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Haaretz

October 2026

Saudi-led coalition says new attack at Riyadh airport causes fire, day after Houthi strike killed 13

Netanyahu condemned the 'horrific terrorist attack' as fighting between the Houthis and Yemeni government forces escalates

Archaeologists reveal huge stretch of ancient Lower Aqueduct into Jerusalem

A 300-meter stretch of the Lower Aqueduct into Jerusalem has been revealed exactly where archaeologists thought it would be — about 5 kilometers south of Temple Mount, near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel

Benyamin Storchanexcavation directors Dr.
What's really cool about this is that we literally see a cross section of time in one element,
Benyamin Storchanexcavation directors Dr.
Mainly that looking at it today, in many sections it looks like a terrace. The rear wall is covered with dirt while the front wall is exposed, like a step,
The problem is that it was used for 2,000 years and each repair or subsequent phase of usage built on the old structure,
I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees" — Ecclesiastes 2:6 — but it's a misnomer
Benyamin Storchanexcavation directors Dr.
This was an official governmental structure, whether Hasmonean or Byzantine or whatever,
Excavating the back portion, we see that the sedimentology soil buildup was more gradual than thought — it hadn't been backfilled. The original Hasmonean construction of may have stood as a freestanding element. Through natural processes over 2,000 years it was covered by soil flow. It didn't seem to have bothered anyone that the backwall was becoming covered up,
It wasn't as fancy as some of the aqueducts in Italy,

Lebanon's president praises Trump's decision to remove U.S. flight restrictions

The restrictions on direct flights between the U.S. and Lebanon were imposed in 1985 following the hijacking of TWA Flight 847

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas postpones elections by a further year

The last time elections were held was in 2006, and they have been postponed repeatedly ever since

IDF says it struck Syrian 'terrorist' operating alongside Syria-Lebanon border

Earlier this week, Israeli troops apprehended two suspects riding a motorcycle toward an Israeli military post in the security zone in southern Syria, and shot and killed another suspect who attempted to enter an Israeli military post in the region

Two Iranians plead not guilty to spying on Israeli, Jewish targets in U.K.

The alleged surveillance, carried out in July and August 2025, also targeted an individual described by a judge as being 'of intelligence interest' to Iran

U.S. imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize

The sanctions could force U.S. companies to cut ties with the court, disrupting its banking, insurance and software services