Tag: Israel
Palestinian tries to stab Israeli soldier, shot dead: army
JERUSALEM: A Palestinian was shot dead Monday after trying to stab an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank, the army said.
An Israeli military...
Israel says it has destroyed a Gaza tunnel built by militants
JERUSALEM: Israel destroyed a cross-border tunnel on Thursday running from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, which it said was dug by the Palestinian...
Israel raids Palestinian village after deadly shooting
JERUSALEM: Israeli security forces raided the village of a Palestinian suspected of shooting two Israelis dead, the army said Monday, making arrests while the...
Wife of Israeli prime minister goes on trial for fraud
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, appeared in court on Sunday for the first hearing in the fraud trial against her, in...
Israel places new restrictions on Gaza after protests
JERUSALEM: Israel announced new restrictions on Gaza Saturday, weeks after the territory's Hamas rulers stepped up protests along the enclave's land and sea borders...
Israel’s PM questioned again in corruption probe
JERUSALEM: Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the 12th time on Friday in connection with a long-running corruption investigation.
Investigators questioned Netanyahu's for...
Germany, Israel agree Iran must never have nuclear weapons: Merkel
JERUSALEM: Germany and Israel agree that Iran should never be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons but they differ on how to achieve this goal,...
Israel to bolster forces along Gaza border amid protests
JERUSALEM: Israel said it was reinforcing troops around the Gaza Strip on Thursday as a precaution against incursions by Palestinians during violent protests along...
Merkel, Netanyahu seek to brush past differences for Israel talks
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday as they seek to publicly brush past their list...
Lebanon says Israel is seeking to ‘justify another aggression’
BEIRUT: Lebanon's Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said on Monday that Israel was seeking to "justify another aggression" with false allegations of missile sites belonging...
Our ‘rights are not up for bargaining’, says Palestinian president
NEW YORK: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared Thursday that his people's rights "are not up for bargaining" and he accused the United States (US) of...
Iran warns Israel over attacking Iranian forces in Syria
TEHRAN: A senior Iranian security official on Thursday threatened Israel with harsh "reactions" if the Jewish state "continues to attack" Iranian and government forces...
Iran warns US, Israel of revenge after parade attack
LONDON: The deputy head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned US and Israeli leaders on Monday to expect a “devastating” response from Tehran, accusing them...
Israel sets October deadline to evacuate Bedouin village in West Bank
KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank: Israel on Sunday told residents of Khan al-Ahmar, a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank slated for demolition, to...
Arab Israeli poet jailed for online incitement released
An Arab Israeli woman jailed for five months for incitement to violence and support for a terrorist organisation in online poems and other social media posts...
Iran and Israel call each other nuclear threats, ask UN to...
LONDON/JERUSALEM: Iran asked the United Nations to condemn what it described as Israeli nuclear threats against it on Thursday, while Israel said it was...
Israel says it fired at Palestinians tampering with Gaza fence; two...
GAZA: Two people were found dead near the site of an Israeli missile strike at the coastal strip's border with Israel, Gaza medics said...