According to residents, the Israeli settler attack against a village near Jericho focused on a building where foreign activists had been wounded in November

Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped in March 2023 and held in captivity in Iraq until September. Read her full Haaretz Podcast interview about the shock of returning to a post-October 7 Israel and sparring with right wing pundit Amit Segal – plus her analyses of Iraq, Syria and Gaza

The Australian PM said that 'an attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian,' promising that his government will eradicate such 'hate, violence and terrorism'

The government voted to dismiss Gali Baharav-Miara in August after months of tensions over her opposition to Netanyahu ministers' attempts to curb the independence of Israel's judiciary

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Police said they arrested Jaffa Sheikh Issam Setel on Sunday for disturbing the public order after demonstrators allegedly chanted racist slogans during a rally against violence that he led in support of a family that was attacked with pepper spray, in which a pregnant woman was wounded

Dozens have been wounded in the attack, including two police officers. The shooters were identified as a 50-year-old father and a 24-year-old son, and police ruled out the possibility of a third shooter assisting in the attack

The very definition of 'disarmament' has several interpretations, and a few weeks ago, U.S. Special Envoy to Lebanon and Syria Tom Barrack said it was 'not reasonable' to ask Lebanon to forcibly disarm Hezbollah, adding that 'everybody's scared to death to go into civil war'

The repopulation of these settlements is expected to deepen Israel's military presence in an area that is supposed to be under Palestinian civil and security control. This counters the principles of the 2005 disengagement, which called for no Israeli presence in the area

Cancer diagnoses in children which would otherwise be treatable are a death sentence in Gaza. Israel must let Gazan children receive treatment in hospitals in East Jerusalem and the West Bank

Israel's killing of a key planner of the October 7 attack is unlikely to prompt a serious Hamas response, but it could complicate U.S. efforts to advance a fragile cease-fire and lay the groundwork for Gaza's postwar order

While in Tel Aviv thousands called to establish a state commission of inquiry for October 7, in Jerusalem, protesters demanded the president refuse to pardon Netanyahu. In the south, people gathered to call for the return of the last hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili

While some unhoused Israelis search for shelter in the street, others do so in temporary shelters. 'Anything that affects an ordinary person affects unhoused people tenfold. They're extremely susceptible to the cold,' says a doctor who volunteers in an NGO operating in the Tel Aviv area

Italy is the only country so far to make such a commitment. Indonesia previously said it would participate in the stabilization force, but only with medical and construction teams. Turkey, which periodically announces its intention to participate, faces strong objections by Israel