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The release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza has been delayed. Last night head of the National Security Council Tzachi Hanegbi announced that the first batch of the 50 hostages to be released in exchange for a…

Details of the imminent release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian female and teenage security prisoners have been revealed by various reports. This evening Hamas will send Israel a list of…

Since the slaughter of October 7 and the deep anxiety that Israelis can find themselves catastrophically trapped in their homes, without the security forces coming to rescue them, gun ownership has been proliferating in…

The shekel has resumed its strong gains against foreign currencies. Earlier today, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate down 1.35% from Thursday, at NIS 3.728/$, and the representative shekel-euro…

Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant yesterday warned Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah that the terror organization's actions were leading to war. Although he stressed that the day Beirut is attacked, he will know…

On Friday morning, the shekel weakened slightly against the US dollar, as the market waited tensely for the scheduled speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and for indication whether Hezbollah would enter more…

After the shekel weakened to NIS 4.08/$ on Friday, a 6% depreciation since the start of the war, the Israeli currency has since reversed the trend and is appreciating strongly. In inter-bank trading this morning, the…

After reaching its weakest level in more than a decade, the shekel began to strengthen again against the US dollar this week. The shekel-dollar exchange rate fell below NIS 4/$, with the shekel appreciating by almost 3%.…

Israel Bonds has raised over $200 million in bond sales and commitments from investors since the Gaza war began. The debt raised includes $150 million in bond purchases from US states, local municipal governments and…

Market players say global strengthening of the dollar and lack of supply in the local market are causing the shekel's weakness. The shekel has weakened further in…