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September 28, 2016

Arabs greet Peres death with silence and animosity

Israel's Shimon Peres was widely admired around the world as a peacemaker and visionary, but the view in the Arab world was ...

Barack Obama, Shimon Peres, Benjamin Netanyahu

September 28, 2016

World leaders mourn Peres, praise him as a man of peace

Current and former world leaders mourned the passing of Israeli statesman Shimon Peres on Wednesday, praising him as a ...

September 28, 2016

Shimon Peres witnessed Israel's history, and shaped it

At every corner of Israel's tumultuous history, Shimon Peres was there. He was a young aide to the nation's founding fathers ...

September 25, 2016

Israeli official: Gaza underground wall to be done in months

A senior Israeli military official says a massive underground barrier being built along the Gaza border to defend against ...

September 20, 2016

Israel: Palestinian killed after attempted stabbing

Israel's military said its troops shot and killed a knife-wielding Palestinian on Tuesday who tried to stab a soldier at the ...

September 19, 2016

Israel asked for explanation about killing of Jordanian man

Jordan has demanded a detailed explanation from Israel about the killing of a 28-year-old Jordanian by Israeli troops last ...

September 18, 2016

Palestinian stabs Israeli officer amid new surge in violence

A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli army officer in the chest near a West Bank settlement on Sunday, moderately wounding him ...

September 17, 2016

Israel military: Palestinian killed after a stabbing soldier

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian who stabbed a soldier in the West Bank, the military said Saturday, a day after ...

September 16, 2016

2 Palestinians, Jordanian killed after attacking Israelis

A Jordanian man was shot dead after he tried to stab police officers in Jerusalem on Friday, while in the West Bank, one ...

September 13, 2016

Israel denies its aircraft harmed after raid in Syria

The Israeli military struck artillery positions in Syria on Tuesday after a projectile from that country's civil war hit the ...

September 10, 2016

Israel strikes Syria after projectile lands in Golan Heights

For the second time this week, the Israeli military says its aircraft struck targets in Syria after a projectile hit the ...

September 10, 2016

Final bodies recovered from Tel Aviv construction collapse

The Israeli military says it has recovered the final three bodies buried beneath the rubble of a construction site collapse ...

August 28, 2016

Veteran Israeli politician Ben Eliezer dies aged 80

Binyamin Ben Eliezer, a veteran Israeli politician who held several top government posts and often served as a bridge to the ...

August 24, 2016

Israel clears forces in several deadly 2014 Gaza war cases

The Israeli military on Wednesday cleared its forces of wrongdoing in three deadly incidents that took place during the 2014 ...

August 22, 2016

Turkey slams Israeli strikes in Gaza despite reconciliation

Turkey on Monday condemned what it said were "disproportionate" Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, insisting that a recent ...

August 18, 2016

Israel punishes troops who appeared to attack Palestinians

The Israeli military said Thursday it has disciplined three soldiers after a video emerged that seemed to show them hurling ...

August 15, 2016

Israeli troops demolish home of Palestinian killer's family

The Israeli military says troops have demolished the home of the family of a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli teenage girl ...

August 04, 2016

Israel demolishes West Bank homes of 2 Palestinian attackers

The Israeli military says forces have demolished the homes of two Palestinians behind a deadly attack in Tel Aviv in June.

July 31, 2016

Israel: Palestinian who tried to stab soldiers shot dead

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian who tried to stab soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint on Sunday, the military said.