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Biden says he doesn't expect a massive Israeli ground op in Rafah ■ Hamas will freeze cease-fire talks if aid is not allowed into north Gaza, senior official tells Al Jazeera ■ Head of Israel's largest labor union calls for Israel to hold elections in December ■ Blinken: There is an 'extraordinary opportunity' in coming months for Israel to be integrated into the Midast ■ Here's what you need to know 134 days into the war

The bishops accused Israel of denying Palestinians "access to food, water, shelter, and health care" and said that "after this torture, they plan to murder them."

The Hezbollah leader warned during the speech that Israel would "pay in blood" for civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah.

The New York Times reports that Israel is behind attacks on Iranian gas pipelines earlier this week ■ Two killed, four wounded in southern Israel terror shooting ■ Biden: No expectation of 'massive' Israeli invasion in Rafah, temporary cease-fire essential for hostage deal ■ Israeli president meets Qatari prime minister on sidelines of Munich Security Conference ■ War cabinet member Gantz: Israel prepared to fight in Gaza in Ramadan and expand Rafah operation if hostages aren't released

Ten people, including six children, were killed in the strike, which Israel launched in response to a rocket barrage from Lebanon on Wednesday, which killed an Israeli soldier and wounded eight others

The Israeli strikes on Wednesday came after shelling of a military base in northern Israel killed one soldier. Hezbollah did not claim responsibility for that attack.

Cairo Talks for hostage release/cease-fire deal reportedly extended ■ Palestinian President Abbas calls on Hamas to secure hostage release deal to spare Palestinian people further 'catastrophe' ■ WH refuses to answer whether Biden believes Netanyahu is an honest broker ■ One Israeli soldier killed, eight wounded in north Israel after rocket barrage from Lebanon ■ Here's what you need to know 131 days into the war

As Israel threatens major operation in Rafah, a Gazan city sheltering over a million civilians, it faces hard moral and legal choices. How can the IDF minimize harm to Palestinian civilians when Hamas is trying to maximize that same harm?

The Communications Ministry also said that Starlink -- Elon Musk's satellite network and the world's largest satellite operator -- will be enabled in Israel for the first time.

During his three-day visit to Israel last week, libertarian far-right Argentine President Javier Milei and the Israeli government were perfectly aligned, prompting questions both in the Holy Land and back home about his motives

Ryanair renewed some of its routes only two weeks ago after cancelling its services to Israel on October 7. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Dublin-based airline said it 'looks forward to resuming operations when the low-cost Terminal 1 is re-opened'

Mossad chief, Sinwar's deputy in Cairo for cease-fire/hostage release talks with Qatari, Egyptian mediators ■ South Africa approaches ICJ regarding Israel's looming military op in Rafah ■ France says it will impose sanctions on 28 settlers who've attacked Palestinian civilians in West Bank ■ Hezbollah's Nasrallah says his organization is 'committed to fighting Israel until it is off the map' ■ Here's what you need to know 130 days into the war

In a speech on Tuesday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that he won't agree to a deal with Israel until a cease-fire is reached in Gaza

The Senate passed Biden's aid request for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. But it faces strong headwinds in the House amid opposition from Trump.

The Hezbollah leader insisted that his movement's decision to launch attacks on Israel "stabilized the balance of deterrence and proved that Lebanon has a real deterrent power."

In Tuesday's toss-up race for expelled lawmaker George Santos's House seat, Republican nominee Mazi Pilip, an American-Israeli IDF veteran, faces off against pro-Israel former Dem. Rep. Tom Suozzi

A paragraph about Libyan Jews in the Holocaust was omitted from the Hebrew version of Primo Levi's masterpiece 'If This is a Man' when it was published in Israel in 1988. Now a new translation corrects the error. 'How could the most important book about Auschwitz not mention this?'

Ryanair did not initially give an official statement or explanation for its decision to cancel all flights to and from Israel in March and April, but later said the decision was made due to the closure of a terminal

  A day after Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair canceled its flights to and from Israel for March and April, Israel Hayom can report that the reason for this decision appears to be related to the fees it would have had to pay to use Ben-Gurion International Airport, despite the speculation that this could be in […]

Francesca Albanese, who has been harshly critical of Israel, has been barred from entering the country as Israeli authorities refused to issue her a visa. The current decision means she would be unable to enter even if the UN gives her a diplomatic passport