The Israel Defense Forces have been instructed to seize more territory in Gaza -- while evacuating Palestinians -- as it expands its ground operation. Hamdan Ballal spoke to ABC News on the phone ...

President Isaac Herzog told the gathered dignitaries that “While we are here, the souls of dozens of Jews still thirst for water and freedom.” Information ...

Israel's government cancelled visas for 27 French left-wing lawmakers and local officials two days before they were to start a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Sunday, the group said ...

Israel has the highest number of altruistic kidney donations per capita in the world: 1,775 in the past 15 years, and counting. The oldest tree in Israel is an 11-meter jujube tree in Ein Hatzeva on ...

Beirut, Lebanon — Israel has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a fragile ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November. Associated Press ...

Updates: At least 39 killed by Israel in Gaza over last 24 hours Israel continues to pound the northern Gaza Strip, killing at least 20 there since the early hours of this morning.

Israel bombed one of the last working hospitals in Gaza on Sunday, meaning more Palestinians with routine health conditions might now face death. Targeting health facilities is a war crime, yet it ...

Iran sees its missile programme rather than its uranium enrichment as a bigger obstacle in nuclear talks with the United States that resume on Saturday, an Iranian official with knowledge of the ...

The Israeli military struck southern Beirut on Friday for the first time since November, after Israel said that two projectiles had been fired from Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF ...

Ami Ayalon, who served as director of the Shin Bet and previously commanded the Israeli Navy, frames the attempted removal of Bar as more than a power struggle. Information ...

Separately, Israel said its troops had expanded their occupation of southern Gaza. By Patrick Kingsley Reporting from Jerusalem The Israeli military struck and destroyed part of a hospital in ...

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