The Commanding Officer of the Home Front Command recently met with heads of local authorities in the north they discussed the current situation and preparations for the future emphasizing the importance of continuous communication with the civilian sector to enhance emergency preparedness of the authorities MG Milo visited the underground center at the Rambam Hospital and the head of the Home Front Command’s medical department to strengthen medical and operational preparedness for various emergency scenarios We want to change the security reality in the north fundamentally so that we can bring the residents back home with security This week we are in a very significant offensive effort with strikes that are taking away a lot of his capabilities and resources." "This cooperation with the municipality is a force multiplier and really enables us to respond to any incident very I think the additional thing I will say is that the component that completes all this preparedness is the citizens themselves the discipline of the citizens and their adherence to the instructions and the fact that they have behaved in an exemplarily manner since the beginning of the war and we are seeing it now in recent events." 16:01 - Israeli killed by terrorist near Yavne was police officer The Israeli man shot and killed by a terrorist near Yavne earlier in day The terrorist was killed by an armed volunteer of a rescue service who approached the scene to help 14:55 - Pentagon: US missile defense unit THAAD arriving in Israel The U.S. Pentagon on Tuesday said that the first components of the THAAD advanced anti-missile system began arriving in Israel on Monday and that the system would be fully operational in the near future military personnel and THAAD battery components will continue to arrive in Israel," said Pentagon Spokesman Maj.-Gen "The battery will be fully operational capable in the near future 14:20 - Hezbollah fires 20 rockets at Haifa suburbs Hezbollah launched a volley of some 20 rockets at several suburbs of Haifa Alarms were triggered in several of the "Krayot" communities as well as nearby communities like Kfar Masaryk and Ein Hamifratz The IDF said that most of the rockets were shot down There were no immediate reports of casualties 13:01 - Hezbollah claims responsibility for missile attack on Tel Aviv area on Monday The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the launch of three ballistic missiles toward the Tel Aviv area on Monday afternoon Using its usual formula when confirming responsibility for attacks on Israel the terror group said it launched the missiles "In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their valiant and honorable resistance and in response to the Israeli barbaric destruction of cities 11:21 - Terror shooting: 1 killed and four wounded in attack on Highway 4 near Yavne One person was killed and four others wounded after a terrorist opened fire on Highway 4 near the town of Yavne One of the wounded is a doctor who stopped to help and was hit by a car 10:07 - IDF kills 2 terrorists and arrests 3 more in Jenin overall arrests 20 terror suspects across Judea and Samaria the IDF killed two terrorists and arrested three others after a firefight in the city of Jenin Israeli forces arrested 20 terror suspects 08:50 - Lebanese media report strikes near Baalbek reported a strike on the Syria-Lebanon border the strike was carried out on the Lebanon side of the border about 155 kilometers (86 miles) from the Israeli border 07:30 - Rocket alarm sirens sound in Haifa Rocket warning sirens were activated in Haifa The IDF said that two launches from Lebanon were identified and intercepted 07:25 - Rocket alarm sirens sound in Zichron Yaakov and the Carmel coast Rocket and missile warning sirens were activated in Zichron Yaakov and several communities along the Carmel coast 05:34 - Rocket alarm sirens sound in Kiryat Shmona and Upper Galilee Rocket warning sirens were activated in Kiryat Shmona and Ma'ayan Baruch in the Upper Galilee region 05:15 - After two weeks out of public view: Quds Force commander appears on Iranian TV the commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards who had not been seen in public for over two weeks appeared on Iranian state television during a ceremony receiving the body of Abbas Nilforoushan the Quds Force commander in Lebanon and Syria who was killed alongside Hezbollah Sec.-Gen Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut's Dahiya district last month Rumors had been circulating about Qaani's disappearance with some suggesting he was killed in a bombing in Beirut there were claims he was "under investigation for suspected ties with Israel and had suffered a heart attack," which Iranian sources dismissed as "fake news." (Reuters) 04:20 - Australia to its citizens: "Do not travel to Israel those there should leave while flights are available" Amid escalating tensions with Hezbollah in Lebanon Australia warned its citizens against traveling to Israel and urged those already there to "leave the country while commercial flights are still available." Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong wrote on the social network đť•Ź that "the Australian government has serious concerns that the security situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories could rapidly deteriorate." the Australian government stated that "the threat of military and terrorist attacks against Israel and Israeli interests across the region remains high." (Reuters) but decisions on Iran will be based on our own interests The Prime Minister's Office responded to a report by the "Washington Post," that stated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed the Biden administration of his plans to target military sites "We take into account the views of the American administration but our final decisions will be based on Israel's national interests." (Ynet) 02:32 - Lebanese Report: IDF conducts airstrikes in the Bekaa Valley reported that Israel Defense Forces (the IDF) launched a series of airstrikes across various locations in the Bekaa Valley The report indicated that at least four of the strikes were directed at the city of Baalbek 00:05 - UK and EU foreign ministers condemn Iran's missile strike on Israel British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and EU Foreign Affairs Chief Josep Borrell condemned Iran's ballistic missile strike on Israel The two leaders also denounced Tehran for providing ballistic missiles to Russia to aid its war efforts in Ukraine Lammy and Borrell reaffirmed their commitment to imposing sanctions on Iran in response to the missile attack The All Israel News Staff is a team of journalists in Israel A multimedia broadcast & distribution network The Druze people reside primarily in Israel It is an Arab-speaking community loyal to the state that has suffered hundreds of casualties in its defense and whose men serve today in high-ranking and sensitive positions within the Israeli military and security forces In Israel the majority of the Druze consider themselves a distinct ethnic group and do not identify themselves as Arab Worldwide there are probably about one million Druze living mainly in Syria and Lebanon including about 18,000 in the Golan (which came under Israeli rule in 1967) and several thousands who emigrated to Europe and North and South America The Druze community in Israel has a special standing among the country’s minority groups and members of the community have attained high-level positions in the political The Druze religion has its roots in Ismailism a religio-philosophical movement which founded the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt in the tenth century During the reign of al-Hakim (996 – 1021) the Druze creed came into being blending Islamic monotheism with Greek philosophy and Hindu influences Active proselytizing of the new creed was brief; since about 1050 the community has been closed to outsiders The first Druze settled in what is now southern Lebanon and northern Israel By the time of the Ottoman conquest of Syria (1516) Druze also lived in the hill country near Aleppo and Sultan Selim I recognized Fakhr al-Din as Emir of the Druze Civil strife between the Lebanese Druze and the Maronite Christians ended in 1860 with the autonomous administration of Mt The Druze never regained ascendancy in the region and the center of the community passed to Mt which became known as Jebel-el-Druze (Mountain of the Druze) – the name formerly synonymous with Mt In 1921 the French tried to set up a Druze state under the French Mandate The Druze in Galilee and on Mount Carmel have always kept in contact with the other branches of the community During the British Mandate over Palestine they refrained from taking part in the Arab-Jewish conflict and during Israel’s War of Independence (1948) became active participants on Israel’s side The Druze consider their faith to be a new interpretation of the three monotheistic religions: Judaism the traditional story of the Creation is a parable which describes Adam not as the first human being but as the first person to believe in one god the idea of monotheism has been disseminated by “emissaries” or prophets guided by “mentors” who embody the spirit of monotheism The mentors and prophets come from all three religions and Salman the Persian and Mohammed – all reincarnations of the same monotheistic idea the Druze hold other influential people – regardless of their religion – in great esteem as the advocates of justice and belief in one god Although the Druze recognize all three monotheistic religions they believe that rituals and ceremonies have caused Jews and Muslims to turn aside from “pure faith” They argue that individuals who believe that God will forgive them if they fast and pray will commit transgressions in the expectation of being forgiven – and then repeat their sins The Druze thus eliminated all elements of ritual and ceremony; there is no fixed daily liturgy The Druze perform their spiritual reckoning with God at all times and consequently need no special days of fasting or atonement The Druze religion is secret and closed to converts the secrecy derives from the tenet that the gates of the religion were open to new believers for the space of a generation when it was first revealed and everyone was invited to join Since in their belief everyone alive today is the reincarnation of someone who lived at that time there is no reason to allow them to join today and no member of another religion can become Druze Druze religious books are accessible only to the initiates The juhal (“ignorant ones”) accept the faith on the basis of the tradition handed down from generation to generation The Druze religion has no ceremonies or rituals and no obligation to perform precepts in public The uqqal are bound by more precepts than the juhal Their external appearance is also different: the men have a shaven head covered by a white turban a mustache and a beard; the women wear a white head scarf The most pious among the women hide all their hair under a separate covering which is fastened around the head underneath the white scarf Druze women can attain positions of religious significance their rights are almost identical to those of men; actually Druze women are preferred over men in joining the uqqal because they are considered to be better “spiritually prepared” there are more women than men among the uqqal Female uqqal take part in the religious assemblies in the hilwah (prayer house) If a juhal wishes to marry a member of the uqqal the former is expected to declare in advance his/her intention to join in the near future a male uqqal may not be alone with a woman who is not a close relative (spouse mother) nor even respond to her greeting unless a third person is present Both men and women are encouraged to guard themselves against immodest or impulsive behavior Since the founding of the State of Israel in 1948 the Druze educational system has flourished only 981 Druze were enrolled in school – 881 boys and 100 girls Today there are over 30,000 Druze students in the school system – some 2.3% of all pupils in Israel although the representation of Druze in the general population is only 1.6% Back to Top Iran may not wait until it has acquired nuclear weapons. 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