Twin brothers arrested in France for cutting down a memorial tree honoring Ilan Halimi, a Jewish man tortured to death in 2006. The act sparked national outrage and renewed concerns over antisemitism.

Rabbi of Uman urges support for Breslov pilgrims ahead of Rosh Hashanah.

Rabbi Yitzhak Zilberstein, leading haredi rabbi, clarifies remarks on bans on Torah study, says instruction to desecrate Shabbat doesn't apply in Israel, where the government allows Torah study. 'Anyone not learning - should enlist in a haredi unit.'

French presidential advisor Ofer Bronchtein told Channel 12 that October 7 'would not have happened' if a Palestinian state existed, as France weighs recognizing the PA and opening embassies.

<p>A senior Israeli security official told the Saudi Al-Hadath: "We recovered secret and dangerous equipment during the landing of forces near Damascus. We dismantled Turkish surveillance devices that had been placed in the suburbs of Damascus to spy on us. The equipment we recovered had been stationed at Syrian positions for more than a decade."</p>

<p>A source in the Syrian regime told the official <i>SANA </i>news agency that on Tuesday, during a patrol in Jabal al-Manea, south of Damascus, Syrian army forces identified surveillance and listening devices. According to the source, when they attempted to handle the findings, Israel conducted an airstrike, resulting in casualties, injuries, and the destruction of vehicles.</p><p>The source added that the attacks, carried out using fighter jets and drones, prevented access to the area until Wednesday evening. It was further reported that Syrian army forces destroyed some of the devices through gunfire, evacuated the bodies of the deceased, and that subsequent additional strikes took place, alongside the landing of an Israeli force in an operation whose details remain unclear, accompanied by ongoing reconnaissance flights.</p>

<p>The Syrian television channel <i>Sham TV</i> reported that nine Syrian army soldiers were killed and others injured in Israeli Air Force strikes carried out last night (Wednesday) in the Al-Kiswah area, south of Damascus. </p><p>According to the report, this is a preliminary estimate of the number of casualties and injuries from the strikes.</p>

Iran’s FM Araghchi agrees with Netanyahu that Australia’s PM is “weak” after Albanese blames Iran for attacks on Jews and expels its envoy. Araghchi fires back, accusing Canberra of appeasing “war criminals.”