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Esther Scroll with seal of synagogue that owned it. (Photo credit: Winner's Auction House)
ISRAEL HAS the world’s third-largest Druze population, after Syria and Lebanon. Here, Druze gather to contact their relatives on the Syrian side of the border from the Israeli Golan Heights. (photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS)
The 24 hostages presumed to be alive who are still held by Hamas: Top row, from left: Elkana Bohbot, Matan Angrest, Edan Alexander, Avinatan Or, Yosef-Haim Ohana, Alon Ohel. Second row, from left: Evyatar David, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Bipin Joshi, Rom Braslavski, Ziv Berman, Gali Berman. Third row, from left: Omri Miran, Eitan Mor, Segev Kalfon, Nimrod Cohen, Maxim Herkin, Eitan Horn. Bottom row, from left: Matan Zangauker, Bar Kupershtein, David Cunio, Ariel Cunio, Tamir Nimrodi, Pinta Nattapong (Source: Hostages Families Forum)
Sigal Vorzhev, right, and Shira Meuchas-Heilbron stand in front of their research about a virus that can target antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae that they discovered and named KpRaz1 in tribute to late Master Sergeant Raz Abulafia, 27, Vorzhev’s boyfriend, who was killed fighting the Hamas terror group in Gaza on November 11, 2023. (Courtesy)
During the 2018 season excavation at the Huqoq synagogue in North Israel, archaeologists uncovered a hoard of medieval coins. The first juglet was filled with gold coins and a golden earring. (Tal Rogovsky)
Released hostage Liri Albag is seen with her parents after being freed from Hamas captivity on January 25, 2025 (Source: Israel Defense Forces)
