Monthly Archives: September 2026

Gastritis model leads to new allergy treatments

Tel Aviv University researchers have developed one of the first experimental models for eosinophilic gastritis – an allergic disease of the stomach. The model helped identify the immune pathways responsible the disease and has led to a new generation of … Continue reading

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How the body can repair itself

Researchers at Israel’s Technion have uncovered a natural mechanism through which the body repairs itself. Contrary to what was previously believed, mature, aged cells retain the ability to “turn back time” and revert into active stem cells that regenerate damaged … Continue reading

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Exploding immune cells discovered

Researchers from Ben-Gurion University and Stanford University have discovered a completely unknown type of immune cell in flatworms that protects the body by literally erupting. The newly identified cells, named ruptoblasts, sense a hormone spike and erupt, destroying invading microbes. … Continue reading

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No-drug cancer therapy

Scientists from Israel’s Technion Institute have engineered MPsomes – nanoparticles that block macrophages that provide tumors with food. It gives hope to patients with aggressive triple-negative breast cancer, which accounts for 40% of deaths and cannot be treated with conventional … Continue reading

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Freed hostage marries Nova survivor

Eliya Cohen, held hostage in Gaza for over 500 days, and Ziv Aboud, a Nova festival massacre survivor, were dating before Oct. 7 2023 and had planned on getting married. Now, after years of heartbreak and hope, they are finally … Continue reading

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Bronze-age storage jars found at Shiloh

Three well-preserved large storage jars dating back to the Middle Bronze Age were discovered during excavations in ancient Shiloh, site of the Biblical Tabernacle. Likely to have held grapes and wine, the jars were unearthed just days before the annual … Continue reading

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IDF tank unit saves Israeli Arabs from burning building

A Merkava Mark IV tank crew from the 401st Armored Brigade carried out an unexpected civilian rescue in Feb 2024, when they saved a group of Israeli Arab residents trapped inside a burning apartment building near the Gaza border town … Continue reading

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National Religious doubles up

Israel’s national‑religious community make up only about 15% of the population, but they account for over 30% of IDF reservists. This has been visible for more than a decade, but especially after Oct 7, 2023, when national‑religious units reported near‑total … Continue reading

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Inside Tel Azekah

Tel Azekah is an Iron Age Judean stronghold in central Israel referenced in the Book of Joshua and the story of David and Goliath and has been slowly excavated for the past 16 years. https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-inside-the-ancient-judean-stronghold-of-tel-azekah/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pe4ff9T470

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Eiruv saves Israeli soldiers from drone

A soldier in the IDF Military Rabbinate, erected an eiruv of poles and strings near the Lebanese border to allow soldiers to carry items on Shabbat. An explosive FPV drone launched by Hezbollah got entangled in the strings and self-detonated, … Continue reading

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