Israel has carried out a military strike inside Iran, a US official told CNN Friday, the latest move in a dangerous escalation that threatens to push the already volatile region into all out war. The US was given advance notification…
Israel on high alert after unprecedented Iranian attack
Iran has launched hundreds of aerial drones and missiles at Israel, marking a widely anticipated reprisal attack. It is the first such direct clash between the two enemies, who have been engaged in a years-long shadow war, with Iran using…
Biden presses Netanyahu for steps to protect civilians in Gaza: White House
United States President Joe Biden has pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to implement “specific, concrete and measurable” steps to protect civilians and aid workers in Gaza, the White House said after a phone call between the two leaders. The…
Israeli strikes kill 13 in southern Gaza town that could be next target in war
Israeli air strikes killed more than a dozen people overnight and into Thursday in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’s ceasefire terms and vowed to expand the offensive into the southern Gaza town.…
Israel-Gaza: Israel says it has arrested hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad members
Israel says it has arrested 200 members of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups in the past week and taken them into its territory for questioning. A statement said some of the suspects had been hiding among the civilian population…
Rishi Sunak arrives in Israel for talks with Benjamin Netanyahu
Rishi Sunak has arrived in Israel for talks with its leaders, and will later travel to other countries in the region for further discussions, Downing Street has announced. The prime minister left London on Wednesday evening, and was scheduled to…
Israel’s Netanyahu released from hospital after heart surgery
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been released from hospital on Monday after heart surgery. This happened hours ahead of a key parliamentary vote on his planned judicial reforms. The 73-year-old leader has left the Sheba Clinic near Tel Aviv,…
Israel judicial reform: Netanyahu in hospital ahead of key vote
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had emergency surgery to fit a pacemaker, after being taken to hospital on Saturday night. Doctors at Sheba Medical Centre said the procedure went well and he is not in a life-threatening condition. Mr…
Netanyahu hospitalized with suspected dehydration amid Israeli heat wave
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was admitted to hospital suffering from suspected dehydration Saturday, his office said, as fierce heat grips the country. Netanyahu’s initial tests “came out normal” and he appears to be in “good condition,” his office said…