The Latest Breaking News from Israel

Israel, seemingly with the US president’s blessing, has kept troops inside Lebanon. Renewed conflict with Hezbollah is looming. Renewed conflict with Hezbollah is looming, says Mohamad Bazzi, director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies

President Trump's Envoy warns Hamas over hostage release. Israel disputes body handover, raising doubts. Tensions escalate in Gaza.

IDF statement comes hours after Netanyahu orders further crackdown on occupied West Bank over bus explosions

Israeli PM Netanyahu criticizes Hamas for mistakenly handing over wrong remains in body exchange, vows consequences.

Israeli PM Netanyahu condemns Hamas for violating ceasefire by releasing wrong body, escalating tensions in the region.

Support for Hamas is declining – no obvious alternative has emerged, but our poll shows there are reasons to be hopeful, says Nils Mallock, a research fellow at King’s College London

Tragic abduction of Bibas family by Hamas in Gaza results in brutal murder of two young boys. Israel vows to retrieve missing mother and remaining hostages.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed revenge for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement after a body that Hamas released as part of the deal was found to not be that of an Israeli mother of two young boys, as the militants…

The crown prince sees Hamas as a regional threat, and may propose a deal that risks sidelining Palestinians, says academic Madawi al-Rasheed