Israel on Monday evening denied reports that advanced negotiations with Hamas are taking place over a long-term ceasefire, a year after the war between them.
Two Israeli soldiers were seriously injured and another one lightly injured in an apparent vehicular attack on Thursday afternoon in the West Bank, a spokesperson for the Israeli emergency services confirmed to Xinhua.
A string of violent and bloody incidents in recent days have set off the alarm bells that Israel might be evolving into a violent society and losing its moral compass.
The Israeli government is stepping up its efforts to crack down on Jewish extremists who have been suspected of staging a string of violent attacks on civilian and religious sites over the past years.
The Israeli security services arrested on Monday a far-right Jewish settler for his alleged involvement with a far-right militant organization, a spokesperson for the Shin Bet Security Agency confirmed to Xinhua.
The Israeli security cabinet on Sunday called for a crackdown on Jewish extremists with harsher measures following an arson attack which killed a Palestinian toddler.
A 16-year-old Israeli girl stabbed during the Jerusalem gay pride parade Thursday and admitted to the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital, succumbed to her wounds Sunday, according to a statement by the hospital.
Amidst wail and shock, residents of the village of Duma in West Bank show great sadness when they talked about the 18-month-old Palestinian toddler who was burned to death in a Jewish arson attack on the house in the village.
Convicted Israeli spy, Jonathan Pollard, is due to be released November 20, after 30 years in jail, Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said Tuesday.
At least 14 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers near Qalandia refugee camp between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, witnesses and medics said on Monday.
What has become known as the "culture wars" in Israel has sparked controversy and debate in Israeli society one month into the rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightwing government.
Israeli war jets struck northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday in response to rockets launched earlier from the coastal enclave into southern Israel, witnesses said. No casualties were reported.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the international community for waging what he dubbed as an anti-Israel "diplomatic campaign" as he came before the parliament on Monday.
After two years in the opposition, Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties, Shas and the United Torah Judaism, managed to secure their spots in the new Israeli government formed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called for eradicating discrimination against Jews of Ethiopian origin, following violent demonstrations by Israeli Ethiopians in recent days.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) managed to thwart an attempted attack on Israel-held territory in the Golan Heights late Sunday, the military said in a statement.
A senior Islamic Hamas movement official said on Thursday that his group has not been aware of any rocket being fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
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