The Yedidim organization, the largest volunteer body in Israel, helps drivers in need and in cases of emergency at no cost; volunteers say they help out of desire to see everyone happy

With 12-hour lull in rocket fire, Egyptian official tells BBC Arabic talks have ‘hit a snag’; sirens blare across southern Israeli cities close to the Gaza border as rocket barrages resume from the Strip

Defense minister says his mother passed away peacefully and surrounded by family and recalls how she did all she could to survive the Holocaust and arrive in Israel with her family; officials send condolences

IDF, Palestinian terror group confirm assassination of Iyad al-Hassani, head of PIJ's military council; Israeli official says army preparing for the possibility that Hamas will join the fighting

Rocket fire toward border communities, Ashkelon, and Netivot continues following targeted killing of Islamic Jihad operations chief; IDF responds with strikes on terrorist group’s command centers, as well as 15 concealed rocket launchers; Jerusalem waits for response from Gaza on Egyptian truce proposal