The Latest Breaking News from Israel

It's wishful thinking to ask about diplomacy when Israel is about to launch a ground invasion of Gaza and daily rocket exchanges with Lebanon's Hezbollah raise the prospect of a second front. But escalation is madness and the world certainly does not need this cycle of polarisation and radicalisation. Diplomacy…

The US response to 9/11 was dogged by a threat posed by an ill-defined enemy, which led to human rights abuses associated with Guantánamo

Protesters in Washington demand ceasefire, marking rift in community as Anti-Defamation League condemns demonstration

Tel Aviv says it is ‘ready to respond to any attack’ from its neighbours as the UK, the US and Germany urge citizens to leave Lebanon

President Joe Biden will speak directly to Americans about the US’s involvement in the Israel-Hamas and Ukraine-Russia conflicts

Editorial: Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak are arguing for restraint in Gaza, but they show too little urgency

President tells reporters a botched rocket launch is likely cause for deadly Gaza explosion

Lindsey Graham, who said he wants to see Gaza ‘levelled’, among bipartisan group expected to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt

More than 300 people were arrested for illegally demonstrating and three people were charged with assaulting police after protesters descended on Capitol Hill to call for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

Grieving relatives remain divided over what comes next – retaliation or diplomacy?

US officials warn that a ground assault could risk a two-front war as Netanyahu and Gallant promise Israeli troops victory