Israel confirmed on Monday night that it has agreed to Egypt’s proposal for a 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza, to begin Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. local time. The confirmation came

Israel and the Palestinians have agreed a new 72-hour Gaza ceasefire that would start at 0500 GMT (8:00 a.m. Israeli time) Tuesday, said a senior official in Egypt, which is hosting

Traffic police have asked drivers to be aware of the possibility that they will be sharing the roads with large numbers of army vehicles. The vehicles, including tanks, APCs, jeeps,

Israel’s former ambassador to the UN, Prof. Gabriella Shalev, admitted in a recent political conference at the Van Leer Institute that then-foreign minister Tzipi Livni selected her for the position

For the second time in one day, a major terrorist alert was revoked after several hours. The first alert, in the Gaza border area, saw police closing roads and turning

Speaking Monday, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said that Operation Protective Edge was not over, and would not be over until there was a complete cease-fire from Hamas – and that

According to UN officials, Gaza sustained at least $5 billion in damage over the past month and a half of IDF shelling and ground action. In an interview with the

Hamas on Monday specifically called on Arabs in Judea and Samaria to conduct attacks on Israelis, urging them to start the “third intifada” that would start with attacks on Jewish

Mati Dan, chairman of the Ateret Cohanim organization, said in an interview with Arutz Sheva that the Religious Affairs Ministry was taking responsibility for the “Kotel Katan,” the Small Western

Residents of Beitar Ilit on Sunday night conducted a protest demanding greater security on the road that leads to the town. Residents drove out onto the road in a convoy,

Monday marks the advent of Tisha B’Av, the Fast of the Ninth Day of the Hebrew month of Av, commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples and the

As we enter the “nine days” of the month of Av, Jews around the world remember the events of this time almost 2,000 years ago, when Jerusalem was destroyed (in

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) made headlines Monday, after he suggested Israel is considering turning Gaza over to the UN.  “The operation is not over,” he said, referring to

World leaders leaders on Monday commemorated the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, a small Balkans conflict that went global with the German invasion of neutral Belgium

Israel began observing a unilateral cease-fire at 10:00 am Monday, following a late-night decision by the Security Cabinet and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.  The seven-hour truce will last until 7:00

Fatah’s “military wing,” the Al-Aqsa Brigades, have claimed responsibility for a failed terror attack on a Neve Tzuf family home Sunday, in what was initially thought to be a burglary

Five policemen were injured during clashes between masked Arabs and security forces on the Temple Mount Sunday, after police opened the Rambam (Mughrabi) Gate to visitors.  The rioters began throwing

Hamas officials called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to “formally apologize before the Palestinian people” for “accepting Israel’s version of events” regarding their breaking a humanitarian ceasefire on Friday,

For a long time he spoke to every official, every minister, and every IDF Chief of Staff over the threat of terror tunnels – in Gaza and elsewhere – but

The conflict in Gaza should not be an excuse for anti-Semitic slurs and attacks, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said late Sunday. Ban “deplores the recent upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks, particularly in Europe,

IDF troops were operating in the area of Gaza border towns Monday afternoon, in what security officials said was a “security incident.” Officials did not specify what they meant by

An Israeli man was shot in the stomach at the entrance to the Har Hatzofim (Mount Scopus) tunnel  in Jerusalem, in what looks to be the capital’s second terror attack

A high level figure in US Magen David Adom who came to see how for himself how the organization is meeting the challenges of Operation Protective Edge has told Arutz

Israeli karate trainer Shai Hai was attacked by a group of Iranians and Germans in Frankfurt, Germany, at an international karate seminar last week. Hai was the headline speaker at

A tractor slammed into a bus in Jerusalem at around 1:40 pm Monday in a terrorist attack, killing one person and injuring six others.  There were no passengers on the

Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni (HaTnua) had harsh words for the “sour spin”, as she put it, of the Israeli media on Operation Protective Edge.  “Take a look at the

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani denounced Monday the “inaction” of the UN Security Council on Gaza, describing the conflict as a “genocidal massacre” of Palestinians by Israel, according to AFP.  His comments came at a

Israel’s right to security does not justify its actions in Gaza, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Monday, as he called for a political solution to be “imposed” by the international community. “How

Israel will hold its fire in most of Gaza for a seven-hour “humanitarian window” on Monday, the IDF announced on Sunday night. According to a statement by the Coordinator of

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reiterated on Sunday night that Operation Protective Edge in Gaza will continue for as long as necessary and until its objectives have been reached. Netanyahu’s declaration