The Israeli Knesset has approved plans to increase the number of settlers in the Golan Heights, territory that was seized from Syria in 1967.
The announcement comes after the dramatic downfall last week of President Bashar al-Assad, with Israel's (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial to give testimony that will likely force him to juggle between the courtroom and war room for weeks, the Reuters news (...)
Israel will appeal against the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant.
Judges last week issued warrants for the two men along with Hamas military commander (...)
The Israeli cabinet will vote on a ceasefire deal in Lebanon on Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesperson told CNN, after a source familiar with the matter said the Israeli prime minister had approved the plan "in principle."
Netanyahu signaled his (...)
Israel's cabinet unanimously voted to sanction the nation's oldest newspaper, Haaretz, on Sunday citing its critical coverage of the war following the October 7 Hamas attacks and comments by the outlet's publisher calling for sanctions on senior (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned as "antisemitic" a decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for war crimes against him and ex-Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
He said the ICC was "falsely" accusing (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday offered $5 million and safe passage out of Gaza to anyone returning a hostage.
"To those who want to leave this entanglement, I say: Whoever brings us a hostage will find a safe way out for (...)
Israel's military has issued 1,126 arrest warrants for ultra-Orthodox conscripts who have not responded to drafting orders, in a move likely to fuel discontent over a controversial decision to remove their decades-long exemption from service.
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Israel's military ground operation in southern Lebanon has been expanded, the country's defense minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday.
Katz did not clarify when the decision to expand operations was taken and did not offer any details on what the (...)
Israel has for the first time confirmed that it was behind the operation in September to detonate hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The Israeli media on Sunday reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet: "The (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after months of clashes over domestic politics and Israel's war efforts.
In a recorded statement Tuesday evening, Netanyahu said that "trust between me and the (...)
Israel's parliament has voted to ban a nearly eight-decade-old United Nations agency that provides essential services for Palestinian refugees, a move that could have devastating consequences for millions of Palestinians living under Israeli (...)
At least 35 individuals were injured when a truck crashed into a bus station in central Israel on Sunday, according to local media reports.
The incident took place at the Ramat Hasharon bus station near Tel Aviv, as confirmed by Israel's ambulance (...)
Israel will listen to the US but make final decisions based on its national interest, the Israeli prime minister's office said, as speculation over its response to a major Iranian missile attack continues.
The brief overnight statement was issued in (...)
Israel has held ceremonies to remember the victims of the mass killings and abductions carried out by Hamas on 7 October 2023, against a backdrop of continuing fighting in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
A year on from the attack that saw some 1,200 (...)
Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said they killed a senior Hezbollah commander in another strike on Lebanon's capital of Beirut.
The IDF has repeatedly struck inside the densely populated city of Beirut in recent weeks, as tensions between Israel and (...)
Israel accused Hezbollah of launching approximately 230 projectiles from Lebanon into Israeli territory on Thursday.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, claimed to have carried out 32 varied attacks throughout the day, including rocket salvos on Israeli (...)
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has been banned from entering Israel over his response to Iran's ballistic missile bombardment.
In a statement, Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz called Guterres an "anti-Israel (...)
Israeli police said that two suspects opened fire Tuesday evening on a boulevard in Jaffa, a mixed Arab-Jewish neighborhood in southern Tel Aviv.
Seven people were killed and another twelve were wounded, before the two suspects were (...)
Explosions were heard in Beirut in the early hours of Wednesday, with fire and smoke visible along the city's skyline, as the Israeli military confirmed it was striking "Hezbollah targets."
Earlier, residents in some areas of the southern suburbs of (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the country's military to continue fighting with "full force" against the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, despite calls from the US and other allies for a ceasefire.
Lebanon's health ministry said (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that media reports suggesting there could be an imminent ceasefire in Lebanon were "incorrect" and that he has told the Israeli military to continue fighting "with full force."
Meanwhile, a (...)
The Israeli government announced a nationwide state of emergency on Monday evening, set to last until September 30, in response to escalating strikes on Lebanon and the anticipated increase in rocket fire from Hezbollah.
According to the Israeli (...)
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 (...)