Israel has made the safe return of residents to the north of the country an official war goal, the prime minister's office has said.
The decision was taken by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet late on Monday.
About 60,000 people (...)
An Israeli intelligence commander, who critics say played a pivotal role in failing to prevent the October 7 attacks, is resigning, Israel's military told CNN.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Brigadier General Yossi Sariel, who led its 8200 (...)
Israel has launched multiple strikes on southern Lebanon over the last day, including one that killed a senior Hezbollah commander.
Mohammed Qassem Al-Shaer, a commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force, was killed in a strike on the village of (...)
Flights at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport resumed on Monday following a two-hour suspension amid a nationwide strike led by Israel's largest labor union, Histadrut.
The strike was called to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to (...)
A nationwide strike swept across Israel on Monday, intensifying pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach an immediate cease-fire and prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.
The General Organization of Workers, Histadrut, initiated the (...)
The bodies of six Israeli hostages have been retrieved from Gaza during an overnight military operation in Khan Younis, Israeli authorities said Tuesday.
In a joint announcement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) (...)
Israeli police are investigating an explosion that killed one person and injured another in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening.
The unidentified person who died is believed to have been carrying the explosive material, District Commander Peretz Amar (...)
The push to finalize a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza has reached a "decisive moment," the United States' top diplomat said Monday as Hamas and the Israeli prime minister expressed skepticism about progress in talks.
This is "probably the best, (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lambasted his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday and accused him of adopting an "anti-Israel narrative," revealing a deep rupture at the top of the Israeli government as the Middle East risks spiraling (...)
Israel and the United States are preparing for a potential Iranian attack on Israel, as efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza intensify ahead of the expected resumption of formal negotiations this week.
Mediators have urged Israel and Hamas to (...)
The last person listed as missing from the Hamas attack on Israel 10 months ago has been identified as killed, Israeli authorities say.
Bilha Yinon, 75, was killed along with her husband, Yaakov, at their home in Netiv Haasara, when hundreds of (...)
Amid heightening regional tensions, Israelis have been provided with guidance on what to do in the event of attacks on the country, while supermarkets are reporting a spike in sales for basic goods.
Israel's Victory supermarket chain said sales of (...)
Benjamin Netanyahu's speech was hailed as historic, powerful and moving by his supporters in Israel and derided as absurd and cynical by some of his critics.
Much of the nation is focused on the need to end the war in Gaza and bring home the (...)
David Lammy has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories as foreign secretary.
"I'm here to push for a ceasefire," he said. "The loss of life over the last few months... is (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to send a team of negotiators to discuss a hostage release deal with Hamas.
US President Joe Biden welcomed the development, which comes a day after Hamas responded to a Gaza ceasefire plan he (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the idea of starting a ceasefire in Gaza while Hamas remains in power, after The New York Times published an article citing six current and former security officials who said a truce would give (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the current phase of fighting against Hamas in Gaza is winding down, setting the stage for Israel to send more troops to its northern border to confront the Lebanese militant group (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has disbanded the country's war cabinet, an Israeli official has told CNN.
Netanyahu's decision comes after opposition leader Benny Gantz announced his withdrawal from the body last week, citing Netanyahu's (...)
Israel has vowed to persist with its military operation in Gaza, saying it won't engage in "meaningless" negotiations with Hamas, shortly after the United Nations Security Council overwhelmingly approved a US-backed ceasefire plan intended to bring (...)
Hezbollah rockets have sparked days of bushfires in northern Israel, with swathes of forest reserve destroyed and 11 people hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
Patches of scorched earth start to appear half an hour out from the Lebanon border, plumes (...)
Israel's Supreme Court on Wednesday will for the first time discuss the closure of the desert detention camp of Sde Teiman where Palestinian detainees from Gaza have allegedly been held under conditions of extreme abuse.
The hearing comes in (...)
Israel's military says it has established the deaths of four more people captured by Hamas on 7 October.
It says the four were killed while together during an Israeli operation in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, adding that their bodies were still (...)
Large fires broke out in northern Israel overnight, Israeli police said early Tuesday, attributing the blazes to rocket fire from southern Lebanon.
The flames consumed some 4,000 dunams (1,000 acres or 400 hectares) of the northern region, local (...)
The Israeli military is in central Rafah, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a statement Friday, despite international concern and anger over its military operation in Gaza's southernmost city.
The IDF statement confirms what eyewitnesses (...)
Israel's military says it has taken control over a strategic zone along the border between Gaza and Egypt, known as the Philadelphi Corridor.
A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that about 20 tunnels used by Hamas to smuggle weapons (...)