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Syrian minorities want Israel to protect them from the new Syrian government and jihadist groups. “Israel is the Iron Dome of the Druze in Syria” said a cleric from the Druze city of Sweida.  And after 1,000+ the pro-Assad Alawites were killed, their leaders also begged Israel for help.

Israel’s PM headed a ceremony in Jerusalem to celebrate “Operation Moses” - Israel’s 1984 mission, to bring to Israel the community known as Beta Israel from Ethiopia via Sudan. Some 170,000 Ethiopian Jews now live in Israel, including Adi Jegna who spotted the bus bomb last month.

Irish police used Israel’s Cellebrite to convict a man who murdered his wife in Dublin two years ago. Technical specialists used Cellebrite to extract data from the husband’s cellphone, having previously been unable to bypass its encryption. The Irish media wasn’t happy.

The Technion UK brought a group of British Jews to Israel to hear from key people about the war, the country, the latest innovations and much more. They included ILTV’s Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, Uri Geller, the British Ambassador, and retired IDF colonel Miri Eisen.

Approximately 90,000 Muslims, including thousands from Judea and Samaria, ascended the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City for prayers on the first Friday of Ramadan.

Israeli police rescued two monkeys and a lion cub from illegal captivity by Negev Bedouins. They were located through operational activities and identified in social media videos. They were subsequently transferred to the Israel Nature and Parks Authority for medical treatment and further care.

Volunteers with special needs graduated in communications and logistics from the “Little Heroes Project” at the IDF’s Training Base of the Technology and Logistics Directorate. They stood proudly in their army uniforms to receive their certificates of excellence.

Maayan Gabai has cerebral palsy, yet climbed Mt Kilimanjaro on crutches. He and 29 others raised over NIS 1 million for Shalva, the Israel Association for the Care and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities. Ex-IDF Arab affairs spokesperson Maayan was hugged by an Iranian he met on the climb.

On International Women’s Day (8 Mar) it is worth seeing how the women volunteers of Israeli medical NGO United Hatzalah responded to the aftermath of Oct 7 2023.

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit has launched official digital platforms in Turkish, establishing accounts on the prominent social media networks X and Telegram. The IDF now operates in seven languages: Hebrew, English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Persian and Turkish.