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TEL AVIV — On Friday morning, a few hours after mysterious attacks on targets in Iran, official and unofficial Israel was cloaked in silence. ...
TEL AVIV — The analysts who crowded Israeli television studios in the tense hours leading up to Iran’s historic missile and drone barrage at...
TEL AVIV — Tensions remained high in the Middle East and beyond on Friday in expectation of Iran's response to the April 1 assassination of Quds...
TEL AVIV — Anyone wishing to understand how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu operates need not delve into the biographies written about Israel’s...
TEL AVIV — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and almost 10 million other Israelis have spent the past week preparing for Iran’s threatened...
Hamas on Tuesday urged foreign nations to stop parachuting aid into war-torn Gaza after officials and humanitarians said 18 people died trying to...
TEL AVIV — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision on Monday to scrap the Washington visit of a high-level delegation that he had promised...
TEL AVIV — The renewed Israeli military raid on Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital launched on Sunday clearly illustrates that Hamas retains some of...
TEL AVIV — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer delivered a ringing public rebuke this week to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sealing...
TEL AVIV — US President Joe Biden’s frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached a new high in recent days with the...
TEL AVIV — As clashes between Hezbollah and Israel intensify despite US mediation efforts, an all-out war between the two sides is no longer a...
TEL AVIV — Judging by reactions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s entourage, few things have upset him and his family members...
TEL AVIV — The approaching Islamic holy month of Ramadan is increasing concerns in the United States and Israel about the potential for an...
TEL AVIV — Hezbollah finally achieved what military sources say has been the group's goal since the start of the Oct. 7 war: shooting down an...
TEL AVIV — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the participation of an Israeli delegation in Friday’s US-led negotiations in Paris on a...
Israel faced growing international pressure Tuesday to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as it prepared for an incursion into the crowded southern Gaza...
TEL AVIV — News of the release early Monday morning of two Israeli hostages held in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip sent shockwaves through...
TEL AVIV — The news struck the Israeli government like it were a Houthi missile: Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday that it would not establish...
TEL AVIV — It was a well-executed commando operation against the enemy's rear guard. Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, shunned...
TEL AVIV — The reported progress made in recent days toward a cease-fire in Gaza in exchange for the release of hostages held by Hamas presents...
TEL AVIV — Israelis await impatiently to hear the response by Hamas for a possible hostage-release outline currently on the table, but at the same...
TEL AVIV — Will Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accept a compromise on Gaza and the two-state solution in exchange for normalization of ties with...
Pakistan and Iran "agreed to de-escalate" tensions Friday, Islamabad said, after trading deadly airstrikes on militant targets in each other's...
TEL AVIV — As bizarre as it may sound, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to talk about normalizing Israel’s relations with...
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken told Israel Tuesday the toll on Gazan civilians caused by its war against Hamas was "far too high", urging his ally to...
More than three months into the deadliest ever Gaza war, US top diplomat Antony Blinken urged Israel on Tuesday to "avoid further civilian harm" in...
TEL AVIV — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken started his meetings in Israel Tuesday morning on a complicated note, reflecting Israeli skepticism...
Bombing continued across Gaza on Friday as the world began to digest Israel's first proposals for the administration of the territory after its war...
TEL AVIV — The day after the Jan. 2 assassination of senior Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut widely attributed to Israel, vaunted former...
TEL AVIV — A landmark High Court ruling issued on Jan. 1, overturning one of the government’s key legislative efforts, marked the first day of...
TEL AVIV — For the first time since the start of the Israel-Hamas war 85 days ago, Israelis received an unadulterated demonstration on Thursday of...
TEL AVIV — For the first time since the start of the Israel-Hamas war 85 days ago, Israelis received an unadulterated demonstration on Thursday of...
TEL AVIV — The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria, Sayyed Ghazi Mousavi, was killed Monday when missiles struck his...
Israel pressed its Gaza offensive Saturday, with Hamas authorities reporting heavy shelling in several cities hours after world powers demanded more...
The UN Security Council on Friday demanded aid be rushed to Gaza "at scale" as the head of the World Health Organization warned of a looming famine in...
Fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza raged Friday as the UN Security Council approved a much-delayed resolution to boost aid to the besieged...
The United Nations Security Council voted on Friday to approve a resolution that demands all sides in the Israel-Hamas conflict allow the "safe and...
The United Nations Security Council was poised on Friday to vote on a much-delayed and watered-down resolution to boost aid to Gaza after Washington...
TEL AVIV — As fighting between Hezbollah and Israel escalated this week, with Israeli warplanes mounting their longest-range strike yet against...
TEL AVIV — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin brought with him an updated wish list for his meetings in Israel on Monday with the country's...
TEL AVIV — Long-simmering tensions between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden came to a head this week as each...
TEL AVIV — While the end of Israel’s ground invasion of the Gaza Strip appears on the horizon, with Israel convinced that Hamas is near breaking...
TEL AVIV — Reflecting profound frustration with widespread international criticism of its military campaign to topple Hamas, Israel’s top...
Israel resumed its deadly bombardment of Gaza on Friday despite international calls for a renewed truce, killing at least 178 people according to...
Israel resumed its deadly bombardment of Gaza on Friday after a truce broke down, saying it struck more than 200 targets in the densely inhabited...
TEL AVIV — The resumption of fighting between Israel and Hamas on Friday comes amid serious disagreements between the positions voiced by Secretary...
TEL AVIV — The resumption of fighting between Israel and Hamas on Friday comes amid serious disagreements between the positions voiced by Secretary...
TEL AVIV — The four-day pause in the war between Israel and Hamas went into overtime Tuesday, with the sides agreeing on a two-day extension and...
TEL AVIV — An entire nation followed with bated breath Friday as Hamas freed 13 Israelis it had held in captivity in Gaza for 49 days, the first...
TEL AVIV — An entire nation followed with bated breath Friday as Hamas freed 13 Israelis it had held in captivity in Gaza for 49 days, the first...