Thousands gathered in Mevaseret Zion for the annual Kubeh Festival, celebrating Kurdish music, dance, and cuisine while preserving a Jewish community's 2,700-year heritage from the First Temple to modern Israel.

After four-year-old Israeli boy Yuval Kogan was declared missing, thousands of civilians, security officials, and emergency services combed Israel's coastline for the next 27 hours before finally locating and rescuing him.

This moving video shows a man approaching IDF soldiers on the street and leaving them gifts, part of a Rehovot municipality initiative highlighting Israel's kindness and appreciation for its soldiers.