The IDF also said it secured routes for trucks to distribute aid throughout Gaza. Egypt's Red Crescent said 100 trucks would be sent into Gaza on Sunday, and the UN said it would step up efforts during the 'pauses'

Israel has mobilized the humanitarian aid as a weapon, even though it could pursue the war and also provide aid through UN agencies and non-profits that did so before the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

We need to speak out firmly against the ultra-Orthodox' refusal to serve the state. But it doesn't have to be military service – national civilian service would be enough

Denial is legitimate in Israel, it's consistent with local political correctness – there is no hunger and descriptions of deliberate starvation in Gaza are an antisemitic conspiracy

Netanyahu said Witkoff 'understood correctly' and that Israel is considering 'alternative ways to free the hostages and ending Hamas' terror regime'

A live feed from Handala was taken offline shortly after the IDF boarded the vessel. In the final seconds of the broadcast, an Israeli soldier can be seen grabbing the live camera. According to the coalition, the flotilla's participants include lawyers, activists, volunteer medics and journalists, as well as two French lawmakers

A retired U.S. special forces officer says Israeli troops and international contractors opened fire on unarmed civilians near aid sites in Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and IDF reject the allegations as false and politically motivated

The Israeli army said it will also facilitate the expansion of water desalination in the Gaza Strip by connecting the desalination plant to Israeli electricity

Since October 7, 2023, the Israel Defense Forces has released the names of 896 fallen soldiers, with 16 having been killed in July alone

'The Israeli government has never put forward a proposal for a full release and a comprehensive deal,' said Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan. 'It's time to demand one. We urge the U.S. administration to bring an end to this story'

'For months, we and other organizations were dragged through the mud,' said a former UN official, after Israeli military sources told the New York Times there's no evidence Hamas systematically stole UN aid – contradicting Netanyahu's repeated claims

Days after settlers built an illegal outpost, dozens stormed the southern West Bank village, setting fire to buildings and threatening residents; the army detained suspects but failed to stop violence or prevent displacement

An Israeli source also told The Washington Post that the Israeli offensive delayed Iran's nuclear program by one to two years, adding, 'Iran is no longer a threshold nuclear state'

Several dozen French passengers were removed from a flight departing from the Spanish city of Valencia for Paris on Wednesday, for what Spanish police and the airline described as unruly behavior

For many months, most of Israel's Arab citizens bit their tongues and stayed silent. But in recent weeks, the sense of quiet despair has given way to something closer to moral outrage

The move follows pressure from Belgian human rights groups, which accused the artist of supporting what they called 'Israeli war crimes'

Emily Damari, who was held in Gaza for 471 days, described the harsh conditions she faced in captivity in an interview with the Daily Mail. Held in a cage in the tunnels for periods of time, she said, 'You don't get used to it'

Lior Simcha, elected kibbutz movement head months after the October 7 attack, says rebuilding near Gaza is impossible while hostages remain in captivity. 'This isn't just about the kibbutzim – it's a fight for Israel's future and its character'

Israelis aren't seeing the drama unfolding in Saudi Arabia, says Karen Elliott House, a veteran journalist and author of a new biography of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. MBS has plans to transform the Middle East, but will he succeed?

Al-Rashq said that meaningful progress has been made in the negotiations, and that Hamas has shown 'seriousness and responsibility' in its efforts to reach a comprehensive agreement that would ease humanitarian suffering in Gaza

Before the war, this expanse of land east of Jerusalem, strewn with rocks and dotted with olive groves, was home to three communities of Palestinian shepherds – until violent settlers and evacuation notices drove them away

The Israeli media does not document the horrific deaths of children in Gaza, so trauma therapist Adi Ronen Argov has decided to do it herself

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a communist militant, was sentenced to life in 1987 for complicity in the assassinations of U.S. military attaché Charles Ray and Israeli diplomat Ya'akov Barsimantov in France