Israel News

Israel’s newly appointed Mossad director, Roman Gofman, quietly traveled to Washington earlier this month for high-level talks with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and White House officials focused on Iran’s nuclear program and the continuing regional war, according to an Axios report published Wednesday.

The Netherlands will ban the import, purchase, sale, and intermediary trade of goods originating from Israeli settlements beginning September 22, becoming the latest European Union nation to adopt such restrictions.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun pledged Tuesday that his country would work to permanently end hostilities with Israel, appealing to President Donald Trump for political and military support as Beirut seeks to disarm the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization.

The Lebanese Armed Forces began operations Monday to assume security responsibility in three southern villages, marking the first on-the-ground test of a U.S.-brokered framework aimed at securing an eventual Israeli withdrawal and dismantling Hezbollah’s military presence in the region.

Archaeologists have uncovered massive wooden beams believed to have been burned during the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem nearly 2,600 years ago, offering a rare and tangible connection to one of the most devastating events recorded in Biblical history.

Israel has begun preparations for the 2,000th anniversary of the baptism of Jesus Christ, a major Christian milestone expected to draw millions of pilgrims to the Holy Land in 2030.

Malaysia’s prime minister has warned that his Islamic nation will immediately deport any Israeli citizens found in the country.

Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office sharply rebuked New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Sunday after he renewed his threat to seek the arrest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a future visit to the city.

Israel and Lebanon concluded two days of U.S.-brokered negotiations in Rome on Wednesday, reporting progress toward establishing two pilot security zones in southern Lebanon as part of a broader ceasefire framework requiring the disarmament of Hezbollah.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed four Hamas weapons storage facilities in central Gaza overnight and eliminated a senior terrorist commander accused of directing attacks against Israeli troops, the Israeli military announced Thursday.

Germany’s Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament, has approved legislation that would criminalize the public denial of Israel’s right to exist, amid a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel.

The Israel Defense Forces announced Wednesday that it killed a Hamas terrorist who helped abduct the bodies of an Israeli brigade commander and two soldiers during the October 7, 2023, massacre.

Israel’s High Court of Justice on Wednesday temporarily froze a newly enacted law shielding tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men from arrest and prosecution for avoiding military service.

Christian leaders and ministries are expressing cautious hope that the removal of Hamas from power in the Gaza Strip could eventually open a long-closed door for the Gospel, even as European and Palestinian officials begin laying plans for the territory’s physical reconstruction.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a blunt warning to Iran on Tuesday, declaring that any renewed attack against Israel would be met with a response far more powerful than the military action Tehran has already witnessed.