<p>Police forces rescued 17 men from central Israel after they were stranded in the dark at Nahal Jilabun in the Golan Heights without water or flashlights. The police noted that the hikers reported setting out on the trail just two hours before nightfall and passed a sign indicating that the nature reserve was closed.</p><p>The rescue unit's tracking team conducted a phone interview with the hikers, then entered the reserve using off-road vehicles equipped with water. Upon reaching the hikers, they transported them to a parking lot, from where they evacuated themselves independently.</p>

<p>Lebanese Minister of Justice Adel Nassar responded to threats of internal conflict by Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem, stating: "The threat by some to destroy Lebanon in defense of their weapons ends the notion of 'weapons for the defense of Lebanon.'"</p>

Francis’s papacy should not be compared in any way to that of Popes John XXIII, John Paul II, and too few others like them. Opinion.

After public and political backlash, Toronto International Film Festival reverses its decision to pull “The Road Between Us”, a film about the October 7 Hamas massacre.

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of an indiscriminate strike on Tehran’s Evin prison during the recent war with Iran, while alleging Iranian authorities beat and tortured inmates after evacuation.

<p>Fire crews from the Haifa station were called overnight to a blaze that broke out on the roof of a residential building in the center of the city. Firefighters quickly worked to bring the flames under control and entered the building while simultaneously rescuing two trapped individuals.</p><p>The women were rescued in light condition, and one was evacuated to hospital for further medical treatment.</p>

Naim Qassem threatens: 'There will be no life in Lebanon if government tries to confront Hezbollah'

<p>The Tiberias Municipality announced that Captain Yosef-Haim Ashraf is the officer who was found dead yesterday in the Switzerland Forest near Ramat Poria.</p>