Voter turnout remains low in the second round of Israel’s nationwide municipal elections, with only 180,579 people, or 18.8 percent of eligible voters, casting ballots as of 5:00 p.m. According to the Interior Ministry, the
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh claims that Israel is responsible for the collapse of truce negotiations after talks in Cairo last week reached an impasse. In a recorded speech, the Qatar-based leader of the terror organization
Mahmoud Habbash, a top adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, says in an interview with the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya network that the new PA technocratic government, which is slated to be announced shortly, will be
Touring the coast of the Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says plans to provide aid to the Gaza Strip via a temporary port set up by the United States will “advance the collapse of
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to respond publicly and directly to Joe Biden, saying in an interview that recent criticism from the US president is “wrong” and “false.” Responding to Biden’s comments on MSNBC that
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the finance, defense and national security ministers to prepare space for thousands of new detainees and prisoners in Israel’s prisons, his office says in a statement. The directive comes
Seeking to calm tensions ahead of the upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramadan, war cabinet minister Benny Gantz issues a direct appeal to Muslim citizens declaring that Israel’s war in Gaza is not a war
Israel’s war cabinet will meet Sunday night, an unnamed official tells The Times of Israel. Among the issues on the agenda are preparations for Ramadan, humanitarian aid in Gaza, and ongoing but seemingly stalled attempts
U.S., French and British forces downed dozens of drones in the Red Sea area overnight and on Saturday after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted bulk carrier Propel Fortune and U.S. destroyers in the region, the U.S.
Israel's economy shrank more than previously thought in the fourth quarter, with consumer spending, exports and investment hurt badly by the war with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. The economy contracted an annualised 20.7% in the
