The Latest Breaking News from Israel

Aid worker held in Israel for 6 years insists he's innocent

It's been nearly six years since Israel accused Mohammed el-Halabi of diverting tens of millions of dollars from an international charity to Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers

The Independent UK · May 3, 2022

Israel Says Iran Tried to Recruit Agents via Social Media

Israel's internal security agency on Monday accused Iran of using a fake Facebook profile to try and get Israelis to collect information and harm people in their country.

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 3, 2022

Hamas Claims West Bank Attack

Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip said Monday they were behind a recent attack that killed an Israeli in the West Bank, linking it to tensions in Jerusalem. A statement from Hamas said the Al-Qassam Brigades, the militant movement's military wing, assumed "full responsibility" for the Friday shooting of an…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 3, 2022

Israel Holding More than 600 without Charge, Most Since 2016

Israel is holding some 600 Palestinian detainees without charge or trial, the highest number since 2016, an Israeli rights group said Monday. Israel says it uses so-called administrative detention to thwart attacks and to hold dangerous militants without revealing sensitive intelligence.

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 2, 2022

Israel holding more than 600 without charge, most since 2016

A local rights group says Israel is holding around 600 Palestinian detainees without charge or trial, the highest number since 2016

The Independent UK · May 2, 2022

Outrage in Israel as Russia's Lavrov claims Hitler had Jewish roots

Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for claiming that Adolf Hitler was part Jewish, saying it was an "unforgivable" falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust.

France 24 · May 2, 2022

Israel keen to set up cyber 'Iron Dome' to curb rise in attacks

Israel's government on Monday ordered communications firms to step up their cyber security efforts in the wake of a rise in attempted hacking attacks.

Reuters · May 2, 2022

Israel summons Russia envoy over minister’s Hitler comments

Israel condemns comments by Sergei Lavrov, who said Hitler ‘had Jewish blood’ and the ‘most rabid antisemites tend to be Jews’

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2022

Israel demands Russia apologise for ‘lie’ that Hitler had Jewish roots, as row over Lavrov comment deepens

‘The lowest level of racism against Jews is to blame Jews themselves for antisemitism’

The Independent UK · May 2, 2022

Israel condemns Russian foreign minister’s Nazism remarks

Israel demands apology after Sergey Lavrov suggested Hitler had Jewish roots in comments about ‘denazifying’ Ukraine’.

Al Jazeera · May 2, 2022