The IDF arrested five family members of the escaped Gilboa Jail prisoners in a raid on Friday in the towns of Arrabe and Bir al-Basha near Jenin.

"This constitutes an irresponsible act of harm to public peace and we will continue to take harsh actions against violators of the law," said Bennett.

Bar-Lev form commission of inquiry into prisoners’ escape.

"Do you think if Yossi Cohen comes, they won't authorize him?" a Likud official said. "The party won't say no to a game-changer."

Local residents singers Lior Elmaleh and Uriel Shay accompanied the service at the President's Residence.

According to the government's new decree, any such person may face criminal charges of fraud, deception and intentional dissemination of a disease.

After decades on pitch locally and abroad at highest levels, Tal Ben Haim transitions into coaching.

The three suspects were arrested last month. Aronov was arrested a few days before Kaplonov and Goltzman.

Schadenfreude, and not the psychobabble, is what keeps us watching. 

A sexy meme of Isaac kissing Chastain’s arm on the red carpet has gone viral, earning more than seven million views.

Only four countries have embassies in Jerusalem, the US, Guatemala, Honduras, and Kosovo, while Equatorial Guinea and Malawi said they would, as well.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Avidar praised the coalition’s diversity as a historic breakthrough, with eight parties across the spectrum and a non-Zionist Arab party.

LEGAL AFFAIRS: The first female military advocate-general will have to navigate army’s murky legal waters and tough international challenges.

The Likud and other opposition factions have purposely held out in assigning MKs to committees in order to protest the coalition dividing up the committees in a manner the Likud perceives as unfair.

Watchdog has rejected opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu's accusation of cover-up.

In Israel, Yom Kippur is the annual bike-riding day for secular Israeli children.

In total, NIS 28 billion was raised on the stock market, mostly from tech companies.

Islamic Jihad inmates not transferred from Ofer Prison due to fears of violent resistance.

Around 30,000 hassidim traveled to Uman this year to pray near the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage, some 10,000 of whom arrived early.

The Ministry of Economy launched an initiative that will assist hi-tech Israeli waste-reduction and recycling companies by connecting them to growing international demand for green technologies.

In August, about 10,000 dunams of forests in the Judean mountains were burned, with millions of trees and thousands of animals affected.

The year for National Service volunteers begins on September 1.

Two sisters from Canada have volunteered with Magen David Adom and donated an ambulance in the memory of their grandfather after his death.

The body was severely injured and charred, and MDA paramedics were initially unable to determine the woman's age or, initially, her gender.

Marzel was the leader of the right-wing Jewish National Front party and worked for Rabbi Meir Kahane. Gopstein is known for founding the far-right Lehava organization.

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

The incident "is extremely serious," IPS head Katy Perry wrote, noting that the IPS is experiencing a difficult and formative event.

The capital’s skyline is changing radically without any real public debate on the matter.

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

As a commander in Hebron, Dror Weinberg made efforts to see that holy sites were kept open and accessible. One of those sites was the Tomb of Abner.