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Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodríguez thanked the local Jewish community and Israel for sending a specialized search and rescue unit to help locate survivors of the two deadly earthquakes that struck Venezuela. Also other articles on Israeli assistance.

Torch lighters at Israel’s 78th Independence Day ceremony at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl included Argentine President Javier Milei, the first foreign leader to receive the honor. Some Israelis were also happy that Argentina beat England in the soccer World Cup.

Israel’s Tomer Malchi has won the $100,000 Charles Bronfman Prize for the work of his nonprofit CultivAid. For the past 15 years, Malchi has trained thousands of African farmers to grow more sustainable and marketable produce and improved the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands more.

Israel’s Parliament, the Knesset building, was lit up in the United States’ red, white, and blue to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar hosted Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Đurić in Jerusalem. Sebia’s FM, who is Jewish, spoke in fluent Hebrew, underscoring support for Israel. “I want everyone in Israel to know that in Serbia and in Belgrade, you have true friends," he said.

Due to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, Israel is transfering jet fuel to Germany, following a request from the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Even amidst a war against Iran and Hezbollah Israel has a surplus fuel production that can be exported.

Israel has joined the European Union’s MedFish4Ever Declaration, a regional framework aimed at improving the management and recovery of fish stocks in the Mediterranean and Black seas.

An unprecedented surge in Haredi enlistment, with several hundred young Haredi men volunteering for combat units in a single day. The IDF’s Manpower Directorate described the turnout as “the largest spontaneous enlistment event among Haredi youth in years,”

Bank Hapoalim opened 54 museums, parks, heritage sites, and tourist attractions across Israel free of charge over three weekends in May. The project benefits Israeli families while supporting museums, heritage sites, nature parks, and tourism businesses impacted by the war.

In a moving scene, a religious Arab woman was seen standing alongside a bearded ultra-Orthodox Jewish man during Israel’s annual Holocaust Memorial Day siren.