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Israel says Iran launched missiles at it in first such bombardment since fragile ceasefire

Israel says Iran has launched missiles at it in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, complicating mediation efforts for a deal to end the war.

 

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Arab attacker opens fire in central Israel, killing 1 and wounding 5

A Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship has opened fire in central Israel. Israeli authorities said that the attack killed a reservist and wounded five other people.

 

Ultra-Orthodox protesters block roads and trains across Israel over military draft

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis have demonstrated across the country against mandatory military enlistment.

 

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What to know as Israeli forces’ historic Lebanon incursion complicates an Iran deal

Israeli forces are now deeper inside Lebanon than they have been in over 25 years, despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

 

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Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into the country in 26 years

Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in their deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century.

 

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Hamas confirms that Israeli airstrikes killed its new military leader in Gaza City

Hamas is confirming that Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City killed the new leader of Hamas’ military wing.

 

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Israeli opposition leader Lapid says Trump’s emerging deal with Iran is `bad for the region’

Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid says the U.S.-Iran deal fails to meet Israel’s goals and is criticizing Prime Minister Netanyahu for allowing Washington to negotiate with little Israeli input.

 

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Trump says not to rush as details emerge of a potential Iran deal

Regional officials say the United States is close to a deal with Iran to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

 

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Israeli security minister who taunted flotilla activists has a record of extreme actions

Israel’s far-right national security minister has sparked global outrage after promoting a video of himself taunting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force.

 

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Israel deports hundreds of Gaza flotilla activists after international backlash

Israel says it has released and deported hundreds of activists who took part in a flotilla attempting to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.

 

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Netanyahu’s coalition alliances with religious parties put his reelection at risk

For most of the past 17 years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has remained in power due in part to a tight alliance with ultra-Orthodox religious parties.

 

Israeli troops intercept a flotilla off Cyprus as it tries to breach the Gaza blockade

The Israeli military has intercepted boats in international waters off the coast of Cyprus, part of a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.

 

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Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as a ship is seized and another is sunk

Tensions are escalating again near the Strait of Hormuz after a ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another was attacked and sank near the coast of Oman.

 

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Trump and Hegseth claim ‘control’ over Iran and the Strait of Hormuz as ceasefire talks are stalled

Kuwait has accused Iran of launching a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Gulf Arab nation.

 

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Israel deports 2 activists detained for leading an aid flotilla to Gaza

Israel has deported two activists detained for over a week after leading an aid flotilla attempting to break the naval blockade of Gaza.

 

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These numbers show the global impact of Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz has jolted the world economy. It has also left tens of thousands of mariners and hundreds of ships stranded in the Persian Gulf.

 

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Israel indicts Jewish man accused of attacking Christian nun in Jerusalem

Israel has indicted a Jewish man over a violent attack on a nun near Jerusalem’s Old City last week.

 

Trump says the US will ‘guide’ stranded ships from the Strait of Hormuz, starting on Monday

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced “Project Freedom” to help ships leave the Strait of Hormuz, starting on Monday.

 

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Hezbollah adopts a new weapon: Fiber-optic drones, used widely in the war in Ukraine

Hezbollah has introduced fiber-optic drones in its conflict with Israel. These drones, similar to those used in Ukraine, are small, hard to detect, and lethal.

 

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Iran’s top diplomat briefly returns to Pakistan but Trump says the sides can talk by phone

Iran’s foreign minister has briefly visited Islamabad again as Pakistan’s leaders work to restart ceasefire talks between Tehran and Washington.

 

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Palestinians hold funerals for pregnant woman and her children killed in Israeli strikes

Palestinians have buried a pregnant woman and her two children killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza. At least 13 people died in the attacks on Friday, including two men in Gaza City and eight people in Khan Younis.

 

Israel pauses for Memorial Day, a public day for mourning in the shadow of war

Israelis have marked the country’s annual Memorial Day, a somber day of reflection with ceremonies and sirens.

 

Her kidnapped son was killed in a Gaza tunnel. A new memoir gives a searing account of her grief

Rachel Goldberg-Polin has written a book about her son, Hersh, who was kidnapped during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack and killed in a Gaza tunnel.

 

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Antisemitic attacks in 2025 caused highest number of deaths in 30 years, study finds

A new study says that 2025 saw the highest number of deaths from antisemitic attacks in over 30 years around the world.

 

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Israeli parliament passes budget, allowing Netanyahu to avoid early elections

Israel’s parliament has passed the budget in a marathon overnight session, likely ensuring that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will complete its term until the fall.

 

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Israeli police prevent Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem church

Israeli police have blocked top Catholic leaders from entering Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre for a private Palm Sunday Mass.

 

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Jerusalem heads into a subdued Passover and Easter under the shadow of the Iran war

Jerusalem’s holiest places sit empty as missile fire disrupts Passover and Easter. On Monday, families brace for the holidays as the Iran war enters its fifth week.

 

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PHOTO ESSAY: Life goes on underground in Israel, in scenes both real and surreal

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — When sirens and cellphone alerts blare warnings of missiles incoming from Iran, people in Israel stream into shelters, turning parking garages, metro stations and basements into temporary communities.

 

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Iran strikes near Israeli nuclear research center as Trump threatens attacks on Iranian power plants

President Donald Trump on Saturday says the U.S. will “obliterate” Iranian power plants if it doesn’t fully open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.

 

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Israelis had just returned to this northern town after the last war. Now rockets are flying again

Northern Israel’s largest city, Kiryat Shmona, on the border with Lebanon, is under fire from both Hezbollah and Iran.

 

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