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IDF says it's 'too early' to determine what caused fatal blaze in Rafah tent camp ■ Ireland, Spain and Norway formally recognize Palestinian state ■ Palestinian Islamic Jihad publishes video of Israeli hostage Sasha Trupanov ■ Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen threatened former ICC prosecutor to drop war crimes investigation against Israel, Guardian reports ■ Here's what you need to know 235 days into the war

  Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the UN and one of the prominent voices on the American Right, says Israel should ignore the restrictions that President Joe Biden is imposing on it regarding the war in Gaza. Instead, in her view, the fighting should continue until Hamas is eliminated. In an exclusive interview with […]

  Israel said on Tuesday it was moving to an electronic travel authorization system for visitors from visa-exempt countries starting in August, joining Britain, the United States, Canada and other countries that have such systems. Visitors from non-visa countries will need the ETA to stay for up to 90 days in Israel having previously been […]

Some say this is the true ugly face of Israel. Those who believe in – and know – a different Israel face the impossible challenge of proving otherwise

În Israel, unitatea se estompează pe măsură ce războiul din Gaza se apropie de a noua lună de la izbucnire. Moralul poporului de rând scade, pe măsură ce discuțiile pentru eliberarea ostaticilor eșuează, iar tot mai mulți cred că „victoria totală” asupra Hamas este imposibilă.

Police are investigating two separate deaths in central Israel, that they believe to be criminal in nature

Israel is fighting a second War of Independence, while facing an existential threat. But that threat comes from within us

Palestinians report 45 killed in attack on tents housing displaced Gazans; The Israeli army claims the strike targeted Hamas officials and is investigating reports of 'uninvolved individuals' being hit; The EU's top diplomat demands Israel implement the ICJ ruling on Rafah

AIPAC's super PAC and the Republican Jewish Coalition are pouring millions into races where Republicans have alleged anti-Israel records and often traffic in antisemitic tropes

Hamas fires first barrage targeting central Israel since January ■ Hostage release/cease-fire deal negotiations to resume Tuesday, CNN reports ■ War cabinet minister Gantz files proposal to establish a commission of inquiry into October 7 and the Gaza war ■ About 200 aid trucks set to enter Gaza through Kerem Shalom border crossing with Israel ■ Here's what you need to know 233 days into the war

The IDF said that the barrage was fired from Rafah, and Hamas quickly accepted responsibility for the rockets. Several rocket fragments fell in cities in central Israel, and the roof of a home in Herzliya was damaged by falling rocket shrapnel

  In a scathing dissent, a United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) judge urged the court not to micromanage the conflict in Gaza and chided her colleagues for requiring Israel to work on the Jewish Shabbat while responding to a case brought by South Africa under the Genocide Convention. ICJ Vice President Julia Sebutinde […]

After the ICJ ruled that Israel must halt all action in Rafah that 'inflicts conditions that could bring physical destruction' of the Palestinians, Israel quickly claimed that 'destruction' was not, and is not, their goal. Israel will now wage a three-front war against its own bad PR, the UN and the courts

Egypt, U.S. agree to temporarily send aid via Kerem Shalom crossing ■ Police probe video calling for insubordination if Israel hands Gaza to Hamas, Fatah ■ Syrian reports: Israeli drone kills two Hezbollah members; car bomb kills Syrian army officer ■ Airsoft grenades fired at Israeli Embassy in Brussels ■ Here's what you need to know 231 days into the war

Talks are set to resume next week, based on new proposals similar to the one Israel agreed to last month ■ Israeli officials say the chance of a deal is currently low, with the main division being Hamas' demand to end the war in Gaza

■ Hamas welcomes ICJ decision on Rafah, says not enough, urges end to Israel's offensive on all of Gaza ■ Egypt's El-Sissi, U.S. Biden agree to temporarily send humanitarian aid, fuel to the UN via Kerem Shalom crossing ■ Netanyahu's office says South Africa's allegations against Israel are 'false, outrageous and disgusting' ■ IDF says 20 rockets fired from Lebanon

'The world doesn’t seem to realize that Israel, with its nine million citizens, is fighting a battle for freedom and security for all of humanity,' Porro says.

The ICJ ruling on Rafah was not a definitive order to halt all operations, but the court made it crystal clear that Israel must make civilian safety the number one concern. Israel's leaders should listen to the court instead of working so hard to delegitimize it

Following the International Court of Justice's ruling that Israel must halt any military offensive in Rafah that could harm civilians, Israel rejected South Africa's claims of genocide and said that it would continue to allow aid to enter Gaza 'in accordance with the law'

UK Jewish organizations published on social media videos of protesters waving Israeli and British flags as anti-Israel activists retreated.