Monday, October 12

newsru reports Defense Minister Israel Katz urged the High Court not to interfere with IDF operational decisions in Judea and Samaria, vowing to pursue Knesset legislation if the court rules against the military's stance on barring Palestinian refugees from returning to evacuated camps.

cursorinfo reports Israel diverted a cargo plane from Ethiopia after discovering an Indonesian crew member aboard, breaching rules on crews from nations without diplomatic ties, prompting authorities to tighten manifest screening following a similar earlier incident involving an Omani co-pilot.

now14 reports that U.S. federal agents raided the D.C. home of Rep. Ilhan Omar as part of a probe into alleged document falsification, with Omar accusing the Trump administration of political persecution.

ashams reports a 21-year-old man was critically injured in Nazareth after his motorcycle collided with a car, with fire and rescue crews extricating him before paramedics took him to English Hospital.

srugim reports a new poll puts Avi Maoz's Noam L'Yisrael party at 5% support, enough for five Knesset seats, as mainstream Haredi parties see their traditional base erode.

ynet reports Kamari Group bought a 50% stake in the Tachanat Lechem and BREADCAFE chains for NIS 23 million, its second food-sector deal this week, aiming to expand Tachanat Lechem to about 50 branches while founders Sashi and Eran Avital stay on as CEOs.

i24_en reports two schools in Kiryat Ata were shut for 24 hours after benzene levels near the Bazan petrochemical complex hit three times the permitted limit, with authorities telling nearby residents to stay indoors and halting industrial maintenance pending an emissions plan.