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An Israeli court on Tuesday extended the detention of two foreign activists taken from a Gaza-bound flotilla by six days, a lawyer representing them said. Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila appeared before a court in the southern city of Ashkelon for their second hearing, after being brought to Israel for questioning last week. The extension is to allow police more time to interrogate them, the pair’s lawyer said. The two, held in a prison in Ashkelon, were among dozens of activists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off the coast of Greece early on Thursday. The other detained activists were taken to the Greek island of Crete and released. The representatives of Avila and Abu Keshek have accused Israeli authorities of abusing the two men, who have been on hunger strike for the past six days. The flotilla’s vessels had set sail from France, Spain and Italy with the aim of breaking Israel’s blockade of Gaza and delivering humanitarian aid...

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Italian prosecutors have opened an unlawful detention investigation following a raid by Israeli forces on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Italian media reported on Monday. The probe was opened following complaints received over the detention last week of Spanish citizen Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila, who were on an Italian-flagged vessel. An Israeli court on Sunday extended for two days the detention of the two activists who were taken to Israel for questioning. The two were on a flotilla of more than 50 vessels that left France, Spain and Italy, aiming to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and bring supplies to the devastated Palestinian territory. They were intercepted in international waters off Greece on Thursday, with Israel saying it had removed some 175 activists. Avila and Abu Keshek were taken to Israel for questioning, while the other activists were released. The Israeli operation was widely criticised, particularly by Italy and Spain. The Rome prosecutor’s office opened a similar investigation...

An Israeli court on Sunday extended for two days the detention of two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla, who were brought to Israel for questioning, a rights group representing them said. The flotilla of more than 50 vessels had set sail from France, Spain and Italy to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and bring supplies to the devastated Palestinian territory. They were intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off Greece early on Thursday, with Israel saying it had removed some 175 activists — two of whom were taken to Israel for questioning. Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila appeared before a court in the southern city of Ashkelon on Sunday. AFP footage showed the pair being escorted into the courtroom, with Avila walking with his hands behind his back and Abu Keshek’s feet in shackles. “The court extended their detention by two days,” Miriam Azem, international advocacy coordinator at the rights group Adalah, told AFP. Adalah said the state attorney had prese...

Israel has approved the purchase of two new combat squadrons of advanced fighter aircraft from Lockheed Martin and Boeing as part of a long-term military expansion plan aimed at strengthening its air superiority and readiness against regional threats.

Israel gave final approval for a plan to purchase two new combat squadrons of F-35 and F-15IA advanced fighter aircraft from Lockheed Martin and Boeing in a deal worth tens of billions of dollars, the defence ministry said on Sunday. The deal, approved by Israel’s Ministerial Committee on Procurement, is a first step in a 350 billion shekel ($119 billion) plan to bolster Israel’s military and “strengthen readiness ahead of a demanding decade for Israeli security,” it said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said much of this expanded defence budget will be to produce munitions in Israel and not be dependent on foreign countries. Israel, he noted, will also develop “groundbreaking” aircraft. The ministry added that the new squadrons will serve as a cornerstone of the military’s long-term force development, addressing regional threats and preserving Israel’s strategic air superiority. “Alongside immediate wartime procurement needs, we have a responsibility to act now to secure the Israeli Defence Forces’ militar...

The new charges included public incitement of hatred, unlawful assembly while masked, participation in a riot while masked, and mischief, interference with the lawful enjoyment of property.

The U.S. will supply Israel with 10,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System kits, valued at almost $1 billion, that turn air-to-ground rockets into precision munitions capable of downing drones, but not the small FPV drones threatening IDF forces in southern Lebanon

Two activists who participated in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla were brought to Israel for questioning, the foreign ministry said on Saturday, after the vessels were intercepted by Israeli forces this week. Saif Abu Keshek, from Spain, and Thiago Avila, a Brazilian, were in Israel and would “be transferred for questioning by law enforcement authorities”, the ministry said on X, adding that the two activists were affiliated with an organisation sanctioned by the US Treasury. The ministry said the activists were affiliated with the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA), a group Washington has accused of “clandestinely acting on behalf of Hamas”. In January, the US Treasury imposed sanctions on the group, which it said was involved in organising Gaza-bound civilian flotillas that aimed to break Israel’s sea blockade on the Palestinian territory. Israel’s foreign ministry said Abu Keshek was a leading member of PCPA and Avila, also linked to the organisation, was “suspected of illegal activity”. “Both wil...

The governments added that the detention "amounts to a criminal offense." Unlike other flotilla participants who were transferred to Greece, Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish-Swedish national of Palestinian origin, and Brazilian national Thiago Avila are being detained in Israel after the flotilla was seized hundreds of miles away in Greek territorial waters

The closing of the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Israel would mark the latest blow to Trump's Gaza plan, already undermined by repeated Israeli attacks. The U.S.-led Board of Peace, set up to oversee Gaza policy, denied the report

The report said Israel also sent 'several dozen' troops to operate systems in the UAE and shared real-time intelligence on Iranian missile preparations during the war, expanding what it described as urgent battlefield coordination between the two countries

As Trump delays choosing between escalation and diplomacy, Washington sustains a costly blockade, leaving Israel overstretched, facing a persistent Iran threat and a grinding war with Hezbollah in the north

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A 71-year-old man died by suicide after jumping from the ninth floor of a building in central Israel's Ramle. Police were unaware of any history of violence between him and his former partner, a 66-year-old woman and the tenth femicide victim in Israel this year

The ambassador to the U.S. told high schoolers in February that U.K.-U.S. relations are still 'so strong,' but added that 'there is probably one country that has a special relationship with the U.S., and that is probably Israel.' The Foreign Office said the remarks do not reflect the U.K. government's position

The directive, stationing police officers mainly in the Tel Aviv District, follows the arrest in the past month of several teenagers, all minors, on suspicion of involvement in two murder cases in Petah Tikva in central Israel and Be'er Sheva in the south

The State of Israel has received more than two shipments of agricultural products illegally exported by Russia from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

Axios reported that the deployment marked the first time Israel sent an Iron Dome battery abroad, resulting in the interception of dozens of Iranian missiles amid heavy attacks on the Gulf states