Tag: Israel
Israeli warplanes hit Gaza after rocket attack
Israeli warplanes have fired missiles at several targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding eight people, after a rocket fired from the strip hit a southern Israeli city.[MORE]
Palestinian rocket hits Israeli city
A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip has struck the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, causing damage but no injuries.[MORE]
Arab League agrees to Palestinian talks
The Arab League said on Thursday it approved of face-to-face negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians but it was up to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to decide if the conditions were ripe.[MORE]
Israel rejects 'impossible' terms for direct talks
Israel says conditions imposed by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas for moving back to direct peace talks are impossible.[MORE]
Israeli military helicopter crashes in Transylvania
An Israeli military transport helicopter carrying seven soldiers crashed in a mountainous area of central Romania on Monday during a joint exercise, Romania's Defence Ministry and the Israeli military said.[MORE]
Israeli planes attack tunnels into Gaza
Israeli warplanes have hit smuggling tunnels running between Gaza and Egypt in an apparent retaliation after militants in Gaza fired four rockets into Israel over the weekend.[MORE]
Bushfire threatens Jerusalem homes
Thousands of homes were evacuated in Jerusalem on Sunday as a massive blaze tore through a forest near a hospital on the outskirts of the Holy City, Israeli police said.[MORE]
Israel to return Gaza aid ships to Turkey
Israel will return the Turkish aid ships on which its troops killed nine activists in May, in what appears to be a new bid to repair frayed ties with its former ally.[MORE]
Iran blames West for suicide attacks
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed the United States, Britain and Israel for a twin suicide bombing at a mosque in the south-east of the country.[MORE]
Turkey discusses peace with Hamas
Turkey's foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu has met with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Damascus, in a move which is likely to deepen Turkey's rift with Israel.[MORE]
Ambassador takes 40 cats, leaves wife
A Latin American ambassador to Israel abandoned his wife and left her with nothing, taking her personal belongings and the 40 cats she raised, Israeli news website YNet reported.[MORE]
Hamas clamps down on water-pipe smoking
The Hamas-run government in Gaza has banned women from smoking water pipes in public, placing an unpopular restriction on one of the few remaining vices left there. [MORE]
EU urges Israel to open Gaza border
Europe's top diplomat has urged Israel to go beyond the easing of its blockade of the Gaza Strip and open the territory's border. [MORE]
Fatah rejects calls to resume peace talks
The Fatah movement of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has poured cold water on calls by the United States and Israel to resume direct talks on a Middle East Peace agreement.[MORE]
Gaza-bound aid ship docks in Egypt
A Libyan-chartered aid ship headed for Gaza has docked in Egypt after a warning from Israel.[MORE]
Stalled aid ship heading for Egypt port
A Libyan chartered ship carrying 2,000 tonnes of aid for Gaza is reportedly heading for an Egyptian port after spending hours stalled by engine trouble in the Mediterranean.[MORE]
Confusion over Gaza-bound aid ship's plans
Confusion surrounds the destination of a Libyan chartered ship that was bound for Gaza carrying 2,000 tonnes of food and medicines.[MORE]
Gaza aid ship heading for Egypt: Israel
There are conflicting reports about whether a Libyan-chartered ship carrying aid to Gaza is still heading for the Palestinian-ruled coastal enclave.[MORE]
Sparta, Dinamo eye Europe progress
Sparta Prague, Dinamo Zagreb and Hapoel Tel Aviv are all celebrating rousing starts to their Champions League campaigns.[MORE]
Gaza-bound ship given midnight ultimatum
Israeli authorities have contacted a Gaza-bound Libyan aid ship by radio to give the vessel an ultimatum to change course.[MORE]
Israeli inquiry faults deadly flotilla raids
An Israeli military inquiry has blamed flawed intelligence and poor planning for its deadly raids on Turkish aid ships.[MORE]
Netanyahu heads to Cairo
Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Egypt this week to talk to president Hosni Mubarak about gaining his support for getting direct talks with the Palestinians under way again.[MORE]
Libyan aid boat stays on course for Gaza
Israeli forces could be set for another ugly confrontation on the high seas as another aid ship tries to break the blockade in Gaza.[MORE]
Confusion around Gaza aid ship destination
A Gaza aid ship has left for Egypt under Israeli pressure, officials in Greece said, but Libyan organisers declared it intended to defy the Jewish state's blockade of the Palestinian enclave.[MORE]
Shalit parents meet Israeli PM
Israel's prime minister has briefly met with the parents of captive soldier Gilad Shalit.[MORE]
