A 2001 law promised housing and medical care to this group of heroes, but scandalously has never been implemented. Maybe interest sparked by the new TV series will change that

A soldier in the Shayetet 13 Naval unit was hospitalized after ingesting drugs brought by a reserve soldier in the unit who disguised them as candy. The other soldier found the “candies” and ate several of them, not knowing that they were LSD drugs.
The soldier began suffering hallucinations and was taken to the hospital.
The reserve soldier was discharged from the military when it was discovered that he had brought LSD to the base.
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A former sergeant on the nation’s largest police force who helped prosecutors build cases against his former colleagues in the biggest scandal to hit the New York Police Department in decades was sentenced to four months in prison Wednesday by a judge who said cooperation was not a get-out-of-jail-free card.

The sequel to Michael Wolff’s million-selling “Fire and Fury” is not attracting the same kind of interest, not even from President Donald Trump.
NPD BookScan reported Wednesday just 17,756 first-week sales for “Siege,” Wolff’s latest account of the Trump White House.
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Israel-based online freelance service firm expected to raise $110 million, valuing the company at $650 million

The Islamic organizations in the Gaza Strip threaten to escalate violence along the border fence with Israel and to use “harsh measures,” meaning, weapons such as explosive devices and infiltration attempts to Israeli territory.
The Gaza Islamic organizations informed the Egyptian mediator their patience had been exhausted by Israel’s “procrastination” in implementing understandings between the parties to the truce, and of their decision to escalate violence along the border fence.
According to the report, Egypt asked the Gaza organizations to maintain calm until General Intelligence officers arrived in Gaza to continue the talks, and at the same time pledged to pressure Israel to comply with Gaza demands in coming days.

Amid US-Iran tensions, Tehran's leader tells visiting Japanese PM that Trump is not 'deserving' of a response

Israel casts about for a solution to rising violence out of Gaza, while Palestinians have bigger fish to fry; and Labor and other parties set sail on searches for new skippers

Gaza-based terrorists continue efforts to spark renewed warfare as rockets were fired at southern Israel after midnight. The Iron Dome responded to intercept the attack. Earlier in the day, on Wednesday, incendiary balloons were sent into southern Israel.