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Photos of ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting military conscription in Israel

 

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Jewish holiday Lag BaOmer lights up Israel with bonfires and song, in photos

JERUSALEM (AP) — Lag BaOmer is a festive day in the Jewish calendar that brings communities together in celebration and shared tradition.

 

Photos of Hasidic Jews celebrating the ‘New Year of Trees’ in Israel

NETANYA, Israel (AP) — Ultra-Orthodox Jews from the Sanz Hasidic dynasty celebrated the Jewish holiday of Tu BiShvat, the “New Year of the Trees,” in Netanya, Israel.

 

Photos show Gaza’s destruction as families return to what’s left of their homes

Two years of war between Israel and Hamas have left the Gaza Strip in shambles.

After relentless Israeli bombardment, entire neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble, streets are unrecognizable and once-bustling markets are now just twisted metal and concrete.

 

AP PHOTOS: Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight kill dozens

JABALIA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel says it has launched “extensive” new ground operations in Gaza.

Hospitals and medics say airstrikes in Israel’s new offensive killed at least 103 people overnight and into Sunday.

 

Sharks drew crowds who swam with them off Israel’s coast — until one man disappeared

Israeli police have been scouring the Mediterranean coast for a swimmer they fear may have been attacked by a shark.

 

Israel unveils tunnels underneath Gaza City headquarters of UN agency for Palestinian refugees

The Israeli military says it has discovered tunnels underneath the main headquarters of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City.

 

Israel finds large tunnel adjacent to Gaza border, raising new questions about prewar intelligence

The Israeli military says it has excavated a large tunnel shaft in Gaza close to a major crossing with Israel.

 

After half a century, Israel moves to evict squatter from his cave home on the beach

Nissim Kahlon has transformed a tiny cave on a Mediterranean beach into an elaborate underground labyrinth.

 

Israelis persist in rallies against PM despite lockdown

Tens of thousands of Israelis are demonstrating in hundreds of locations across Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

 

Israeli navy prepares for arrival of new upgraded warships

After a coronavirus-related delay, Israel’s navy is preparing for the long-awaited arrival of its next generation of missile boats.

 

Contentious budget vote could push Israel toward elections

Hundreds of opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have demonstrated outside his official residence, calling on him to resign, while a small group of his supporters clashed with police and journalists at a nearby outdoor mall.

 

Israelis protest government’s economic response to virus

Thousands of Israelis are protesting the new government’s failure to address economic woes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, directing their anger at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

 

Thousands protest Israel coalition deal on eve of court date

Several thousand Israelis are demonstrating against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition deal with his chief rival a day before the country’s Supreme Court is to begin debating a series of legal challenges to the agreement.

 

Israeli workers strike nationwide to protest Teva layoffs

Israel’s national trade union has held a half-day nationwide strike to protest generic drugmaker Teva’s decision to lay off a quarter of its workforce, snarling traffic and shuttering key services across the country.

 

Wildfire blamed on ‘terror’ roars through Israeli city

HAIFA, Israel (AP) — A wildfire roared through parts of Israel’s third-largest city on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes as the country’s leaders raised the possibility that Arab assailants had intentionally set the blaze.

 

Leading Israeli settler figure Moshe Levinger dies at age 80

HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Rabbi Moshe Levinger, a leading figure in Israel’s settler movement, was laid to rest Sunday in the West Bank city of Hebron, where he helped establish a controversial Jewish community after Israel captured the territory from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast war.

 

Hezbollah fires missile salvo, killing 2 Israeli soldiers

SHEAR YASHUV, Israel (AP) — The Lebanese militant Hezbollah group fired a salvo of missiles at an Israeli military convoy in a disputed border area Wednesday, killing two soldiers and triggering deadly clashes that marked the most serious escalation since the sides’ 2006 war.

 

AP PHOTOS: Israeli mask saves hurt rhino’s vision

RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — Israeli specialists are easing the suffering of a two-ton rhinoceros with a chronic eye infection by creating a “no-fly zone” with a custom mask.

 

US killer in Israeli prison shot dead in gunbattle

SHARON PRISON, Israel (AP) — Israeli special forces raided a prison in central Israel Sunday after an inmate stole a gun, shot several guards and barricaded himself inside the compound, killing the notorious prisoner who was serving time for a gruesome murder carried out in the U.S.