Israel denied entry to dozens of foreign nationals who landed on flights from Italy on Thursday, as the Jewish state discouraged travel as part of efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. The interior ministry had announced travellers from Italy would not be granted entry, adding it to a list of barred countries […]

Israeli first responders were on high alert Wednesday at a coronavirus nerve centre, as the health ministry issued new recommendations to avoid contracting the virus. A designated hotline launched on Saturday has been fielding around 6,500 calls a day, according to the Magon David Adom emergency services. The coronavirus response centre in the central town […]

Palestinian militants in Gaza said they fired a barrage of rockets at Israel on Sunday, in a new flareup a week ahead of a general election in the Jewish state. The radical group Islamic Jihad said the strikes were in response to Israel’s killing of one of its fighters early the same day. The rockets […]

Israel’s military said on Sunday it had thwarted an attempted malware attack by Hamas that sought to gain access to soldiers’ mobile phones by using seductive pictures of young women. The phones of a few dozen soldiers were affected, but the military “does not assess that there has been a substantial breach of information”, said Lieutenant […]

•What the Arab League, allies must do By Ishola Balogun The increased instability in Yemen, Syria and Libya underscores a need for a more realistic solution path to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one that is far from the United States President Donald Trump’s peace plan tagged “Deal of the century.” The plan which was handed down […]

Militants killed and wounded seven Egyptian soldiers in restive North Sinai on Sunday, Egypt’s military said. The army said it “foiled” an attack on security facilities, “killing 10 terrorists and destroying a four-wheel-drive used by the terrorist elements.” The casualties were of various ranks including two officers, according to the brief statement posted to the […]

Israeli airstrikes killed 23 Syrian and foreign fighters in Syria Thursday, a monitor said, the latest in a spate of raids Israel has said targeted an Iranian presence on its doorstep. Israel has pledged to prevent its main enemy from entrenching itself militarily in Syria, where it is backing President Bashar al-Assad’s government alongside Russia […]

A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli troops on Wednesday in the West Bank city of Hebron, the first Palestinian killed in protests against US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan. The Israel army said troops responded to a “violent” rioter armed with a Molotov cocktail. Hebron, a traditional hotspot in the occupied […]

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Uganda on Monday for a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni, on a trip to boost ties with the East African nation. Netanyahu arrived to a rainswept Entebbe airport accompanied by his wife, Sara, before heading to meet Museveni, an AFP photographer said.` Court sentences two men to death for armed […]

As Knesset meets to start proceedings, Netanyahu will be thousands of miles away in Washington with the US president, who will unveil his long-awaited peace plan Tuesday was shaping up to be a dramatic day for Israel with the start of Knesset proceedings on Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for immunity in his corruption probes. Meanwhile, the […]