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Israel, Greece conduct military drills ahead of NATO summit in Turkey

Photos published by the Greek military showed fighter jets from both countries flying side by side over the Aegean Sea.

Joint List Party leader Ayman Odeh attends a meeting on April 5, 2021 in Jerusalem, Israel.

Interview

Ayman Odeh says Arab parties could back Bennett or Eisenkot to block Netanyahu

In an interview with Al-Monitor, head of the Arab-Israeli Hadash-Ta'al Knesset faction, Ayman Odeh, said his party is prepared to make difficult decisions to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

Ayman Odeh

Head of the Knesset's Hadash-Ta'al faction

Motorists drive past a billboard bearing a picture of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, ahead of his funeral in Tehran on July 3, 2026. Iranian leaders began paying their respects on July 3 before the coffin of the country's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed in the US-Israeli strikes that triggered the Middle East war, as Tehran prepared for a vast funeral. Khamenei's body arrived at Tehran's Grand Mosalla on July 3 ahead of ceremonies which are expected to draw millions. (Photo by AFP via Ge

Analysis

As US-Iran talks falter, Israel views war outcome as 'total strategic failure’

Israeli officials believe the US failure to attain the kind of agreement with Iran that it originally sought stems from the strategic mistakes made during and after the recent war.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Latest News

Who is Melat Kiros, the pro-Palestinian who unseated a longtime Democrat?

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Analysis

For Israel, Lebanon deal 'historic' despite fears Hezbollah will rebuild

Shia Muslim devotees gather for a mourning ritual near the shrine of Hassan Nasrallah, the slain leader of the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah who was killed in a 2024 Israeli-airstrike, in Beirut's southern suburbs on June 26, 2026 at the peak of Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP via Getty Images)

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Samuel Wendel

Senior Market Research Analyst

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Adam Lucente

News and Business Correspondent

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

Jack Dutton

Chief Business Correspondent

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

Ben Caspit

Israel Columnist

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Francesco Schiavi

In Bologna, reporting on security, defense, economy, governance

Rina Bassist

Associate Editor (Israel)

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

A man hands out bags of flour during the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza City on March 17, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

Israel to reopen Erez crossing for Gaza aid after US pressure

The Israeli measure came after President Joe Biden warned that the US could revise its support if Israel did not protect civilians in Gaza.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators call for a cease-fire in Gaza.

Biden conditions US support for Gaza war on 'concrete' steps to protect civilians

For the first time in the ongoing Oct. 7 war, the White House signaled it would condition its support for Israel's campaign in Gaza if Israel does not take take "immediate" steps to protect civilians and humanitarian aid workers.

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IDF scrambles GPS systems in central Israel against potential Iranian reprisal

The Israeli military is apparently behind disturbances to location-based applications in central Israel in an effort to thwart potential airstrikes from Iran and its proxy forces.

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McDonald’s to buy its Israel franchise amid Gaza war, global backlash

McDonald’s sales have been impacted by the Gaza war and its franchises in Israel and the Arab world are reeling from the conflict in different ways.

Relatives and friends mourn the death of Saif Abu Taha, a staff member of the US-based aid group World Central Kitchen.

Israel's Gaza aid convoy strike reflects 'absolute breakdown' of process

Aid agencies who spent months urging Israel to improve its “deconfliction” system say the deadly strike that killed seven of World Central Kitchen’s staff was foreseeable.

Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz gives a salon talk in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on Oct. 24, 2022 ahead of the November general elections.

Gantz calls for early elections in Israel, warns of 'rift in the nation'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the demand by war cabinet Minister Benny Gantz to set up elections this coming fall, in order to regain the trust of the Israeli public after Oct. 7.

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Israel’s Shin Bet warns violent Jerusalem protests could lead to 'dangerous' escalation

Rallies for the release of the hostages and calls for the resignation of the government are ramping up in Israel, where some desperate protesters have resorted to violence.

People gather around the carcass of a car used by US-based aid group World Central Kitchen.

Humanitarian groups suspend Gaza operations after Israeli strike kills 7 aid workers

World Central Kitchen, a US-based charitable organization, said seven of its workers were killed in an Israeli strike in central Gaza. Israel said the incident is under investigation.

An Israeli soldier wearing a patch on the back of his flack jacket showing Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as a target stands in front of a self-propelled artillery howitzer, as an artillery unit shells southern Lebanon, in Upper Galilee, northern Israel, Jan. 4, 2024.

Analysis

Killing of IRGC commander in Syria ‘clear escalation’ in tacit Israel-Iran war

Iran vows to avenge an alleged Israeli strike in Damascus that killed Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Quds Force commander in Lebanon and Syria.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows an Israeli tank moving along the border with the Palestinian territory on March 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

After Cairo talks, Israel says 'updated' Gaza truce deal on the table

The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a new deal is now on the table for the release of hostages, awaiting response by Hamas.

Syrian emergency and security personnel continue to search and remove the rubble at the site of strikes that hit a building annexed to the Iranian Embassy on April 1, Damascus, Syria, April 2, 2024.

US troops in Syria down drone as threat of Iran-backed attacks returns

Israeli airstrikes killed at least three IRGC Quds Force generals at Iran's embassy compound in Damascus on Monday, threatening to reignite retaliatory militia attacks against US troops across Iraq and Syria after a two-month pause.

An employee of the Qatar-based news network and TV channel Al Jazeera is seen at the channel's Jerusalem office on July 31, 2017.

Israel’s Netanyahu vows to shut Al Jazeera after Knesset law

The prime minister's pledge drew statements of concern and condemnation from the White House and the Committee to Protect Journalists.