The Latest Breaking News from Israel

Watch as Blinken addresses media during trip to Israel

Watch as Antony Blinken addresses the media during a trip to Israel on Friday 3 November.

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2023

Battle Lines Drawn

Plus: House GOP defies White House on Israel funding, Gaza City surrounded, SBF guilty, Republican under indictment seeks reelection

Reason · Nov 3, 2023

‘They had no idea if their beloved ones were kidnapped, dead or missing’: Ari Folman on filming the Israeli hostages’ families

The Oscar-nominated director of Waltz with Bashir talks about the hypocrisy of the UK’s response to war, his project to help the relatives of those taken hostage by Hamas and why he’s still hopeful of a solution

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023

As war engulfs Gaza, Putin sees a chance to regain some of Russia’s faded global stature

If it can retake its place at the high table of Middle Eastern politics, the Kremlin would be harking back to the Soviet Union’s superpower glory days, says historian Sergey Radchenko

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023

Ryanair forced to cancel 870 flights due to Israel-Hamas conflict

Airlines have been stopping flights into Tel Aviv

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2023

Israel and Palestine: a complete guide to the crisis

A compendium of answers about the roots of the conflict, what is happening now and some of the parties involved

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023

Up First briefing: Voices from the West Bank; Sam Bankman-Fried convicted

Palestinians in the West Bank give their perspective on Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is convicted of fraud.

WEKU · Nov 3, 2023

‘Unsafe in own home’: Israeli settlers spread terror in South Hebron Hills

Village after village is under attack, with communities forcibly displaced. But some are holding on, refusing to move.

Al Jazeera · Nov 3, 2023

Hezbollah says 'total war possible' as France warns of Lebanese fallout

France has urged Israel and the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah to avoid destabilising the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon – warning that broadening the Israel-Hamas war would plunge Lebanon "into an abyss". However Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday said an escalation of hostilities was "a realistic possibility".

Radio France Internationale · Nov 3, 2023

What to expect from key speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah?

As Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks publicly this Friday for the first time since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, much of the world's attention will be on whether he declares that his militant group will officially enter the conflict. Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has been…

France 24 · Nov 3, 2023