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This live blog is now closed, you can read more coverage of the Middle East hereAn article on the Israeli news site Walla, owned by the Jerusalem Post, revealed Israel has used civilian contractors to demolish buildings and build military infrastructure in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.The story, written by a journalist embedded with the IDF, describes […]

Controversial sect accused of rape, human trafficking and forced marriage of children

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

The Israeli military says a rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv in the early hours of Saturday, leaving 16 people slightly injured by glass from shattered windows

Knesset member Michal Woldiger expressed an opinion contrary to much of Israel's senior leadership - that she would support ending the war for the hostages's safe return.

Family of 10 were killed in their home in Jabalia in northern Gaza, which has been under Israeli siege for monthsIsraeli airstrikes killed at least 25 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Friday, medics said, including seven children from the same family, as Israel continues to bombard the already devastated territory.At least eight people were killed in a […]

Villagers say Israel’s forces have sown ‘fear and horror’ as they continue to expand into Syria’s territoryThe Israeli military said its forces shot a protester during a demonstration against the army’s activities in a village in southern Syria on Friday, injuring him in the leg.Since Islamist-led rebels toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on […]

MDA said that ambulances, mobile intensive care units, and medicycle EMTs were dispatched to the scene.  

WhatsApp celebrates victory as judge finds Israeli company NSO Group violated state and federal US hacking lawsWhatsApp claimed legal victory over the maker of Pegasus spyware late on Friday.The Israeli company, NSO Group Technologies, was accused in a lawsuit by Meta’s messaging app of infecting and surveilling the phones of 1,400 people over a two-week […]

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar will be the only representative at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27.

The LockBit group blackmailed more than $500 million from their victims and caused billions more in damages and repair/recovery costs.

Israeli media previously reported that Paragon's purchase had been approved by the US government.

"We’re not going to leave them in power in Gaza, 30 miles from Tel Aviv. It’s not going to happen,” he said amid calls by many to accept a ceasefire-hostage release deal in the Palestinian enclave.

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An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq has been charged in New York with federal murder and terrorism crimes

Federal education officials say the Philadelphia school district failed to show it protected Jewish students from harassment despite “repeated, extensive notice” that students, teachers and administrators were engaging in antisemitic behavior

The U.S. Department of Education said Friday it has reached an agreement with the University of California system resolving complaints from Jewish and Muslim students of discrimination and harassment during protests last spring over the war in Gaza

From Gaza to Haiti, our charitable partners are dedicated to helping people in the world’s conflict zones. Please give generously• Donate to our charity appeal hereWars in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and elsewhere have made 2024 a brutal and bloody 12 months. For this year’s Guardian and Observer appeal, in aid of three conflict-linked charities, we are […]

Talks in Egypt and Qatar are focused on forging a deal to pause the 14-month-old war and release Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisonersSee all our Middle East coverageIsraelis in the West Bank have set fire to the Bar Al-Walidain mosque in the village of Marda, north of Salfit, reports Al Jazeera.The Palestinian Foreign Ministry urged the United Nations […]

In his post, Liberman wrote that the "current coalition is dragging Israel into an endless internal conflict, on issues such as the tax evasion law, the judicial system, the media, and the budget."

For the world, 2024 was riven by conflict on two fronts

Faced with the devastation in Gaza, Israelis tend to look away. The victories after the fall of Assad are a far easier focus Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of HaaretzWars are remembered by their iconic images, and finding a triumphal photograph has been a key goal for belligerents striving to leave their mark on history. On 8 December, after fighting […]

In the video post, she said that scheduled festival and concert dates abroad have been abruptly cancelled.

With a giant presence – both physical and onstage -  and outward haredi trappings, Botzer created music that reached out spiritual seekers of any level of observance

New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violenceA pair of reports published this month by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch mark a significant contribution to the raging debate over how to characterize a war that has killed more than […]