Israel News

The United States will continue denying visas to Palestinian Authority officials and members of the Palestine Liberation Organization, a decision that will keep President Mahmoud Abbas and other senior Palestinian leaders from attending next week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York in person. It is the second year in a row that a Palestinian delegation has faced the restriction. The Associated Press reported that Abbas was among those affected.

Christians and Jews are due to gather Thursday on Amsterdam’s central Dam Square for a major pro-Israel rally, days before the Netherlands introduces a ban on trade in goods from Israeli settlements in territories it considers occupied.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he would introduce two bills aimed at people who, in his words, slander Israeli soldiers abroad. One would allow citizenship to be revoked; the other would increase the damages they could face in a lawsuit.

Israel has reportedly begun supplying Saudi Arabia with intelligence on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement, with the United States serving as an intermediary between the two nations.

The IDF and Shin Bet announced Tuesday that they had killed Nael Abu Obeid, commander of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade, in a drone strike in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion munitions sale to Israel that would include 40,000 2,000-pound bombs, according to reports published Tuesday.

Senior military commanders from Israel, the United States and seven Arab nations met privately in Germany last week to discuss Iran and the widening security crisis across the Middle East, according to reports published Tuesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to New York next week to address the United Nations General Assembly, refusing to surrender one of the world’s most important diplomatic platforms to political threats and expected street protests.

President Donald Trump says Hamas is willing to give up its weapons, offering a hopeful assessment of American efforts to demilitarize the Gaza Strip and move the devastated territory toward reconstruction and civilian government.

Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors are expected to meet at the State Department next week to discuss the continued implementation of a U.S.-brokered security framework.

The Israel Defense Forces announced Thursday that it killed a Hamas Nukhba Force terrorist who invaded Israel during the October 7, 2023, massacre and took part in the killing of a senior Israeli military commander.

Israeli researchers have developed an innovative plant-based “super sponge” capable of rapidly absorbing massive amounts of oil while also helping naturally occurring bacteria break down the pollution.

A record 68,944 Jewish visitors ascended the Temple Mount during the Hebrew year 5786, continuing a steady rise in Jewish visitation to Judaism’s holiest site despite months of closures and security restrictions.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Wednesday that Iran could face another major Israeli attack, declaring during a visit to Mount Hermon that Jerusalem remains prepared to strike again if Tehran renews threats against the Jewish state.

Israel’s population has reached an estimated 10.305 million people ahead of Rosh Hashanah, growing by approximately 124,000 during the past year, according to new figures released by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics.