Israeli paramedics: 2 dead in synagogue bleacher collapse
JERUSALEM: Israeli medics say two people are dead and more than 150 injured in a bleacher collapse at a West Bank synagogue. The bleacher was packed with ultra-Orthodox worshippers and…
Israeli police catch two of six Palestinian jail escapees, police say
NAZARETH, Israel: Two Palestinian militants who were among six who broke out of a maximum-security Israeli jail this week were caught on Friday on a biblical hilltop near Israel’s northern…
Sirens blare near Israel’s border with Gaza after rocket fired
JERUSALEM: Sirens warning of incoming rocket fire sounded near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip late on Friday, the Israeli military said. The sirens came just hours after police captured…
Questions plague Israeli security forces after jailbreak
JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities remained short on answers Tuesday over how six Palestinian prisoners’ escape from a high-security jail went unnoticed and where they could have gone, with a vast manhunt…
Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian in West Bank, health ministry says
RAMALLAH, West Bank: Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank overnight, the Palestinian health ministry said on Wednesday. Village residents said there were no disturbances…
Postwar closure eased up on Gazans as Israel allows building goods in
JERUSALEM: Israel allowed dozens of truckloads of construction materials into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, easing a tight blockade it has maintained on the Hamas-ruled territory since an 11-day war…
Palestinian president, Israeli defense minister hold rare talks
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Israel’s defense minister has met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas for a rare high-level meeting, but a source close to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett insisted Monday his government…
Biden delays meeting with Israeli PM amid Kabul blasts
WASHINGTON: Joe Biden’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was pushed back a day Thursday as the US president cleared his agenda to address bombings in Kabul. “The president’s…
Jewish prayers held discreetly at contested Jerusalem shrine
As police protected them, three Jewish men stepped forward, placed their hands out at chest level, and began reciting prayers in low tones in the shadow of Jerusalem’s golden Dome…
Palestinian wounded in Gaza clash dies ahead of new protest
Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian has died from injuries sustained during weekend clashes with Israeli forces on the Gaza border, the territory’s health ministry said, ahead of fresh protests called for…