The IDF issued evacuation orders across southern Lebanon and Beirut as northern Israeli municipal heads urged the government to 'take advantage' of the Iran cease-fire and 'declare Lebanon the main front'
After Trump's cease-fire, the results of the Iran war are bleak for Israel and Netanyahu: the regime endures, hundreds of kilograms of enriched uranium remain, and the missile program is still active. The Hezbollah front in Lebanon continues to rage
The main oil barrel indexes show a 15% average fall, while most markets worldwide, especially Asian markets, are opening up during early trading hours.
'The loss, being apart from them, is so hard. My whole life has changed,' Hussein Saleh told Reuters, after an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon's Tyre killed his wife, daughter, sister-in-law and her husband, their two children and two of his wife's aunts
The Israel Airports Authority is seeking to raise passenger quotas and flight frequency at Ben-Gurion Airport, but U.S. military planes stand in the way. Most flights will be operated by Israeli airlines, as foreign carriers continue to stay away
One attacker was killed and two others were wounded in the extended gun battle with police outside the tower building in Istanbul's main financial district that houses the consulate
IRGC-tied Fars news agency reported that the Iranian cease-fire plan includes an Iranian commitment not to possess nuclear weapons, but that Washington would still recognize Iran's right to enrich uranium. According to Reuters, Iran agreed that the talks would last no more than 15 days
From Netanyahu's left, Yair Lapid said the PM had 'failed diplomatically and strategically,' while Yair Golan said Israel's war objectives had not been achieved. From the far right, a Ben-Gvir MK wrote of Trump: 'Donald, you came out a duck!'
After 16 years in power, Viktor Orban faces a serious challenge on April 12 from opposition leader Peter Magyar. Would a Magyar-led Hungary continue to 'stick its neck out' for Israel's far-right government at the EU and UN?
As the EU warned that mediation must remain ongoing as the 'underlying causes of the war remain unresolved,' Saudi Arabia, Oman and Egypt stressed that mediation efforts with Pakistan will continue, stressing 'the legitimate security concerns' of Gulf nations
It remains unclear whether Iran will give up its enriched uranium or abandon its ballistic missile program, which Netanyahu has called an existential threat. On Lebanon, conflicting messages emerged, with Jerusalem saying the cease-fire does not apply
While Tel Aviv has some of Israel's highest rents, most apartments lack a safe room or even a building shelter. Yet a consensus prevails that nowhere else in the country is preferable, even after repeated Iranian missile bombardments
The fighting and its air-raid alarms have halted shows but not rehearsals. As one actor puts it, 'this profession is more than just a livelihood; there's a kind of physical need for it'
Whether leftists or rightists, some oppose the Iran war while others think Netanyahu's government is using it as a tool to stay in power. There's one thing they have in common: increasing angst about speaking up
Axes found in graves, especially with when buried with a beefy man, tend to get interpreted as fearsome weapons. This may need rethinking, says Aren Maeir