, and another five near Ruhama.

Bus carrying IDF soldiers to base overturns near Mitzpe Ramon in southern Israel, February 26, 2026.

Red traffic light saves stroke victim's life in Rishon Lezion

A passing Magen David Adom paramedic saved the life of 75-year-old Moshe Ami Benita, who suffered a stroke while stopped at a red light in Rishon Lezion during a routine drive home.

A Magen David Adom mobile intensive care unit and paramedic, June 2, 2025; illustrative.

Arab families protest rise in violent crime, murder, blocking Ayalon highway

“This struggle is a fight for life and against the abandonment of an entire society that bleeds every day,” the protesters said.

Members of the Arab community in Israel protest against the violence in their community, in Sakhnin, northern Israel, January 22, 2026.

Ultra-Orthodox rioters throw stones, call police 'Nazis' in protests over dead infants' autopsies

Eleven were arrested before protests began to disperse following the High Court of Justice's blocking of the planned autopsies.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the autopsy of toddlers who died in a daycare, in Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Two policemen injured at religious youth protest in Jerusalem marking Ahuvia Sandak's death

The protesters, a group of young right-wing nationalists, took to the streets to mark five years since the death of hilltop youth Ahuvia Sandak.

A police officer's bandaged hand is seen during protests in Jerusalem, December 27, 2025

IDF, Israel Police searching for Palestinian vehicle that fled traffic stop in West Bank

The incident was originally reported as a potential terror ramming, but it has since been ruled as a suspect fleeing a traffic violation/

 (Illustrative) Israel police block a road, as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip, near Ashkelon, southern Israel October 7, 2023.

Packed stations, mass delays: Trains across Israel delayed for hours after fatal rail accident

Israel Railways announced that the trains have since returned to full operation.

 Thousands on the platform at the Hashalom Station near Begin Street.

Grapevine: Not taking care of business

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

A massive construction site off Jaffa Road, not far from the entrance to Jerusalem, seen in 2022.

Two eastbound lanes of Highway 1 reopen after truck fire near Ben-Gurion Airport

Israel's Fire and Rescue Authority is on the scene, working to put out the fire before it spreads to nearby fields. 

A truck on fire along Highway 1, near Ben-Gurion Airport, November 18, 2025.

Uganda bus crash leaves at least 63 dead

Initial investigations suggest it was caused by two buses coming from opposite directions trying to overtake other vehicles, a lorry and a sport utility vehicle (SUV).

 Firefighters and volunteers assess debris at the scene of an explosion, after a fuel tanker rolled and residents started to syphoning fuel, in Kigoogwa suburb, Wakiso district on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda October 22, 2024.