The party of Israel's hard-line National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says its Cabinet ministers submitted their resignations from the government on Sunday in opposition to the Gaza ceasefire deal.
The departure of the Jewish Power party from (...)
The Israeli government approved a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with Gaza late Friday, following an hours-long Cabinet meeting, as reported by the Israeli public broadcaster KAN.
The agreement, mediated by Qatar, seeks to end over 15 (...)
Israel's security cabinet approved the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal on Friday. The wider cabinet will convene for a vote on the deal to exchange dozens of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinians in Israeli jails and pause the 15-month war (...)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a deal to return the hostages held in Gaza has been reached, after his office said earlier there were last-minute snags in finalizing a ceasefire that would pause 15 months of war.
Netanyahu said (...)
"I need to invent a new word to describe it — when joy and worry meet," says Efrat Machikawa.
Her uncle, Gadi Moses, was taken hostage by Hamas fighters from his home in southern Israel on 7 October 2023.
But there is now very real hope for his (...)
Israel's cabinet should approve a ceasefire deal despite opposition from senior ministers, according to the latest statement from Israeli officials on Tuesday.
"We are in decisive moments regarding the return of the abductees, and we, the cabinet (...)
Israel's military has announced new media engagement rules for its members after a Brazilian court ordered an investigation into war crime allegations against a soldier visiting the country.
The guidelines, announced Wednesday, require the names and (...)
Israel's attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and a witness in the Israeli leader's corruption trial.
Attorney General Gali (...)
The Israeli army said it launched airstrikes Thursday against Houthi targets in Yemen, including the capital Sanaa's airport, in response to the Iran-backed group's continued missile and drone attacks on Israel, which have escalated in recent (...)
Israel's defense minister has for the first time acknowledged that Israel killed Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July.
Israel Katz made the comments in a speech vowing to target the heads of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in (...)
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 (...)