Current sectionIsrael NewsHolylandingsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeThis week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A tour guide takes Israeli troops wounded in combat on a challenging trek in India, and a tech worker finds community and belonging through soccerMae PaltyPhotos by Tomer Appelbaum01:53 AM • August 14 2026 IDTLoading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:IDFMental HealthTraumaBen-Gurion AirportCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesIranWest BankIsraeli Think TankGazaSecret Cruise MissileSettler ViolenceMinnesotaHaaretz Podcast'I Don't Know a Wounded Israeli Soldier Whose Soul Wasn't Affected'Even Huckabee Condemned Settler Terror. Now Washington Must ActIsrael's Blind Democrats Are Oblivious to the Odysseus in Their MidstHaaretz CartoonThey Were Tortured en Route to Israel. Now the Nightmare Haunts a New GenerationRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI50 Years Ago, a Young Israeli Was Crowned the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldIsrael's Leading Philosopher on Manipulation, Morality and the Future of ZionismWho Is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish Frontrunner to Become the Next UN Chief?Phones of Missing Israeli Mother, Daughter Last Traced Near Vienna Train StationIsrael Elections: How to Actually Read the PollsU.S. University to Pay Israeli Scholar Who Lost Job for Calling Gaza a Genocide