A Hamas militant was killed and several others were injured in a shelling by Israel that targeted a group of Hamas gunmen in the southeastern part of the Gaza Strip, security sources and witnesses said Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss issues including Iran and the Israeli- Palestinian peace talks, the White House said.
The Israeli military confirmed that its forces destroyed a Syrian cannon post in the northern Golan Heights on Wednesday in response to mortar fire that earlier wounded two Israeli soldiers.
An Israeli soldier was shot dead on Sunday evening by a Palestinian sniper in the West Bank city of Hebron, the spokesperson for the Israeli army confirmed to Xinhua.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed Wednesday the Russian proposal for Syrian chemical weapons.
The Israeli cabinet approved on Sunday the allocation of 5,000 work permits to Palestinians from the West Bank, the Israeli Governmental Press office revealed in a statement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security cabinet Tuesday on U.S. threat of a military action against neighboring Syria over alleged use of chemical weapons by government troops, Israel's Army Radio reported.
Four rockets were launched from southern Lebanon into northern Israel on Thursday afternoon, the first time since 2011, breaking the short-lived calm in the volatile region.
Israeli chief negotiator Tzipi Livni met with her Palestinian counterpart Saeb Erekat in Jerusalem Tuesday for the second time in the day, after having convened in the morning, Israeli media reported, quoting Palestinian officials.
Israel denied maintaining "a close relationship" with Egypt's military leadership, Army Radio reported Sunday, citing unnamed Israeli officials.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Tuesday he has no information suggesting that Sinai-based militants are planning more rocket attacks against the southern Israeli city of Eilat in the immediate future.
Senior Palestinian and Israeli officials on Wednesday expressed doubts over the success of the U. S.-sponsored direct peace negotiations between the two sides, which had kicked-off in Washington this week, and will last for nine months.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday hailed the resumed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks as "a promising step forward," acknowledging "hard work and hard choices " ahead.
China hosted an international conference on Israeli-Palestinian peace this week in a fresh attempt to relaunch the long-stalled talks between the two sides.
The election of Hassan Rouhani as the new Iranian president met with a skeptical reaction in Israel, while the nuclear issue is believed to be still a major concern for the Israeli leadership.
After Syria accused Israel of launching airstrikes on the country's military sites in Damascus, local media outlets and some Syrian and Lebanese analysts believed that there are three possible motives behind the attack.
The Syrian army has pinpointed targets inside Israel to strike in case of further Israeli attacks against Syria, the state TV said Sunday.