Returning has been "closing my eyes and seeing my captors still in front of me. It's endless longing for my mother, my heroic brother, and friends I will never see again," she added.

Netanyahu sent a statement through a "senior Israeli official," stressing that "a humanitarian pause for 11 hours...is unacceptable."

The bill in question would effectively give the Chief Rabbinate power to elect these rabbis instead of the local authorities themselves.

During these operations, soldiers surrounded a building and arrested wanted persons, confiscating weapons and destroying an explosive device found in the area. 

The treatment we have received from other members of the queer community is unacceptable. It is racist and stands in direct contradiction to the supposed ideals promoted by the LGBTQ+ community.

Total victory in the Strip simply does not exist. Israel needs to achieve something in order to save face.

The suspect was still at large late on Saturday, but police said they believed he was cornered in a house nearby.

Although Gantz's quitting the government failed to bring about its collapse, the festering issue of haredi exemptions from military conscription may ultimately do the trick.