World Aug 25 Israel and Hezbollah exchange heaviest cross-border fire in months before pulling back Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah traded heavy fire early Sunday but backed off from sparking a widely feared all-out war, as both sides signaled their most intense exchange in months was over.
World Jul 21 Israel shoots down a missile fired from Yemen hours after carrying out airstrikes on Houthi rebels The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen early Sunday, hours after Israeli warplanes struck several Houthi targets in the Arabian Peninsula country.
World Jul 16 Israeli military warns it will begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men, move that could split government Under long-standing political arrangements, ultra-Orthodox men had been exempt from the draft, which is compulsory for most Jewish men.
World Jul 13 Israeli strike targeting Hamas' military commander kills at least 90 in southern Gaza, officials say Israel said it targeted Hamas’ shadowy military commander in a massive strike Saturday in the crowded southern Gaza Strip that killed at least 90 people including children, according to local health officials.
World Jul 11 Israel admits string of errors on Oct. 7, says tank strike on home did not kill Israelis The Israeli military says hostages held in a home struck by tank fire on Oct. 7 were likely killed by Hamas militants, not Israeli shelling.
World Jul 04 Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements The house-building is the latest effort by Israel's hard-line government to beef up the settlements as part of a strategy to cement Israel's control over the West Bank and prevent a future Palestinian state.
World Jul 04 Israeli official says Netanyahu to send negotiators to resume Gaza cease-fire talks Previous talks have stalled over Hamas’ insistence that Israel agree to an end of the war and full withdrawal of its troops from Gaza.
World Jun 23 Netanyahu says Israel is winding down its Rafah offensive, but warns Lebanon could be next Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the current phase of fighting against Hamas in Gaza is winding down, setting the stage for Israel to send more troops to its northern border to confront the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
World Jun 16 Israel announces 'tactical pause' to daytime fighting along road in Rafah to allow aid through Israel's military announced on Sunday that it would pause fighting during daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries for desperate Palestinians enduring a humanitarian crisis sparked by the war, now in its…
World Jun 07 Women and children of Gaza are being killed less frequently as war's toll rises, AP analysis finds The trend both coincides with Israel's changing battlefield tactics and contradicts the ministry's own public statements.