Thousands of Israeli protesters gathered Sunday in occupied Jerusalem to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the first such demonstrations since the start of a new nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
Authorities in Israel, (...)
Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, will be closed from Friday following a spike in coronavirus cases, the authority that administers the city's Muslim holy places announced.
With cases of the virus on the rise in Israel and the (...)
Thousands of Israelis protested against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in occupied Jerusalem Saturday evening over his alleged corruption and the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The crowd rallied outside Netanyahu's residence, (...)
During a recent salvage excavations near the central Israeli city of Yavne, a trove of early Islamic gold coins have been discovered, archaeologists announced Monday.
The collection of 425 complete gold coins, most dating to the Abbasid period (...)
Israeli tanks shelled military positions of Gaza's ruling Hamas movement early Saturday, the army and Palestinian security sources said, hours after a rocket was launched at southern Israel.
A statement from the military said the Israeli "tanks (...)
Responding to the overnight rocket attack into southern Israel, Israeli warplanes bombed the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, the army said.
The latest exchange came as Israel warned Hamas it was risking "war" by failing to stop fire balloons being launched (...)
Israeli security guards on Monday shot and wounded a Palestinian who is deaf and couldn't hear their commands to stop at a West Bank checkpoint, police said.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the 60-year-old man was walking in an area of the (...)
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has invited Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Zayed to Jerusalem, following last week's historic agreement between Israel and the UAE.
Rivlin expressed the invitation in a letter, written in Arabic, which was (...)
Israel closed its goods crossing with the Gaza Strip, authorities said, after militants fired rockets into the Mediterranean and launched incendiary balloons toward Israel.
The Kerem Shalom crossing was on Tuesday closed to all traffic except (...)
Thousands of Israelis protested late Saturday in occupied Jerusalem and other cities including Tel Aviv, demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's resignation over his government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Israeli army said it struck Syrian military targets near the Golan Heights late Friday after munitions were fired from Syria earlier in the day.
"Earlier today, munitions were fired from Syria toward Israel. In response, our aircraft struck (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial resumed on Sunday.
Netanyahu is charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in a series of scandals in which he is alleged to have received lavish gifts from billionaire (...)
Miffed over the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the corruption in the high echelons of power, thousands of Israelis protested Tuesday in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in occupied Jerusalem demanding his (...)
Hundreds of Israelis Saturday evening protested against Benjamin Netanyahu outside his occupied Jerusalem residence as the Israeli prime minister faces corruption charges.
The demonstration was fueled by the detention of seven protesters on Friday (...)
The Al-Aqsa mosque compound – the third holiest site in Islam after Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah in Saudi Arabia – reopened on Sunday after being closed for more than two months because of the coronavirus (...)
Israeli forces shot and killed a 32-year-old Palestinian man early on Monday who was allegedly hurling rocks at Israeli troops, the Palestinian health ministry and the Israeli military said.
The military said it thwarted an attack and opened fire at (...)
Israel has recorded a 40 percent jump in the confirmed coronavirus cases to reach 427 in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, predicting a steeper rise as mass-testing is implemented.
Having urged Israelis to stay home and (...)
A day ahead of Israel's third election in a year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Sunday that if re-elected he would annex swathes of the occupied West Bank within weeks.
In an interview with Israeli public radio, Netanyahu said annexation (...)
The Palestinian Authority has arrested a Palestinian businessman who attended the US-led economic conference in Bahrain this week, Israel's Haaretz newspaper and Kan public broadcaster reported on Saturday.
The businessman was identified as Salah (...)
The US ambassador to Israel did not rule out an Israeli move to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, land that the Palestinians seek for a state, in an interview with the New York Times published on Saturday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (...)
An Israeli Cabinet minister warned on Sunday of possible direct or proxy Iranian attacks on Israel should the stand-off between Tehran and Washington escalate.
The United States has increased economic and military pressure on Iran, with President (...)
Two Israelis have been arrested on suspicion of setting up a "dark" Internet site that was used to buy weapons, drugs and stolen credit cards, Israeli police said on Tuesday.
The suspects, in their mid-30s, were arrested during a joint investigation (...)
A ceasefire to end a surge of deadly violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel took hold on Monday after hundreds of Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli air strikes.
Israeli strikes killed 21 Palestinians, over half of them civilians, at the (...)
At least eight Palestinians were arrested by Israeli forces Saturday night during raids in occupied Jerusalem as well as in the West Bank districts of Hebron (Al-Khalil) and Jenin, according to local sources.
In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli police (...)
Israel's president began post-election consultations on Monday with political parties that will lead to his appointment of a candidate to form a government.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's nomination seemed virtually ensured after his right-wing (...)