There are so many unbelievable aspects of the near-disastrous Flydubai incident. The Indian captain who, although stabbed, managed to open the cockpit door a fraction. Passengers overpowering the terrorist co-pilot, the plumber who leveled out the damaged plane, the reserve … Continue reading →

Ari Spitz (see here previously) spent six weeks in a coma and walked out of hospital with three prosthetic limbs. He is now studying for a law degree at Bar-Ilan University. He was also selected to light a torch during … Continue reading →

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

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 Ancient … Continue reading →

A 300-meter section of Jerusalem’s Hasmonean period Lower Aqueduct has been uncovered during construction of a new south-Jerusalem neighborhood. Using gravity, it carried water from Solomon’s Pools, south of Bethlehem, to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. https://worldisraelnews.com/2000-year-old-hasmonean-aqueduct-section-uncovered-in-jerusalem/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8aEbPj2-Yw

The IDF’s Maglan elite special operations unit, used a children’s remote ‑ controlled toy plastic car to locate a concealed rocket launcher hidden inside a booby‑trapped building. They attached a small helmet‑mounted video camera to the car, and entered without … Continue reading →

Itamar Galinsky, who was critically wounded during the fighting in Lebanon nearly two years ago, has returned to reserve duty in the same unit in which he was serving when he was wounded. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432949

Capt. Shahar Gamla, 23, was killed by an explosive drone in Lebanon. His heart was transplanted into a 54-year-old man, his lungs into a 47-year-old man, a liver lobe to a 7-year-old girl, the rest of the liver to 69-year-old … Continue reading →

House of Heroes, founded by former IDF resilience trainer Sagi Dovev, uses Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and other sparring styles to help rehabilitate some of the 26,200 soldiers wounded since Oct 7, 2023. https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-war-put-them-on-the-ropes-a-martial-arts-gym-gives-wounded-vets-a-fighting-chance/ https://houseofheroes.org.il/en/#ourstory