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…
Elon Musk: Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, could go behind paywall
Elon Musk has suggested that all users of X, formerly called Twitter, may have to pay for access to the platform. In a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the billionaire said a payment system was the only way…
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…
Israel: Police and anti-judicial reform protesters clash as bill advances
Israeli police have clashed with protesters amid huge demonstrations against the government’s controversial judicial reform plans. Police used water cannon to clear a major highway, and 71 people have been arrested across the country. It comes after a bill to…
Hollywood billionaire Arnon Milchan testifies at Netanyahu trial day 2
Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan started his second day of testimony in the corruption trial against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, in a court session that was live streamed from the UK to Israel. The trial is taking place…
US House speaker in Knesset amid fraught US-Israel ties
The U.S. House speaker addressed Israel’s parliament on Monday, a rare honor awarded to the highest-ranking Republican in U.S. politics at a time of fraught relations between Israel’s government and Democratic President Joe Biden. Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Israeli Prime…