Uri Sela

Uri Sela is the education and Tel Aviv reporter for Walla, where he has worked since 2020.


IDF speakers loaded onto trucks to broadcast PM Benjamin Netanyahu's UNGA speech in the Gaza Strip, September 26, 2025.

IDF soldiers confirm speakers placed within Gaza strip, depite PMO announcement

 Yarden Bibas gives his eulogy at the funeral for Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas

'Holidays are not holidays for me without you': Yarden Bibas remembers his family on Rosh Hashanah

President Isaac Herzog addressed the October Council's conference in Tel Aviv, September 7, 2025.

Herzog calls for urgent state inquiry into October 7 attacks at October Council conf.


School is back in session: 2.5 million students head to class as Israeli academic year begins

A total of 2.587 million students are back in school, with the hope that routine will not be disrupted again by sirens and missiles.

Israeli students return to school, September 1, 2025.

'We won't learn to live with this': Teenagers block Ayalon in protest for Gaza hostage deal

The teenagers declared that they would shut down high schools across the country in protest against the government’s inaction on the hostage issue.

Teenagers block Ayalon Highway while protesting for return of Gaza hostages, August 31, 2025.

Israel to reprimand educators who publicly call to end Gaza war, minister warns

He added that the school officials would be brought in for questioning if they do not heed his warning.

EDUCATION MINISTER Yoav Kisch attends a Knesset committee meeting earlier this month. The Education and Science and Technology Ministries should take action to make higher education more accessible, the writer argues.

WATCH: Hostage families demonstrate outside homes of cabinet ministers calling for a deal now

The activists are calling on the prime minister to implement the proposed hostage release agreement.

Bar and Mor Godard, daughters of Meni Godard, and Doron Zexxer, Israeli host father of Edan Alexander, outside the home of Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, August 24, 2025.

WATCH: Activists block main Tel Aviv highway, set Shabbat table on fire in protest for a Gaza deal

Simultaneously, the families of the hostages held their own Shabbat reception outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem.

Israelis demonstrate on Ayalon Highway for an immediate hostage deal, August 22, 2025.

IDF, Shin Bet kill terrorist responsible for kidnapping Yarden Bibas from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7

The IDF and Shin Bet killed Najjar on August 10, publishing the confirmation on Tuesday.

Hamas terrorist Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar (L) kidnapping Yarden Bibas (center) from Kibbutz Nir Oz, October 7, 2023.

Activists light bonfire outside Likud's Tel Aviv headquarters

This comes as part of the protests held nationwide, including a strike.

Protesters are seen lighting a bonfire outside Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv during a massive nationwide protest, on August 17, 2025.

WATCH: 'You are letting us die': Matan Zangauker pleads from Hamas captivity in new video

Hostage Matan Zangauker pleads for help in a new Hamas video, detailing abuse, illness, and abandonment while urging Israelis to protest for his release.

Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker in a new video released by the Zangauker family.

'A stain on each member of this gov't': Israel braces for nationwide protests for hostage deal

Several major highways across Israel, including Highway 1 and the Ra'anana Junction, were blocked by protesters as the nationwide day of solidarity in support of the Gaza hostages commenced.

An Israeli flag displaying photos of the remaining hostages was unfurled at Hostages Square on August 17, 2025, at 6:29 a.m.

Gaza hostages Evyatar David, Rom Braslavski lost 50% of body weight, medical report says

The report is based on recent documentation, which includes images of David and Braslavski showing extreme malnutrition as well as testimonies and medical data from survivors.

Evyatar David (L), Rom Braslavski.