Mortar fired from Gaza into Israel: military
The Palestinian militants on Friday fired a mortar round from Gaza into southern Israel, causing no casualties or damage, the Israeli military said.
The shell landed in an empty field in the southern Eshkol area, a military spokesman told AFP.
US House opposes Palestinian state
Washington: The US House of Representatives late on Wednesday approved a measure condemning unilateral measures to declare or recognize a Palestinian state, and backing a negotiated solution to the Is
'Cables show Hezbollah has 50,000 rockets'
Washington: Leaked US diplomatic cables show the militant group Hezbollah has acquired an arsenal of some 50,000 rockets and missiles, raising fears of an enlarged conflict with Israel, the New York T
WikiLeaks reveals Iran is world’s worry: Israel
Jerusalem, Nov. 29: Israel reacted calmly on Monday to the release of a massive trove of US diplomatic cables by whistleblower website WikiLeaks, saying they showed the Jewish state’s consistent conce
Israel army presence in West Bank 'lowest in 20 years'
Jerusalem: The number of Israeli troops operating in the occupied West Bank is at its lowest level in more than 20 years, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday.
Since the start of the first intifad
26/11 brings India, Israel closer
New Delhi: Two years after the 26/11 terror spree, baby Moshe, whose parents were killed in the attack on the Jewish centre in Mumbai, is growing up fine in Israel. And the ties between India and Isra
Israel uses networking sites to catch 1000 women draft
Determined to stem the growing number of draft dodgers, Israeli military says it has caught around 1,000 women, who tried to avoid compulsory service by lying about their religious orientation, throug
Israel approves pullout from Lebanon border town
Israel has approved a withdrawal from the northern side of a divided town along the volatile Lebanese border.
Israel demolishes illegal mosque in Arab town
The Israeli police demolished an illegally built mosque in the impoverished Arab town on Monday, touching off rock-throwing protests by residents and fueling new grievances against the government by t
With statehood, Palestine to end all claims
Ramallah: The Palestinians are ready to end all historic claims against Israel once they establish their state in the lands Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast War, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas