Tag: Israel

Israeli air strike kills Hamas man in Gaza

  GAZA: An Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip killed a member of the Islamist militant Hamas group on Thursday and wounded three others,...

Israel adopts divisive Jewish nation-state law

  JERUSALEM: Israel passed a "nation-state" law on Thursday declaring that only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country, stirring anger from members...

Israeli parliament passes controversial Jewish Nation Bill

JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament on Thursday approved a controversial piece of legislation that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people but which...

Israel places new limitations on cargo crossing into Gaza

  JERUSALEM: Israel placed new restrictions on its only cargo crossing with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to continued Hamas hostilities, even after...

Israel warns Syrians away from frontier as Assad closes in

GOLAN HEIGHTS/BEIRUT: Dozens of Syrians approached the Israeli frontier on the Golan Heights on Tuesday in an apparent attempt to seek help or sanctuary...

Israel frees Turk after charging her with aiding Hamas

JERUSALEM: Israel has released a Turkish woman who had been arrested while visiting on a tourist visa and accused of helping the Palestinian militant...

Contentious bill defines Israel as Jewish nation-state

JERUSALEM: An Israeli parliamentary committee deliberated Monday on the final draft of a contentious legislation that would define Israel as the nation-state of the...

Syrian state media: Israeli rockets strike military position near Aleppo

BEIRUT:  Syrian state media said on Sunday that Israeli rockets had hit a Syrian military position near Nairab airport on the outskirts of the...

Israel and Gaza militants agree to end fierce flare-up of fighting

GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER: Israel and Gaza militant groups agreed a ceasefire on Saturday, a Palestinian official said, after Israel launched dozens of air strikes against...

Israel hits Hamas sites, Palestinians fire rockets

GAZA: Israeli aircraft struck militant targets in the Gaza Strip and Palestinians launched dozens of mortar bombs and rockets from the enclave into Israel...

Israel hits Syrian army posts after drone incursion

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: Israel attacked Syrian army posts on Thursday near the Golan frontier after a drone incursion, but signaled it would not impede President Bashar...

Israel plans its first moon launch in December

  YEHUD: An Israeli organisation announced plans Tuesday to launch the country's first spacecraft to the moon in December, with hopes of burnishing Israel's reputation...

Israel threatens ‘harsh response’ to Syrian forces in demilitarised Golan

    JERUSALEM: Israel threatened a "harsh response" on Monday to any attempt by Syrian forces advancing against southern rebel areas to deploy in a Golan...

Syrian state media says air defences hit Israeli plane, thwart missile...

BEIRUT: Syrian military air defences struck an Israeli warplane and shot down Israeli missiles targeting the T4 air base in Homs province in response...

Israeli air strike hits Syria at Golan frontier

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: The Israeli air force struck a position on Friday on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights frontier, sources on both sides said. An...

Israel extends detention of Palestinian MP

JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities have extended the detention without trial of a Palestinian politician by four months, ensuring she will remain behind bars for more...

Israel opens fire on Palestinians who breach border, 1 dead

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military says troops fired on four Palestinians who crossed the border from Gaza into southern Israel and attempted to attack a...