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The 810th Mountains Brigade was established in March 2024,and is now responsible for the Mount Hermon and Mount Dov sectors. It includes eleven trackers, all of them Arab Bedouin who fought on Oct 7 2023 and served in Gaza. Not just trackers, but combat soldiers in every sense.

After the ousting of anti-Israel governments, the leaders of Colombia and Slovenia have both vowed not only to restore full diplomatic relations with Israel but also to inaugurate embassies in Jerusalem. So too will the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru.

While inspecting a house for structural damage in the devasted La Guaira region of Venezuela, the IDF engineers were astonished to see a hand-sewn Israeli flag hanging on the wall. The Christian owners had made it to express their appreciation of the Israeli delegation.

Israel won the Prague round of the World Scholar’s Cup. Competing against thousands of students from around the world, they came first in Science and in Multimedia, plus many other trophies, giving them overall first place.  Sorry but no on-line media publication thought it worth reporting.

Israel’s Elbit US subsidiary has been awarded contracts by US Customs and Border Protection worth more than $370 million. Elbit is already responsible for securing sections of the US-Mexico border as part of the "Smart Border" project, providing real-time surveillance data to the US Border Patrol.

Columbia University has confirmed that it will begin programming at its Tel Aviv Global Center this summer, moving ahead with an academic hub intended to expand research, teaching, and partnerships with Israel.

At Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Jewish and Arab doctors alike celebrated as young Muhammad beat the odds and overcame his bone marrow cancer.

“Motek Shel Park,” in the northern Israeli city of Ma’alot-Tarshiha, offers local families a dedicated outdoor space for children’s celebrations. Costing NIS 5 million, it has a large birthday table, a central performance stage and playground equipment for children of different ages.

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.