The Latest Breaking News from Israel

Robbie Keane forced to flee Israel amid Hamas attacks

Keane is manager of Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv and was holed up in a panic room before being evacuated to Greece

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

Heartbreaking final texts from American man who went missing in Hamas festival attack

Hersh Golberg-Polin, 23, has not been seen or heard from since early Saturday morning when he was partying with hundreds of other ravers at the Supernova festival in northern Negev

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

Israel ‘going on the offensive’ after retaking territories overrun by Hamas

Military confirms 700 killed in Israel after attack described as ‘9/11 and Pearl Harbor wrapped into one’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023

Pro-Palestine graffiti scrawled in Golders Green as police step up patrols

Pro-Palestinian graffiti has appeared overnight in Golders Green, north-west London, in the wake of Hamas’ attack on Israel which has killed more than 700 Israelis.

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2023

‘Necessary’ to stand with both Israelis, Palestinians, UN rapporteur says

Francesca Albanese says she is ‘horrified’ by incomplete narrative around the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.

Al Jazeera · Oct 9, 2023

Chuck Schumer criticises China’s reaction to Israel attack during US Congress visit to Beijing

Schumer says Beijing’s statement showed ‘no sympathy or support for Israel’

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

Senator Cory Booker reveals terrifying escape from Israel amid Hamas attacks

‘There was a sense of fear and worry, and a knowledge to many of us that there were horrific things going on’

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

I just want her back, says mother whose daughter is missing after Hamas attack

Irish-Israeli citizen Kim Damti was attending a music festival when Hamas launched their attack.

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

Reeves rejects suggestions Hamas attack caused by Israel’s ‘occupation’ of Gaza

The shadow chancellor echoed Sir Keir Starmer in condemning the deadly ‘terrorist attack’.

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

‘They’re only babies’: Israeli relatives of hostages plead for help

Women, infants and disabled people among about 100 thought to have been taken by Palestinian militants as ‘insurance policy’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023