Israel news summary

Israel News for 4-3-2024

News Update

A terrorist rammed his vehicle into police officers near Kochav Yair early this morning, injuring 4 officers, 1 seriously. The terrorist then exited his vehicle at a checkpoint and attempted to stab security forces there before being neutralized.

Security forces arrested 20 terror suspects and confiscated weapons and explosives in overnight raids in the territories.

The government released figures of the amounts of aid delivered to Gaza since the start of the war. These include 12,000 aid trucks containing 252,585 tons of food, over 3.3 million cubic meters of water via pipelines and 20 tons of medical equipment including two million vaccines doses of for various diseases. For more, click here. 

For a complete list of the soldiers killed in the ground offensive, click here.

The Temple Mount will be closed to Jews and non-Muslims during the last 10 days of Ramadan and the 3 days following the month, as in previous years, despite demands by National Security Minister Ben Gvir to keep it open.

An exhibition depicting the horror of the October 7 massacre was displayed at the entrance to the United Nations headquarters in New York. For more, click here. 

Large anti-government protests have been taking place every day this week in Jerusalem.